Aphidius funebris Mackauer, 1961

Martínez-Chávez, Laura Marcela, Duque-Gamboa, Diana Nataly & Toro-Perea, Nelson, 2019, New records of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) from Colombia, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1083-1091: 1085-1086

Aphidius funebris Mackauer, 1961  Edit

Figure 9

New record. Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Roldanillo , 09.iv.2017, 04°28′30″N, 076°07′05″W, collected by hand, L.M. Martinez, D.N. Duque, E. Aguirre, 20 females  Edit

(MUSENUV: 28964 / GenBank accession number: MF807200), 1 male (MUSENUV 28965).

Identification. Female: 2.1–2.2 mm. Filiform antennae with 18 or 19 segments and 0–3 longitudinal placodes. Maxillary palpi 4-segmented and labial palpi 3-seg- mented. Petiole trapezoidal with finely costulate antero- lateral area. Forewing venation incomplete, with R 1 with similar length than stigma; r&Rs same length than stigma and R 1; M&m-cu complete, ending before r&Rs; transversal vein between M & m-cu and r&Rs almost complete. Stigma elongately triangular.

Male: 1.6–1.7 mm. Similar to female but filiform antennae with 16–18 segments.

Figures

Figures 8–11. Habitus of Aphidius. 8. A.colemani. 9. A.funebris. 10. A. matricariae. 11. A. platensis. All are females.