Troporhysipolis antefurcalis ( Granger, 1949 ) Granger, 1949

Donald L. J. Quicke, Sergey A. Belokobylskij & M. Alex Smith, 2016, A New Genus of Rhysipoline Wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with Modified Wing Venation from Africa and Papua New Guinea, Parasitoid on Choreutidae (Lepidoptera), Annales Zoologici 66 (2), pp. 173-192 : 179-183

Troporhysipolis antefurcalis ( Granger, 1949) , comb. nov.

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Clinocentrus antefurcalis Granger, 1949: 158 ; Shenefelt, 1975: 158; Yu et al., 2012.

Description. Female. Body length 3.5–4.6 mm; fore wing length 3.5–4.5 mm.

Antenna weakly setiform, with rather dense and long setae, with 37–38 flagellomeres, about 1.2 times longer than body. Scape 1.5–1.6 times longer than its maximum width. First flagellomere 3.4–3.5 times longer than apical width, 1.0–1.1 times longer than second flagellomere. Penultimate flagellomere 2.2–2.4 times longer than wide, 0.4 times as long as first flagellomere, 0.6–0.8 times as long as apical flagellomere. Head width 1.5–1.7 times its median length, 1.5–1.7 times width of mesoscutum. Head behind eyes (dorsal view) strongly and almost linearly or weakly convex 180 D. L. J. QUICKE, S. A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ, M. A. SMITH, J. ROTA, J. HRCEK and B. A. BUTCHER narrowed. Diameter of antennal socket 1.8–2.2 times distance between sockets, 4.3–4.8 times distance between socket and eye. Ocelli in an equilateral triangle; Od 2.0–2.5 times POL, POL 0.4–0.7 times OOL; Od 1.0–1.2 times OOL. Frons weakly convex, with distinct mid-longitudinal depression (sulcus). Eye 1.25–1.30 times as high as broad. Malar space about 0.1 times height of eye, 0.25–0.30 times basal width of mandible. Face width 0.55–0.60 times maximum diameter of eye and 0.85–0.90 times height of face and clypeus combin- ed. Head below eyes (front view) distinctly narrowed. Inter-tentorial distance 4.0–4.5 times tentorio-ocular distance. Hypoclypeal depression width 2.3–2.8 times distance from margin of depression to eye, approximately 0.6 times face width. Transverse diameter of eye 2.6–3.3 times longer than temple (dorsal view).

Mesosoma length 2.0–2.1 times its height. Pronotum (dorsal view) with two shallow and divergent posteriorly crenulate furrows. Mesoscutum distinctly, uniformly and roundly elevated above pronotum. Notauli narrow, deep anteriorly and rather shallow in posterior 0.3–0.5, complete, reaching posterior of mesoscutum, distinctly sparsely crenulate. Scutellar sulcus (prescutellar depression) long, deep, with strong median carina and two-six less distinct lateral carinae, finely reticulate or smooth between carinae, 0.3–0.4 times as long as scutellum. Precoxal sulcus rather deep, narrow, weakly sinuate or straight, densely crenulate on narrow area, running along anterior 0.6 of lower part of mesopleuron. Median area of metanotum with distinct mid-longitudinal carina. Metanotal tooth absent. Metapleural lobe short, wide, subrounded apically.

lateral view; (12) Metasoma, dorsal view.

182 D. L. J. QUICKE, S. A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ, M. A. SMITH, J. ROTA, J. HRCEK and B. A. BUTCHER Wings. Fore wing 3.2–3.3 times longer than its maximum width. Vein 1r-rs (radial) arising almost from middle of pterostigma. Marginal (radial) cell 2.8–3.0 times longer than maximum width. Vein 1-R1 (metacarp) 1.3–1.4 times longer than pterostigma. Vein r-rs (first radial abscissa) 0.6–0.8 times as long as maximum width of pterostigma. Vein 3 RSa (second radial abscissa) 4.3–5.0 times longer than vein r (first abscissa) and forming very obtuse angle with it, about 0.7 times as long as the almost straight vein 3RSb (third radial abscissa), 1.8–2.0 times longer than vein 2RS (first radiomedial). Second submarginal (second radiomedial) cell length 2.5–2.7 times maximum width, 1.0–1.1 times length of the wide first subdiscal (brachial) cell. Distance from vein cu-a (nervulus) to vein 1M (basal) 0.2–0.5 times vein cu-a (nervulus) length. First discal (discoidal) cell 1.8–2.1 times longer than wide. First subdiscal (brachial) cell 3.5–3.6 times longer than maximum width. Hind wing 5.0–5.5 times longer than wide. Vein M+CU (first abscissa of mediocubital vein) 0.75–0.80 times as long as vein 1M (second abscissa). Vein m-cu (recurrent) vein present, short, partly sclerotised.

Legs. Fore femur slender, 4.5–5.0 times longer than maximally wide. Fore tarsus 0.9–1.0 times as long as fore tibia. Hind femur 5.2–5.6 times longer than wide. Hind tarsus as long as hind tibia. Hind basitarsus 0.50– 0.55 times as long as second-fifth segments combined. Second tarsal segment of hind leg 0.6 times as long as basitarsus, 1.3–1.6 times longer than fifth segment (without pretarsus).

Metasoma 0.7–0.9 times as long as mesosoma and head combined. First tergite evenly linearly widened towards apex, with large dorsope, with shallow convex median area, without spiracular tubercle. Length of first tergite 1.15–1.25 times its apical width; apical width 1.9–2.0 times its minimum width. Median length of second tergite about 1.1 times its basal width, 1.6–1.7 times length of third tergite. Ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.6 times as long as metasoma, 0.55–0.60 times as long as mesosoma, about 0.2 times as long as fore wing.

Sculpture and pubescence. Head smooth; face densely and small reticulate-rugulose submedially and sometimes partly with fine oblique striation. Mesosoma mainly smooth; mesoscutum smooth to sometimes very weakly coriaceous partly, rugulose in narrow medioposterior area; metapleuron almost smooth in anterior 0.5–0.7 and weakly reticulate-rugose or rugulose posteriorly. Propodeum with complete areas delineated by distinct carinae; basolateral areas rather long and wide, smooth anteriorly and rugose-granulate laterally and in posterior half; areola short and wide, rugose; basal mid-longitudinal carina rather long, 1.2–1.7 times longer than anterior fork of areola. Hind coxa smooth; hind femur weakly punctate-rugulose dorsally. First tergite distinct and densely irregularly striate, densely, small and distinctly granulate-reticulate medially on wide area. Second tergite sometimes very weakly coriaceous. Remaining tergites smooth. Vertex with rather dense, long and semi-erect pale setae, sometimes glabrous medially. Median and most parts of lateral lobes of mesoscutum cover by rather dense, long and semierect pale setae, lateral lobes glabrous on rather narrow median areas. Hind tibia dorsally with short, very dense, and semi-erect pale setae. Fourth-seventh metasomal tergites entirely cover by dense, rather long and semi-erect white setae.

Colour. Body yellow to brownish yellow, sometimes dorsally more or less darker, propodeum, first tergite entirely and second or second-third tergites laterally dark reddish brown or at least darker than rest body. Palpi pale yellow. Antenna mostly yellow to brownish yellow, five apical segments brown, scape and pedicel laterally brown. Legs entirely yellow to brownish yellow, apical segments of tarsi faintly infuscate. Ovipositor sheath brown to dark brown apically, pale brown basally. Fore wing hyaline. Pterostigma yellow, faintly brownish anteriorly.

Male. Body length 3.0– 3.4 mm; fore wing length 2.7–3.0 mm. Fore femur slender, 5.0–5.6 times longer than maximally wide. Hind femur 5.6–6.0 times longer than wide. Metasoma slender and long. Length of first tergite 1.3–1.6 times its apical width. Median length of second tergite 1.10–1.35 times its basal width. Otherwise similar to female.

Type material. Lectotype (designated here): female, “ Madagascar, Bekily, reg. sud de l’ile”, “Museum Paris, IX–34, A. Seyrig”, “43”, “ TYPE ”, “ Lectotypus Clinocentrus antefurcalis Granger , design. Belokobylskij ‘92” (red) ( MNHN). Paralectotypes. 1 female, “ Madagascar, Bekily, X.30, A. Seyrig”, “ Paralectotypus Clinocentrus antefurcalis Granger , design. Belokobylskij ‘92” (red) ( MNHN); 1 female, “ Madagascar, Bekily, reg. sud de l’ile”, “Museum Paris, VII–36, A. Seyrig”, “ Paralectotypus Clinocentrus antefurcalis Granger , design. Belokobylskij ‘92” (red) ( MNHN); 2 females, “ Madagascar, Ranomafana”, “Museum Paris, X–38, A. Seyrig”, “ Paralectotypus Clinocentrus antefurcalis Granger , design. Belokobylskij ‘92” (red) ( MNHN).

Additional material. SUDAN: 2 females, South Sudan, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, Tori/9 ( Soudan), 20–III–1952, H. De Saeger. 3201” ( MRAC, ZISP); 2 females, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, Pali/9, 22–III–1952, H. De Saeger. 3213” ( MRAC). CONGO: 2 females, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gd/4, 7–v–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1684” ( MRAC, ZISP); 1 female, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/fd/17, 8–v–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1671” ( MRAC); 1 female, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/fd/17, 14–v–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1726” ( MRAC); 1 female, 4 males, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/fd/17, 15–v–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1733” ( MRAC, ZISP); 1 female (without head and metasoma), “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/fd/17, 9–vi–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 1888” ( MRAC); 1 female, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/je/8, 15–x–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2600” ( MRAC); 1 female, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/Pp.K,52/d/9, 28–x–1951, Réc. H. De Saeger. 2679” ( MRAC); 1 female (without head), “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/gc/8, 30–iv–1952, H. De Saeger. 3402” ( MRAC); 2 females, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, PpK.51/g/9, 2–iv–52, H. De Saeger. 3277” ( MRAC, ZISP); 1 female, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, PpK.73/d/9, 8–iv–52, H. De Saeger. 3311” ( MRAC); 1 male, “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, II/dd/9, 7–vii–1952, H. De Saeger. 3744” ( MRAC); 1 female (without head), “ Congo Belge, P.N.C., Miss. H. De Saeger, Ndelele/K.117, 27–iii–1952, H. De Saeger. 3267” ( MRAC). CÔTE D’IVOIRE: 1 female, “Coll. Mus. Tervuren, Côte d’Ivoire: Bingerville, X.1962, J. Decelle” ( MRAC).

Distribution. Madagascar, Côte d’Ivoire, Congo, Sudan.

Figures

Figures 1 – 7. Troporhysipolis antefurcalis (Granger). (1) Habitus, lateral view; (2) Apex of antenna; (3) Head and pronotum, lateral view;

Figures 8 – 12. Troporhysipolis antefurcalis (Granger). (8) Hind leg; (9) Wings; (10) Fore wing second subdiscal (brachial) cell; (11) Metasoma,