Doggerella azhari Mahmood, Quicke & Papp

Mahmood, Khalid, Papp, Jeno & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2011, A new Afrotropical genus Doggerella gen. nov. of braconine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with twelve new species, Zootaxa 2927, pp. 1-37 : 5

Doggerella azhari Mahmood, Quicke & Papp sp. nov. ( Figs 3 a–b, 13a–f)

Female: Body length 3.1 mm, fore wing length 3.5 mm.

Head: Antenna 22 segmented (broken), as long as head, mesosoma and first tergite of metasoma, first flagellomere 1.2 and 1.3 times longer than second and third respectively. Scape 2.8 times as long as pedicel. Intertentorial distance 1.6 times tentorio-ocular distance. Face setose, transverse in frontal view ( Fig. 13 b), 1.7 times wider than high, with of face 0.53 times width of head. Head entirely coriaceous ( Figs 3 a, 13c), transverse in dorsal view, 1.7 times as broad as long, head extended considerably above to level of eyes. Eye height almost equal to width of face, eye glabrous in dorsal view. Temple strongly receding behind eye. Stemmaticum with round edges, posterior ocellar line: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus to eye=2.5:1.0:4.0.

Mesosoma: Almost entirely setose ( Fig. 13 d), mostly black and shiny, 1.5 times longer than maximally high. Pronotum smooth laterally. Mesoscutum setose. Notauli weakly but distinctly impressed on anterior 0.85 of mesoscutum. Mesopleural sulcus absent. Scutellar sulcus narrow and finely crenulate. Propodeum smooth, shiny, with sparsely distributed long setae.

Wings: Fore wing ( Fig. 13 e). Ratio of length of veins SR1:3-SR:r=3.4:1.56:1.0. Ratio of length of veins 2- SR:3-SR:r-m=1.5:1.75:1.0. Vein 1-M straight. Veins 2-M & 3-SR, 2.75 times & 1.75 times as long as r-m, respectively. Vein 1-SR+M straight, distinctly less sclerotized near the origin of 1-SR. Vein cu-a interstitial to marginally post furcal. Veins 1-M and m-cu distinctly curving towards anterior wing margin. Ratio of length of veins 1-M:mcu=2.0:1.0. Vein 3-CU1 curved posteriorly. Hind wing. Evenly setose. Vein SC+R1 2.17 times length of 1r-m.Vein 1r-m 1.5 times length of R1.

Legs: Claw simple. Ratio of length of hind femur:tibia:basitarsus=2.4:2.9:1.0. Hind femur (excluding trochantellus) 3.6 times longer than maximally deep, broadest at middle, rather flattened laterally, sparsely setose. Hind tibia entirely setose. Hind basitarsus 3.75 times longer than maximally deep. Outer hind tibial spur reaching approximately 0.47 of distance along basitarsus.

Metasoma: Sparsely setose and foveolate ( Figs 3 b, 13f). First tergite sparsely setose, weakly crenulated. Second tergite entirely setose, finely and weakly crenulated, 1.5 times longer medially than third. Second and third tergites transverse, second tergite 1.74 times and third tergite 2.43 times as wide apically as long medially. Second metasomal suture narrow. Third tergite sparsely setose, crenulated. Fourth and fifth tergites sparsely setose, crenulated. Hypopygium large and protruding beyond apex of tergites. Ovipositor sheath 1.25 mm.long.

Coloration: Head yellow brown, face with a black spot in centre above mouth opening, frons and vertex black. Mesosoma mostly black, sides of pronotum yellow brown. Wings almost clear, venation and pterostigma brownish. Legs yellow brown, hind leg with black marks. Metasoma yellow brown. Sternites with black markings.

Etymology: Named after Azhar Hasan a colleague of KM for his contribution in establishing Entomology section in Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad.

Material examined: Holotype: female, South West Africa, Namibia, 8–30.ix.1929, R.E. Turner, BMNH.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Doggerella azhari sp. n.; a, head, dorsal aspect; b, metasoma from tergite 2 dorsolateral aspect. Doggerella cohaerens sp. n.; c, head, dorsal aspect; d, mesosoma dorsal aspect; e, propodeum dorsal aspect; f, fore wing, distal part.

FIGURE 13. Doggerella azhari sp. n.; a, habitus, lateral aspect; b, head, frontal aspect; c, head, dorsal aspect; d, head and mesosoma, dorsal aspect; e, fore wing, distal part; f, metasoma from tergite 2, dorsolateral aspect.