Trigastrotheca

Quicke, Donald L. J., Butcher, Buntika A., Ranjith, A. P. & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2017, Revision of the non-Afrotropical species of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4242 (1), pp. 95-110 : 97

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4242.1.5

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:90F7C465-1C1C-410E-99FB-A46E39046F16

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6000141

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C1387B4-FFEA-FFAE-2BF5-6D1215E3F8C7

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Trigastrotheca
status

 

Key to the Asian species of Trigastrotheca View in CoL View at ENA

1. Occiput, mesopleuron, mesosternum and propodeum ocheous yellow ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 A, C, 2B); metasomal tergites 3 and 4 at least with posteriorly and laterally whitish or ochreous yellow ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 B, 3C); dark mark (brown or black) on middle part of mesoscutum absent, or if present, only on anterior half ( Figs 4 View FIGURE 4 A, 5C, E).....................................................2

-. Occiput, much of mesopleuron and mesosternum, propodeum and metasomal tergites 3 and 4 (except anterolateral areas) black ( Fig. 9); dark (black) mark on middle part of mesoscutum extending to scutellar sulcus........... T. tridentata (Enderlein)

2. Metasomal tergites 2–5 broadly dark brown or black medially surrounded by paler marks ( Figs 3 View FIGURE 3 A, 8C) [only males known]......................................................................................................3

- Metasomal tergites 2–5 ochreous yellow medially, some tergites with brown or black sublateral spots ( Figs 2 View FIGURE 2 A, 6C) [only females known]...................................................................................... 4

3. Median area of metanotum with a distinct midlongitudinal carina ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B); base of hind wing with a well-developed glabrous area distal to vein cu-a ( Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 B); antenna with 49–53 flagellomeres; fore wing length> 4.5 [4.9–5.1] mm................................................................................................... T. sureeratae sp. nov.

-. Median area of metanotum without midlongitudinal carina ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 A, C); base of hind wing with reduced setosity but this extending to vein cu-a anteriorly and with only a small glabrous area posteriorly ( Fig. 4 View FIGURE 4 C); antennae with 45–47 flagellomeres; fore wing length <4.0 [3.6] mm............................................................ T. maetoi sp. nov.

4. Body length c. 6.5 mm; metasomal tergites tricoloured, white laterally, ochreous medially and metasomal tergites 3 and 4 with black sublateral spots ( Figs 5 View FIGURE 5 C, 6B,C); postero-medial prominence of 5th metasomal tergite blunt and bordered by more or less evenly curved emarginations ( Fig. 6 View FIGURE 6 B)................................................ T. pariyanonthae sp. nov.

- Body length c. 4.1 mm; metasomal tergites ochreous brown without white markings, metasomal tergites 2 and 3 somewhat darker sublaterally, and 4th metasomal tergite with an ill-defined brown sublateral spot ( Figs 1 View FIGURE 1 A, 2A); posteromedial prominence of 5th metasomal tergite acute and emarginations more or less straight ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ).............. .. T. luzonensis sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

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