Aleiodes calvus, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 62-63

Aleiodes calvus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Namtok Yong NP, TV aerial, 23.ii.2009, 8° 14.262' N, 99° 48.289' E, 952m, Paiboon (voucher BCLDQ01483, Genbank JQ388361 ) ( QSBG).

Paratype ♀, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, 15.ix.2008, 8° 54.896' N, 98° 31.81' E, 115m, Pongphan (voucher BCLDQ01639, Genbank JN278367 ) ( QSBG) .

Body length 4.9–5.6 mm, fore wing length 4.0– 4.2 mm and antenna length approximately 8.0 mm.

Antenna with 54–56 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere acuminate. Median flagellomeres slightly more than 2 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete mediodorsally, forming a angle medially, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron largely aciculate, anterodorsally rugose, precoxal sulcus moderately impressed, coarsely rugose, specular area with reduced acucular sculpture. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina complete. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.35 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with lozenge-shaped glabrous zone. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.8 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.85 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.37 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.2 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell glabrous. Hind wing vein m-cu short, not tubular, pigmented, slightly antefurcal. Apex of hind tibia with a comb of specialised adpressed setae medially and ventrally. Claws with pecten of 7 or 8 long, fine, pale brown teeth on basal lobe, these splaying and distinctly separated, and the penultimate ones longest. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite moderately produced, convex anteriorly concave posteriorly. 3 rd metasomal tergite largely acicular-coriaceous, finely faintly longitidinally striate on basal half, with weak but distinct midlongitudinal carina on anterior 0.8 of tergum.

Antenna with terminal 16–17 flagellomeres white.

Etymology. Latin for shaved in reference to the setae-less hind wing basal cell.

Figures

FIGURE 37. A. calvus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head, dorsal view; E, metasoma; F, mid posterior part of fore wing showing glabrous zone below vein 1-CU1; G, basal of hind wing showing glabrous subbasal cell; H, anterior mesosoma, dorsal view;