Amputoearinus boringi 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 : 8

Amputoearinus boringi Lindsay and Sharkey sp.n. ( Fig.2 b, 6c)

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other species of Amputoearinus by the following characters; longitudinal carina of scutellar sulcus present; median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly; projection of propleuron blunt; carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum.

Description: Holotype Ψ

Body length: 7.3mm. Color: body orange except for melanic as follows: antenna, hind tarsus, mid and hind tibia with melanic patch distally; forewing with infuscate band apically (cf. Fig. 4 f). Head: antenna with 43 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: scutellar sulcus with weak longitudinal carina ( Fig. 6 c); projection of propleuron blunt (cf. Fig 6 f.); median areola of mesosoma slightly depressed medially, with carinae laterally and posteriorly and transverse carina anteriorly, interior of areola rugulose (cf. Fig. 7 c); propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially (cf. Fig. 5 f); mesopleural suture with weak and reduced carinae along its length; 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 3 pegs at midlength; 0–1 peg(s) apically; hind tibia with 3–4 pegs apically; forewing length 7.1mm. Metasoma: median syntergite 2+3 length 1.6mm, width 1.5mm.

Male: Unknown

Etymology: in honor of Andy Boring.

Specimen examined: HOLOTYPE. Ψ, COLOMBIA, [Valle del] Cauca, PNN [Parque Nacional Natural] Gorgona, El Saman, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 5m, Malaise, 7–20.ii.2001, H. Torres, Leg. M. 1364, (right hind leg broken off after hind tibia), (IAvH).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Lateral habiti. a) A. alafumidus b) A. boringi. c) A. erudio d) A. fernandezi e) A. flavocacumen f) A. galbus.

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.