Promicrogaster rondeau Fernandez-Triana, 2019

Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2019, Revision of the North American species of Promicrogaster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with an updated key to all described species in North and Meso America, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 70, pp. 89-112 : 89

Promicrogaster rondeau Fernandez-Triana sp. nov.

Fig. 7 A-F

Material examined.

Holotype. CANADA • ♀, CNC; Ontario; Rondeau Provincial Park ; 12 Aug 1982; Sand dunes; M. Sharkey leg; CNC666701.

Diagnosis.

This species is morphologically similar to four species described from Costa Rica (ACG). Apart from the disparate geographical distribution, there are several differences between them, which are best shown in Table 2 below.

Description.

Head: mostly dark reddish-brown, labrum and mandibles yellow. Flagellomeres: dark brown. Mesosoma: mostly dark reddish-brown laterally, dorsally mostly black (but with faint reddish-brown spots on posterolateral margins of anteromesoscutum). Tegula: yellow. Metasoma (dorsally): mostly dark brown to black. Metacoxa: brown. Malar distance: less than 0.2 × eye length. Fore wing areolet: absent. T1 sculpture: mostly sculptured. T2 sculpture: mostly sculptured, except for small, smooth central area. Body length: 2.20 mm. Fore wing length: 2.30 mm. Ovipositor length: 1.30 mm. Ocular-ocellar line: 0.14 mm. Interocellar distance: 0.07 mm. Posterior ocellus diameter: 0.05 mm. Metacoxa length: 0.44 mm. Metafemur length: 0.51 mm. Metatibia length: 0.65 mm. T1 length/width at posterior margin: 0.31 mm/ 0.17 mm. T2 length/width at posterior margin: 0.08 mm/ 0.32 mm.

Distribution.

CANADA, Ontario, Rondeau Provincial Park.

Biology.

Unknown.

Molecular data.

Not available.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality, in recognition of the natural values and uniqueness of the Rondeau Provincial Park.

Figures

Figure 7. Promicrogaster rondeau, female holotype. A Habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D head and mesosoma, dorsal E propodeum and metasoma, dorsal F ovipositor.