Confusocentrus panturat, Quicke & Butcher, 2011

Quicke, Donald L. J. & Butcher, Buntika Areekul, 2011, Two new genera of Rogadinae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Thailand, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 23, pp. 23-34 : 27

Confusocentrus panturat sp. n. Figs 1 2

Material examined.

Holotype female, Thailand, Surat Thani, Khao Sok N P., Klong Morg unit, 8°53.725'N, 98°39.025'E, 87 m, 2.xii.2008, coll. Pongphan, DNA voucher BCLDQ01571 (QSBG).

Morphology.

Length of body 6.4 mm, of fore wing 4.5 mm and of ovipositor 2.3 mm.

Head. Antenna broken in only known specimen, minimally with 39 flagellomeres. First flagellomere 1.4 × length of second, and 1.45 × length of 3rd flagellomere. Face smooth and shiny with sparse setosity. Width of face: Height of eye: width of head = 1.0:1.35:2.3. Frons with 2 pairs of weak carinae paralleling margin of eye just behind antennal sockets. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance from posterior ocellus and eye = 1.0:2.3:2.3.

Mesosoma. Dorsope deep and slit-like. Mesopleuron with deep, sigmoidal, rather narrow, crenulated precoxal suture; with crenulations along posterior edge of prepectal carina; with crenulated plural suture.

Fore wing. Length of veins r: 3-SR: SR1 = 1.0: 1.67:5.2. Vein m-cu approximately same length as vein 2-SR+M. Vein 1-CU1 0.5 times length of 2-CU1.

Hind wing. Without vein 1-1A. Vein M+CU 0.9 times length of 1-M (measured to junction with 2-M).

Legs. Lengths of fore femur: tibia: tarsus: basitarsus = 2.3: 2.75: 3.16: 1.0. Length of hind femur:tibia: tarsus = 1.5: 1.9 : 2.3: 1.0.

Metasoma. First tergite 2.1 × longer than posteriorly wide, petiolate, narrowest part 0.37 × width at widest part. Second and third tergites foveolate to fovelolate-rugulose. Second tergite 1.13 times longer than maximally wide; 1.13 times longer medially than 3rd tergite. Third tergite with weak emargination postero-medially. Ovipositor sheaths approximately 0.85 × length hind femur (excluding trochantellus).

Coloration. Head and body largely black: lower part of face brownish, pronotum and propleuron ivory white. Legs largely orange-brown with coxa and trochanter largely ivory white, trochantellus black. Winks clear to hyaline with dark browm-black venation and pterostigma.

Etymology.

Panturat is the name of a mountain, a giant lying on his side, near the collection site of the holotype.

Figures

Figure 1. Confusocentrus panturat gen. n., sp. n., holotype, CellD ® light micrographs. A Top of head B head, front view C thorax, dorsal view D mesosoma, lateral view E posterior mesosoma, metasoma and ovipositor, lateral view.

Figure 2. Confusocentrus panturat gen. n., sp. n., holotype, CellD ® light micrographs A Wings B metasomal tergites 2 and 3, dorsal view C propodeum.