Notiospathius tinctipennis ( Cameron, 1887 )

Rodriguez-Jimenez, Andrea & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2016, Taxonomic synopsis of Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 151-206 : 198

Notiospathius tinctipennis ( Cameron, 1887)

Spathius tinctipennis Cameron, 1887: 379 .

Notiospathius tinctipennis (Cameron) : Matthews & Marsh, 1973: 75.

Variation with respect to holotype. Female. Body length: 2.70–3.60 mm. Color. Head mainly honey- honey yellow. Eye orbits honey-honey yellow. Malar space honey yellow. Palpi pale yellow. Periocellar area dark brown. Scape honey yellow. Pedicel honey yellow. Annulus with 7–8 flagellomeres yellow apically. Flagellomeres before annuli honey yellow to brown. Mesoscutal lobes honey. Venter of mesosoma honey. Pronotum brown-honey. Propodeum dark brown. First tergum dark brown. Second tergum honey. Third tergum honey to honey yellow. Fourth tergum honey with a transversal honey yellow stripe. Fifth tergum honey to honey yellow. Sixth tergum honey. Fore and middle femur honey. Hind coxa honey turning yellow apically. Hind trochantellus yellow. Hind femur brown, yellow apically. Hind tibia brown, yellow at both extremes. Hind tarsi honey turning yellow. Stigma brown.

Head. Clypeus weakly rugose. Head 0.70 x higher than wide. Face weakly transversely costate. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.93. Frons smooth. Eye 1.20–1.30 x higher than wide. Malar space 0.43 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.69. Temple broad. Supraclypeal area 0.50 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area weakly coriaceous. Scape 0.90 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 23–24.

Mesosoma. Pronotum rugose. Pronotal groove distinct. Pronotal groove laterally smooth-weakly scrobiculate. Propleuron weakly rugose-smooth. Notauli weakly scrobiculate, not reaching the end of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum medially rugose. Scutellum (scutellar disc) smooth. Subalar groove distinct and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus broad, deep and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus length 0.76 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron rugose dorsally, smooth-weakly coriaceous-rugose medially and smooth-weakly coriaceous ventrally. Venter of mesosoma weakly coriaceous. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum with a median, longitudinal and complete carina. Propodeal short tubercle at apical-lateral corners. Propodeal tooth over hind coxa.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.45. Vein m-cu meeting vein RS+Ma distinctly before vein 2RS. Vein (RS+M)b distinct. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.29. Vein r 0.30 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a interstitial to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.46. Vein nebulous. Vein cu-a 0.20 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.20. Vein SC+R complete.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally rugose. Ventral part of hind coxa rugose. Hind coxa 0.40 length of hind femur. Hind femur in dorsal view smooth.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.68–0.75. First tergum 2.45 x longer than apical width. First tergum rugose on basal three fourths, smooth-rugose on apical fourth. Second tergum smooth and polished. Suture between second and third tergum absent. Ovipositor 1.00 mm long. Ovipositor 0.65–0.78 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 1.54 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Panamá, Costa Rica, Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Female (IAvH), Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Cabaña Lorena, 3º0'S 69º59’W, 210m, Malaise, 01–15.ix.2001, J. Parente Leg. M.2202 IAvH-E 113950.