Asobara notleyi Peris-Felipo, 2019

Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier, Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical Asobara Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), with the descriptions of twenty five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 557, pp. 1-146 : 34-36

Asobara notleyi Peris-Felipo , sp. nov.

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Etymology

Named in honour of F.B. Notley, British entomologist, who collected the type specimens.

Material examined

Holotype

KENYA • ♀; Colony Sotik; 1932; F.B. Notley leg.; BMNH.

Paratypes

KENYA • 11 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same label as for holotype; BNHM • 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂; same label as for holotype; ZISP .

Description

Female (holotype)

LENGTH. Body 1.6 mm, fore wing 1.8 mm, hind wing 1.4 mm.

HEAD. In dorsal view, 1.5 times as wide as long, 1.3 times as wide as mesoscutum, smooth, with temple rounded behind eyes, with distinct longitudinal crenulate furrow in middle of vertex. Eye in lateral view 1.1 times as high as wide and 1.6 times as wide as temple medially. POL 1.4 times OD; OOL 3.4 times OD. Face 1.3 times as wide as high, with sparse setae; inner margins of eyes subparallel. Clypeus 2.0 times as wide as high, slightly concave ventrally. Anterior tentorial pits short, far not reaching inner border of eye. Mandible almost parallel-sided, 1.4 times as long as its maximum width. Upper tooth wide; middle tooth rather narrow and short; lower tooth short. Antennae more than 9-segmented (apical segments missing). Scape 1.7 times as long as pedicel. First flagellar segment 2.6 times as long as its apical width, 0.7 times as long as 2 nd segment. Second flagellar segment 4.0 times, 3 rd segment 3.3 times, 4 th– 7 th segments 2.5 times as long as their maximum width.

MESOSOMA. In lateral view 1.2 times as long as high. Mesoscutum (in dorsal view) 1.1 times as long as its maximum width, smooth. Notauli mainly absent on horizontal surface of mesoscutum. Mesoscutal pit present, elongate. Prescutellar depression smooth, with median and lateral carinae, 1.2 times as long as its maximum width. Precoxal sulcus present, smooth, reaching anterior and posterior margins of mesopleuron. Posterior mesopleural furrow smooth. Propodeum weakly and sparsely sculptured, with several smooth areas; basolateral areas smooth, sparse rugose along carinae. Propodeal spiracles small, its diameter 0.3 times distance from spiracle to anterior margin of propodeum.

WINGS. Length of fore wing 2.4 times its maximum width. Marginal cell ending at apex of wing, 3.5 times as long as its maximum width. Vein r longer than pterostigma width. Vein 3-SR 5.7 times as long as vein r and 2.7 times as long as vein 2-SR. Vein SR1 1.8 times as long as vein 3-SR. Hind wing 5.7 times as long as its maximum width.

LEGS. Hind femur 4.1 times as long as its maximum width. Hind tibia weakly widened to apex, 8.3 times as long as its maximum subapical width, 1.1 times as long as hind tarsus. First segment of hind tarsus 1.7 times as long as 2 nd segment.

METASOMA. First tergite weakly widened towards apex, 1.2 times as long as its apical width, weakly striate. Visible part of ovipositor sheath 1.6 times as long as 1 st tergite, 0.4 times as long as metasoma, 0.9 times as long as hind femur.

COLOUR. Body, antennae and pterostigma dark brown. Mandible and legs brown. Head and mesoscutum in dorsal view similarly coloured as 1 st– 3 rd metasomal tergites. Wings almost hyaline.

VARIATION. Body 1.4–1.6 mm, fore wing 1.5–1.9 mm, hind wing 1.2–1.4 mm. Antennae more than 11-segmented (apical segments missing). First flagellar segment 2.6–2.7 times as long as its maximum width. Hind femur 4.0–4.1 times as long as its maximum width.

Male

Unknown.

Comparative diagnosis

This new species is similar to A. abyssiniensis sp. nov.; the differences between both species are described under the latter species.

Distribution

Kenya.

Figures

Fig. 46. Asobara notleyi Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., ♀, holotype (BMNH). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head and mesosoma, lateral view. C. Mandible. D. Antenna. E. Head, front view. F. Head, dorsal view.

Fig. 47. Asobara notleyi Peris-Felipo, sp. nov., ♀, holotype (BMNH). A. Mesoscutum, dorsal view. B. Propodeum, dorsal view. C. First metasomal tergite, dorsal view. D. Hind leg, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view. E. Fore and hind wings.