Cyranorogas depardieui, 2015

Butcher, Buntika A. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2015, A remarkable new genus and species of Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of uncertain tribal placement, from Papua New Guinea, resembling Betylobraconini stat. nov., Journal of Natural History 49 (33), pp. 2045-2054 : 2047

C. depardieui Quicke and Butcher sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Papua-New-Guinea, Province Madang, Mt Wilhelm 1700 m (−5.759269,145.2356), 28–29/10/2012, leg Valeba, Tulei, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 4, understorey; Malaise – MAL-MW1700D-04/16-d04.

Length of body 3 mm. Antenna with 25 flagellomeres. Median flagellomeres approximately 1.9× longer than wide. Length of fore wing 3 mm. Precoxal sulcus, deep, rather short, crenulate, located rather low down side of mesopleuron. Scutellar sulcus wide, deep, curved, with six strong carinae between outer ones. Mesopleuron largely smooth and shiny. Propodeum with midlongitudinal carina on anterior 0.7, where it divides to form a weak transverse carina, and posteror to this propodeum irregularly rugose. Body largely honey-yellow, posterior of propodeum, base of hind coxa narrowly, metasomal tergites 1 and 2 and basal part of tergum 3 white. Wings hyaline with brown venation.

Etymology. Named in honour of the actor Gérard Depardieu who played Cyrano de Bergerac in the 1990 film adaptation.

Figures

Figure 1. Cyranorogas depardeui gen. nov. et sp. nov. Holotype female: (A) habitus; (B) head, lateral view; (C) head, dorsal view; (D) head, anterior view.

Figure 2. Cyranorogas depardeui gen. nov. et sp. nov. Holotype female: (A) mesoscutum to scutellum, dorsal view; (B) mesosoma lateral view; (C) propodeum and metasomal tergites 1–3, oblique dorsal view.

Figure 3. Cyranobracon depardeui gen. nov. et sp. nov. Holotype female: (A) fore wing; (B) hind wing.