Notiospathius angustus Marsh, 2002

Rodriguez-Jimenez, Andrea & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2016, Taxonomic synopsis of Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 151-206 : 170-171

Notiospathius angustus Marsh, 2002 .

Notiospathius angustus Marsh, 2002: 141 .

Variation with respect to holotype. Females. Body length: 4.30–5.50 mm. Color. Head mainly brown-dark brown. Eye orbits yellow to honey yellow, or yellow to brown. Scape yellow with a weakly longitudinal brown stripe. Annulus with 11–14 flagellomeres yellow apically. Mesosoma mainly honey-black. Venter of mesosoma honey yellow, or honey, or honey-dark brown. Second tergum yellow with apical margin light brown. Third tergum yellow with a transversal light brown stripe. Veins mainly light brown. Tegula yellow. Stigma light brown, or white-light brown, or white-brown.

Head. Clypeus smooth-weakly rugose. Head 0.80–0.90 x higher than wide. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.84–0.96. Eye 1.07–1.24 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance three diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.25–0.35 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.38–042. Supraclypeal area 0.40–0.50 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area weakly coriaceous or smooth-weakly coriaceous. Scape 0.48–0.61 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 28–32.

Mesosoma. Pronotal groove distinct. Pronotal groove laterally weakly scrobiculate-weakly coriaceous, or smooth-weakly scrobiculate. Propleuron coriaceous, smooth at apex. Precoxal sulcus length 0.73–0.80 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron costate dorsally, weakly costate-coriaceous medially and coriaceous ventrally. Propodeal apico-lateral corners with distinct tubercle or sometimes indistinct. Propodeal spine over hind coxa distinct, or indistinct.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.41–0.46. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.13–0.24. Vein r 0.20–0.24 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a antefurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.44–0.90. Vein cu-a 0.13–0.22 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.08–0.21.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally coriaceous-costate. Hind coxa 0.38–0.48 length of hind femur. Hind femur in dorsal view coriaceous, or weakly coriaceous. Femora without a rounded protrusion in dorso-medial view.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.79–0.93. First tergum 3.54–4.53 x longer than apical width. Second tergum weakly striate on basal half, remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 1.20– 2.10 mm long. Ovipositor 0.46–0.80 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 1.33–2.00 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female examined, UWIM. Females (IAvH): one female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 900m, Malaise, 02–16.i.2001, S. Sarria Leg. M.1542 IAvH-E 113952; two females, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 650m, Malaise, 31/10/2001, 13/11/2001, S. Sarria Leg. M.2887 IAvH-E 114211 and IAvH-E 114212; One female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 650m, Malaise, 28.viii. 11.ix. 2001 m, S. Sarria Leg. M.2863 IAvH-E 114202; One female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 650m, Malaise, 02–16.i.2001, S. Sarria Leg. M.1544 IAvH-E 114204; One female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 650m, Malaise, 13/11/2001, 11/12/2001, S. Sarria Leg. M.2884 IAvH-E 113955; One female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 730m, Malaise, 27.ii.27.iii.2001 S. Sarria Leg. M.1538 IAvH-E 113954; One female, Colombia, Valle del Cauca, PNN Farallones de Cali, Anchicaya, 3º26’N 76º48’W, 650m, Malaise, 17–31.vii.2001, S. Sarria Leg. M.2837 IAvH-E 114210.