Bohayella rodrigodiazi Kang, 2022

Kang, Ilgoo, 2022, Bohayella rodrigodiazi sp. nov.: a new species from Ecuador with an updated key to the New World species of Bohayella Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 89, pp. 1-8 : 1

Bohayella rodrigodiazi Kang sp. nov.

Fig. 1A-F

Material examined.

Holotype Ecuador • ♀; female, Sucumbíos, Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge ; 0°30'S, 76°30'W, 270 m; 4-14, Mar. 1994; Malaise trap; P. Hibbs leg. Paratypes Ecuador • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; 78°30'W; 220-230 m; 12-22, Jun. 1995 . • 1 ♀; same collecting data as for preceding (Note: According to the GPS coordinates, Sacha Lodge is located near 0°30'S, 76°30'W.) .

Diagnosis.

B. rodrigodiazi sp. nov. can be distinguished from B. geraldinae by the following characters: apical maxillary palpomere slightly longer than penultimate maxillary palpomere; scutellar sulcus with three crenulae; median length of T1 ~4.78 × longer than apical width; T2 medially ~0.31 × longer than T1; T4 medially melanic. B. rodrigodiazi sp. nov. can be distinguished from B. hansoni by the following characters: median crenula of notauli as long as median crenula of scutellar sulcus (Fig. 1D ); apical cup-like pit of scutellum with U-shape posterior margin (Fig. 1D ); metabasitarsus antero-posteriorly slightly expanded; T1 ~4.78 × longer than apical width; ball-like projection of T2 pale (Fig. 1E ); T3 ~1.81 × longer than T2 medially.

Description.

Body ~4.95-~5.06 mm. Forewing length: ~4.46 mm. Hindwing length: ~3.50 mm. Antenna length: ~4.84-~5.11 mm. Head. Antenna 33-34-segmented. Interantennal space with median carina. POL ~1.31 × longer than diameter of anterior ocellus (17:13). Eye sparsely setose with minute setae; length of eye 0.78 × longer than median width of gena in lateral view (39:50). Gena ventro-posteriorly extended into moderate prominence. Width of clypeus 2.04 × longer than height (49:24). Malar space ~1.83 × longer than basal width of mandible (22:12). Mandible bidentate. Maxillary palpus five segmented; apical maxillary palpomere ~1.11 × longer than penultimate maxillary palpomere (21:19). Mesosoma. Mesoscutum with sharp margin. Notauli broadly converging at base, with eleven crenulae; median crenula of notauli ~0.82 × longer than median crenula of scutellar sulcus (18:22). Scutellar sulcus with three crenulae. Apical cup-like pit of scutellum with U-shape posterior margin. Postscutellar depression present. Propodeum rugulose; median areola of propodeum apparent; median transverse carina of the propodeum reaching lateral margin. Pronotum anteriorly smooth and posteriorly crenulate. Mesopleuron dorsally and posteriorly with crenulate margin. Epicnemial carina present medially. Metapleuron anteriorly smooth and posteriorly crenulate. Legs. Basal spur on protibia ~0.76 × longer than basitarsus (34:45). Basal spur on mesotibia ~0.89 × longer than basitarsus (42:47). Width of metafemur ~0.34 × longer than its length (46:135). Basal spur on metatibia ~0.82 × longer than basitarsus (65:79). Metatarsal claw pectinate. Wings. Forewing second submarginal cell trapezoidal, ~0.35 × longer than its maximum width (30:86); 3r absent; RS sharply angled at basal third; stigma ~3.31 × longer than medial width (116:35); 1CUa short, 0.26 × longer than 1Cub (13:50). Hind wing 2-1A absent. Metasoma. T1 with a pair of lateral sutures posteriorly reduced, median length of T1 ~4.78 × longer than apical width (67:14). T2 with a ball-like projection, medially ~0.31 × longer than T1 (21:67). T3 ~1.81 × longer than T2 medially (38:21). Protruded ovipositor sheath ~0.15 × longer than Metatibia and apically setose (26:174).

Color.

Body mostly pale; the following areas darker: antenna, vertex, frons, dorsal occiput, labrum, mandible apically, maxillary palpus, labial palpus, lateral mesonotal lobe posteriorly, tegula, margin of metanotum posteriorly, apical protibia, protarsus, apical mesofemur, mesotibia, mesotarsus, apical metafemur, basal and apical metatibia, apical metatarsus mostly, T4-T8 (one specimen with melanic T3 medially), ovipositor sheath. Wings entirely infuscate, stigma darker.

Male.

Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

B. rodrigodiazi sp. nov. is known only from Sacha Lodge, Rio Napo, Sucumbíos, Ecuador at the elevations of 220m and 270m.

Etymology.

This species is named in honor of Dr Rodrigo Diaz, Associate Professor of biological control in the Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University. He is the PhD advisor of the author of this paper (IK) and originally from Quito, Ecuador.

Figures

Figure 1. Bohayella rodrigodiazi sp. nov. A lateral habitus B wings C anterior head D dorsal head and mesonotum E dorsal propodeum and metanotum F latero-ventral hypopygium.