Notiospathius rugonotum 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 : 193-194

Notiospathius rugonotum Marsh, 2002

Notiospathius rugonotum Marsh, 2002: 151 .

Variation with respect to holotype. Female. Body length: 3.70–6.00 mm. Color. Malar space honey yellow. Periocellar area brown, or honey, or dark brown. Scape yellow with a weakly longitudinal brown stripe. Pedicel yellow with a weakly longitudinal brown stripe. Annulus with 11–15 flagellomeres yellow apically. Flagellomeres before annuli brown to dark brown. Mesosoma mainly honey-black. Lateral mesoscutal lobes honey-dark brown. Median mesoscutal lobe honey-brown. Venter of mesosoma dark brown. Second tergum brown, yellow apically. Third tergum yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal brown stripe, or honey, or honey yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe. Fourth tergum yellow to light brown, or honey, or honey yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe. Sixth tergum yellow to light brown. Fore and middle tibia yellow. Hind coxa dark brown with yellow apically. Hind trochanter pale yellow. Hind trochantellus pale yellow, honey yellow at apex. Hind femur pale yellow basally, brown apically. Hind tibia pale yellow basally, and the remaining honey. Hind tarsi honey. Wings hyaline, or dusky. Veins mainly light brown. Tegula honey yellow. Stigma dark brown, or white-brown.

Head. Head 0.70–0.80 x higher than wide. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.87–0.94. Frons transversely costate, or weakly costate. Eye 1.13–1.26 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance three diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.26–0.37 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.44– 0.58. Supraclypeal area 0.40–0.60 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area smooth-weakly costate. Scape 0.48–0.59 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 34–36.

Mesosoma. Pronotal groove laterally smooth-weakly scrobiculate. Propleuron smooth or rugose-smooth. Mesoscutal lobes coriaceous, strongly costate-rugose along lateral edges. Mesoscutum medially rugose, or costaterugose, or strongly costate. Precoxal sulcus length 0.73–0.84 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron porcate dorsally, porcate-smooth medially and ventrally, or porcate dorsally, porcate-smooth medially, and smooth ventrally, or porcate dorsally, porcate-smooth medially and weakly porcate-smooth ventrally. Venter of mesosoma very weakly coriaceous-smooth and polished. Propodeal short tubercle at apical-lateral corners.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.40–0.55. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.17–0.41. Vein r 0.20–0.50 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a postfurcal to vein 1M, or interstitial with or slightly postfurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.40–0.56. Vein cu-a 0.12–0.21 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.15–0.30.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally costate-rugose. Ventral part of hind coxa rugose, or rugose-granulate. Hind coxa 0.42–0.49 length of hind femur. Hind femur in dorsal view weakly striate-weakly coriaceous.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.66–0.87. First tergum 1.91–2.93 x longer than apical width. First tergum rugose on basal, costate on apical three fourths, or rugose on basal three fourths, costate on apical fourth. Second tergum costate on basal half, remainder of terga smooth and polished, or costate at base, remainder of terga weakly costate-smooth and polished, or costate at base, remainder of terga smooth and polished, or weakly costate at base, remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 3.44–6.10 mm long. Ovipositor 1.27–2.04 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 3.82–5.00 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female examined, UWIM. Female ( ICN), Colombia, Vaupés, Estación Biológica Mosiro-Itajura (Caparú), Antigua Cabaña, 1º4’N 69º3’W, 60m, Malaise, 04–11.iii. 003 J. Pinzón Leg. M.3630 ICN 0 88416 and females (IAvH): one female, Colombia, Magdalena, PNN Tayrona, Cañaveral, 11º20’N 74º2’W, 30m, Malaise, 30.viii. 19.ix.2000, R. Henriquez, Leg. M.627 IAvH-E 114133; one female, Colombia, Magdalena, PNN Tayrona, Cañaveral, 11º20’N 74º2’W, 30m, Malaise, 13–30.v.2000, R. Henriquez, Leg. M.134 IAvH-E 114134; two females, Colombia, Magdalena, PNN Tayrona, Zaino, 11º20’N 74º2’W, 50m, Malaise, 29.ix.17.x.2000, R. Henriquez, Leg. M.793 IAvH-E 113958 and IAvH-E 113959; one female, Colombia, Magdalena, PNN Tayrona, Cañaveral, 11º20’N 74º2’W, 30m, Malaise, 28.vi.17.vii.2000, R. Henriquez, Leg. M.302 IAvH-E 113956; one female, Colombia, Magdalena, PNN Tayrona, Cañaveral, 11º20’N 74º2’W, 30m, Malaise, 28.viii.14.viii.2000, R. Henriquez, Leg. IAvH-E 113957; two females, Colombia, Putumayo, PNN La Paya, Loma Alta, 0º6'S 74º58’W, 350m, Malaise, 15/08/2004, 30/08/2004, M. Trejos Leg. M.4949 IAvH-E 113963 and IAvH-E 113964; two females, Colombia, Putumayo,PNN La Paya, Loma Alta, 0º6'S 74º58’W, 350m, Malaise, 1–15.vii.2003, R. Cobete Leg. M.3957 IAvH-E 113960 and IAvH-E 113961; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º41’S 70º15’W, 150m, Malaise,1 19/11/2001, 03/12/2001, D. Chota Leg. M.2764 IAvH-E 113962; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º23’S 70º06W, 150m, Malaise, 15–29.iv.2001, A. Alvarado Leg. IAvH-E 114274; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, Matamata, 3º23’S 70º06W, 150m, Malaise, 17.xii-2000– 02.i.2001, A. Parente Leg. IAvH-E 114279; one female, Colombia, Meta, PNN Sierra de La Macarena, Caño Curía. Sendero Cachicamos, 3º21’N 73º56’W, 460m, Cap. Manual, 30/12/2001, 30/12/2001, D. Campos Leg. M.2615 IAvH-E 114208.