Arhaconotus belokobylskiji Long, 2023
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.5.4 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2A76161E-931C-48FC-AD78-E7DF4E9F416F |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10254309 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03ABC20A-FFE0-E02E-FF3B-3A25FE0BC247 |
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Plazi |
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Arhaconotus belokobylskiji Long |
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sp. nov. |
Arhaconotus belokobylskiji Long , sp. nov.
( Figures 1 View FIGURE 1 , 2A–K View FIGURE 2 )
Material. Holotype, ♀, “Doryc. 734 ”, ( IEBR), NC Vietnam: Ha Tinh, Huong Son, Vu Quang NP, forest, sweep, 28.ix.2009, KDLong.
Description. Female, body length 2.0 mm; fore wing length 1.8 mm; ovipositor sheath 1.0 mm ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).
Head. Antenna filiform, complete, with 22 flagellomeres; scapus length dorsally 1.7 × as long as its maximum width; first flagellomere 0.9 × as long second flagellomere; in dorsal view, head width 1.4 × its median length; head roundly narrowed below eyes; median length of head 2.0 × as long as temple ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); height of eye 3.5 × temple; temple roundly narrowed behind eye; ocelli small, basal side of ocellar triangle as long as lateral sides; OOL: OD: POL = 4.0: 1.5: 1.5 ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ); in frontal view, eye 2.25 × as high as broad; malar space height 0.4 × height of eye, and 1.3 × basal width of mandible; face width 1.3 × height of eye, and 1.5 × height of face and clypeus combined ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ); hypoclypeal depression width 0.8 × as long distance from edge of depression to eye, 0.4 × as wide as face, and 1.7 × as wide as basal width of mandible; distance between tentorial pits 0.8 × as long as long distance from pit to eye; in lateral view, maxillary palp slightly as long as head length; occipital carina complete medio-dorsally, not joined below with hypostomal carina upper base of mandible ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 2C View FIGURE 2 ); transverse diameter of eye 2.0 × length of temple ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ); length of maxillary palp 0.8 × height of head (without mandible); frons flat, finely granulate; vertex and occiput finely granulate; temple mostly smooth; face coriaceous with fine granules ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ).
Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 2.05 × its height ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ); pronotum with median transverse carina deviding it into two equal parts, anterior area smooth ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); pronotal side crenulate medially, granulate ventrally, smooth dorsally; propleuron smooth; mesoscutum granulate, densely setose ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); notauli rather deep, sparsely crenulate anteriorioly, merged posteriorly into rugo-punctate area ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); prescutellar depression with one median carina, 0.5 × as long as scutellum, scutellum finely granulate ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ); precoxal sulcus long, deep and wide, smooth ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ); mesopleuron granulate dorsally, smooth ventrally; metapleuron granulate ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ); propodeum with marginate areola posteriorly, and median carina in basal 0.4 of propodeum ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ); basolateral areas marginate, coriaceous with granules along side baso-median carina; propodeal areola with one transverse carina anteriorly, mostly granulate ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ).
Wings. Fore wing 3.4× as long as its maximum width; pterostigma 4.0 × as long as wide; vein r arising from middle of pterostigma; vein 1-R1 1.7 × as long as pterostigma; vein 3-SR 3.0 × vein r, and 0.6 × vein SR1, and 1.5 × vein 2-SR; vein m-cu distinctly postfurcal; second submarginal cell of fore wing broad, parallel-sided, basal length 3.3 × as long as its maximum width ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ), and 1.8 × as long as first subdiscal cell; first subdiscal cell near rectangularly closed on level of vein recurrent; vein 1-CU1 as long as cu-a; cu-a postfurcal ( Fig. 2I View FIGURE 2 ); hind wing 5.5 × as long as its maximum width; vein M+CU 0.6 × vein 1-M; vein 1-M 4.25 × vein 1r-m.
Legs. Fore tarsus 1.4 × as long as fore tibia; spines barely visible on inner side of fore tibia; hind coxa finely and densely granulate; hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.4, 8.3, and 6.0 × their maximum width, respectively; hind femur with short sparse semi-erected setae ventrally, length of seta 0.6 × maximum width of femur; outer side of hind tibia with sparse semi-erected setae, length of seta 0.7 × as long as maximum width of hind tibia; inner tibial spur 0.25 × as long as hind basitarsus; hind tarsus 0.5 × as long as hind tibia; basitarsus 0.9 × as long as second-fifth tarsus combined; second tarsus 0.5 × as long as basitarsus, and 1.5 × as long as telotarsus (without pretarsus); fourth tarsus 0.5 × telotarsus.
Metasoma. Metasoma 1.25 × as long as head and mesosoma combined; first tergite gradually widened from base to apex; maximum width of first tergite 1.6 × its minimum width ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); length of first metasomal tergite as long as apical width, and as long as propodeum; length of second tergite 0.5 × as long as its basal width, and 0.7 × length of third tergite ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); first metasomal tergite with baso-lateral carinae, longitudinally striate-punctulate ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); second tergite with smooth basal area separated with distinct furrow, longitudinally striate-punctulate ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); third tergite with smooth basal area, striate basally and laterally, smooth apically ( Figs 2F, K View FIGURE 2 ); fourth-fifth tergites striate basally and laterally, largely smooth apically ( Figs 2 H, K View FIGURE 2 ); sixth tergite punctate basally, with fine semi-circular striation medially, largely smooth apically ( Fig. 2 H View FIGURE 2 ).
Colour. Head yellow; antenna yellow basally, brownish yellow apically; palpi pale; all the legs yellow; wing veins yellow; pterostigma yellow, paler basally; mesonotum, mesopleuron reddish-yellow; metapleuron, propodeum and metasoma yellowish brown; metasoma yellow ventrally; ovipositor sheath brown; ovipositor yellow ( Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ).
Male. Unknown.
Etymology. Named in honour of Dr Sergey A. Belokobylskij, a Russian braconidologist largely working on Doryctinae subfamily.
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