Notiospathius putumayensis 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 : 190-192

Notiospathius putumayensis Rodríguez-Jiménez sp. nov.

( Figs 106–109 )

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from others by the following combination of characters. Frons smooth or smooth, very weakly coriaceous next to eyes. Vertex weakly transversely strigate-smooth. Temple broad. Pedicel complete yellow. Flagellomeres yellow-honey yellow before annuli. Mesopleuron weakly porcate smooth or smooth-weakly coriaceous-weakly rugose medially and ventrally. Second and third metasomal tergum smooth.

Description female. Body length: 3.05 mm.

Color. Head mainly honey. Eye orbits honey. Malar space honey yellow. Palpi pale yellow. Periocellar area honey-dark brown. Scape yellow. Pedicel yellow. Flagellum with apically pale yellow annulus composed of 5 flagellomeres. Flagellomeres before annuli yellow-honey yellow. Mesosoma mainly honey. Lateral mesoscutal lobes honey. Median mesoscutal lobe honey yellow. Venter of mesosoma honey. Pronotum honey yellow. Propodeum honey. First tergum honey. Second tergum honey. Third tergum honey. Fourth tergum honey. Fifth tergum honey. Sixth tergum honey. Remaining terga honey yellow. Fore and middle femur honey yellow. Fore and middle tibia honey, honey yellow apically. Hind coxa honey yellow. Hind trochanter white. Hind trochantellus pale yellow. Hind femur honey. Hind tibia pale yellow basally, honey yellow apically. Hind tarsi yellow. Wings infuscated (banded). Veins mainly honey. Tegula honey. Stigma light brown.

Head. Clypeus weakly rugose. Head 0.80 x higher than wide. Face weakly transversely costate. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.87. Frons smooth. Vertex weakly transversely strigate-smooth. Eye 1.15 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance three diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.53 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.70. Temple broad. Supraclypeal area 0.60 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area smooth. Scape 0.60 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 22.

Mesosoma. Pronotum rugose-coriaceous laterally and rugose ventrally. Pronotal groove distinct. Pronotal groove laterally weakly scrobiculate-smooth. Propleuron weakly rugose-smooth. Mesoscutal lobes coriaceous. Notauli weakly scrobiculate, not reaching the end of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum medially costate-rugose. Scutellum (scutellar disc) weakly coriaceous-smooth. Subalar groove distinct and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus narrow, weakly scrobiculate; length 0.82 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron porcate dorsally, smooth-weakly coriaceousweakly rugose medially and ventrally. Venter of mesosoma weakly coriaceous. Metapleuron rugose-areolate. Propodeum rugose-areolate 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 0.49. Vein m-cu meeting vein RS+Ma before vein 2RS. Vein (RS+M)b distinct. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.09. Vein r 0.30 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a postfurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.50. Vein m-cu nebulous. Vein cu-a 0.13 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.28. Vein SC+R complete.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally weakly costate-smooth. Ventral part of hind coxa weakly rugose-smooth. Hind coxa without basoventral tubercle. Hind coxa 0.50 length of hind femur. Femora without a rounded protrusion in dorsomedial view. Hind femur in dorsal view very weakly coriaceous-smooth.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.69. First tergum 2.30 x longer than apical width. First tergum costate-weakly rugose on basal half, costate-smooth on apical half. Second tergum smooth. Third tergum smooth and polished. Suture between second and third tergum absent. Fourth tergum and remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 0.45 mm long. Ovipositor 0.30 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 0.75 x length of first tergum.

Variation with respect to holotype. Female. Color. Eye orbits honey yellow. Palpi yellow. Third tergum honey-brown. Fourth tergum honey-brown. Fifth tergum honey-brown. Veins mainly brown. Stigma brown.

Head. Face transversely costate. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.87–0.91. Frons smooth, very weakly coriaceous next to eyes. Vertex weakly transversely strigate-rugose. Malar space 0.53–0.57 x eye height in lateral view. Supraclypeal area 0.40–0.60 x head height in frontal view.

Mesosoma. Propleuron rugose-smooth. Precoxal sulcus length 0.76–0.82 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron porcate dorsally, weakly porcate-smooth medially and ventrally.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.46–0.49. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.09–0.12. Vein 1cu-a slightly postfurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.40–0.50. Vein cu-a 0.13–0.14 length of 1M. Vein r-m/ 1M ratio 0.18–0.28.

Legs. Ventral part of hind coxa weakly costate-weakly rugose-smooth. Hind coxa 0.40–0.50 length of hind femur.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.69–0.75.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female (IAvH). Colombia, Putumayo-PNN La Paya, Cabaña Viviano, 0º7'S 74º56'W, 320m. Malaise, 30.xi.15. xii.2001, E. Lozano Leg. M.2794, IAvH-E 114314.

Paratype. Female ( ICN). Colombia, Putumayo-PNN La Paya, Cabaña Viviano Bosque Ripario, 0º7'S 74º56'W, 320m. Malaise, 15–30.x.2001, R. Cobete, Leg. M.2437, ICN 0 44860.

Etymology. The name of this species refers to Putumayo, the department in Colombia where this new species was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 106 – 109. Notiospathius putumayensis sp. nov.: 106) habitus, 107) head and mesosoma in dorsal view, 108) mesosoma in lateral view, and 109) metasoma in dorsal view. Scale bar: 1 mm.