Notiospathius quimbayensis Rodríguez-Jiménez, 2016

Rodriguez-Jimenez, Andrea & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2016, Taxonomic synopsis of Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 151-206 : 192-193

Notiospathius quimbayensis Rodríguez-Jiménez sp. nov.

( Figs 110–113 )

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from others by the following combination of characters. Face smoothvery weakly rugose. Frons and vertex smooth. Temple broad. Flagellum without annulus. Flagellomeres yellow to light brown. Scutellum (scutellar disc) smooth. Fore wing vein m-cu interstitial with vein 2RS. Hind wing vein SC+R incomplete. Femora with a rounded protrusion in dorso-medial view.

Description female. Body length: 2.30 mm.

Color. Head mainly brown. Eye orbits brown. Malar space brown. Palpi pale yellow. Periocellar area brown. Scape yellow. Pedicel yellow. Flagellum without annulus. Flagellomeres yellow to light brown. Mesosoma mainly dark brown. Lateral mesoscutal lobes dark brown. Median mesoscutal lobe dark brown. Venter of mesosoma dark brown. Pronotum brown-honey. Propodeum dark brown. First tergum dark brown. Second tergum brown. Third tergum brown. Fourth tergum brown. Fifth tergum brown. Sixth tergum brown. Remaining terga brown except the last one, which is pale yellow. Fore and middle femur yellow-light brown. Fore and middle tibia yellow-light brown. Hind coxa brown, apical yellow. Hind trochanter yellow. Hind trochantellus yellow. Hind femur brown, with yellow at apex and base. Hind tibia pale yellow basally, light brown apically. Hind tarsi yellow. Wings lightly dusky. Veins mainly light brown. Tegula yellow. Stigma white-light brown.

Head. Clypeus smooth-very weakly rugose. Head 0.90 x higher than wide. Face smooth-very weakly rugose. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.93. Frons smooth. Vertex smooth. Eye 1.20 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance three diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.38 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.85. Temple broad. Supraclypeal area 0.30 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area smooth. Scape 0.52 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 15.

Mesosoma. Pronotum coriaceous-rugose laterally and weakly rugose ventrally. Pronotal groove distinct. Pronotal groove laterally scrobiculate-smooth. Propleuron weakly rugose-smooth. Mesoscutal lobes coriaceous. Notauli weakly scrobiculate, reaching the end of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum medially costate-rugose. Scutellum (scutellar disc) smooth. Subalar groove distinct and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus broad, deep and scrobiculate; length 0.82 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron weakly rugose-coriaceous dorsally and medially, coriaceous ventrally. Venter of mesosoma smooth, very weakly coriaceous. Metapleuron weakly coriaceous-rugose-areolate. Propodeum rugulose-rugose. Propodeum with a median and two lateral longitudinal and complete carinae. Propodeal apico-lateral corners absent. Propodeal spine or tooth over hind coxa absent.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.56. Vein m-cu interstitial with vein 2RS. Vein (RS+M)b indistinct. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.01. Vein r 0.40 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a interstitial with or slightly antefurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.59. Vein m-cu nebulous. Vein cu-a 0.15 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.29. Vein SC+R incomplete.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally coriaceous-weakly rugose. Ventral part of hind coxa weakly rugose-coriaceous. Hind coxa without basoventral tubercle. Hind coxa 0.80 length of hind femur. Femora with a rounded protrusion in dorso-medial view. Hind femur in dorsal view granulate.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.66. First tergum 2.38 x longer than apical width. First tergum rugose-carinate. Second tergum costulate on base, remainder of terga smooth and polished. Third tergum smooth and polished. Suture between second and third tergum absent. Fourth tergum and remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 1.65 mm long. Ovipositor 1.38 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 4.10 x length of first tergum.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female ( ICN). Colombia, Risaralda SFF Otún Quimbaya Cuchilla Camino, 4º44'N 75º35'W, 1960m, Malaise 17.ii–4.iii.2003 G. López Leg. M.3692, ICN 0 56062.

Etymology The name of this species refers to SFF Otún Quimbaya, the place in Colombia where this new species was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 110 – 113. Notiospathius quimbayensis sp. nov.: 110) habitus, 111) metasoma in dorsal view, 112) head and mesosoma in lateral view, and 113) head and mesosoma in dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.