Amputoearinus planusfunditus Lindsay and Sharkey

Lindsay, Cheryl & Sharkey, Michael, 2006, Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species, Zootaxa 1329, pp. 1-27 : 20

Amputoearinus planusfunditus Lindsay and Sharkey sp.n. ( Fig. 3 f)

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other species of Amputoearinus by the following characters; forewing infuscate with yellow patch in basal quarter and a yellow band in apical 3rd quarter; propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially.

Description: Holotype Ψ

Body length: 6.9mm. Color: body yellow except melanic as follows: head, antenna, propleuron, mid, hind tarsus, hind tibia apically, first four metasomal segments; forewing infuscate with yellow patch in basal quarter and a yellow band in apical 3rd quarter ( Fig. 4 e). Head: antenna with 41 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina (cf. Fig. 6 d); projection of propleuron blunt (cf. Fig. 6 f); median areola of mesosoma slightly depressed medially with carinae laterally and posteriorly (cf. Fig. 7 c); propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially (cf. Fig. 5 f); mesopleural suture with weak transverse carinae; margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae (cf. Fig. 7 b); carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum (cf. Fig. 6a ); length of midtibial spur 0.6mm, length of midbasitarsomere 0.7mm; midtibia with 4 pegs at midlength, lacking pegs apically; hind tibia with 2–3 pegs apically; forewing length 6.9mm. Metasoma: median syntergite 2+3, length 1.4mm, width 1.4mm.

Male: Unknown

Etymology: from the Latin word planus meaning smooth, and funditus meaning entirely because of the lack of characteristic carinae.

Specimen Examined: HOLOTYPE. Ψ, [ BRAZIL], BR. AM. [Amazonas], Manaus Reserve Ducke, [3°6’48”S 60°1’31”W], 04.ix.1990, Malaise, leg. D. Vidal, (INPA).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Lateral habiti. a) A. gloriae b) A. matamata c) A. niger d) A. pectusacutum e) A. pitzi f) A. planusfunditus.

FIGURE 4. Lateral habiti a) A. seltmannae b) A. sharanowskiae c) A. surinen d) A. variegatus Forewings e) A. planusfunditus f) A. sharanowskiae g) A. seltmannae.

FIGURE 5. Forewings: a) A. niger b) A. pectusacutum c) A. alafumidus. Propodeal sculpture: d) ♂ A. flavocacumen e) Ψ A. galbus f) Ψ A. gloriae g) Ψ A. matamata h) Ψ A. niger.

FIGURE 6. a) A. variegatus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum b) A. galbus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum c) A. boringi dorsal view showing presence of carina on scutellar sulcus d) A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing absence of carina on scutellar sulcus e) A. pectusacutum projection of propleuron acute f) A. flavocacumen projection of propleuron blunt.

FIGURE 7. a) Ψ A. galbus margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with transverse carinae b) Ψ A. sharanowskiae margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae c) Ψ A. gloriae dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly d) ♂ A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially, lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly.