Mirax (Centistidea) pendiasae, Papp, 2013

Papp, J, 2013, Eleven New Mirax Haliday, 1833 Species From Colombia And Honduras And Key To The Sixteen Neotropical Mirax Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae), Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 59 (2), pp. 97-129 : 111-113

Mirax (Centistidea) pendiasae sp. n.

(Figs 62–69)

Material examined (2 ff) – Female holotype: Honduras, Foo. Morazan, San Antonio de Oriente, Uyura, 6 March 1997, leg. C. Hansson. Female paratype: Honduras, Cortes, Parque Nacional Cusuco , 5 km N Buenos Aires, taken with Malaise trap in an oak / pine cloud forest, 15˚29’N / 88˚13’W, 30 June 1995, leg. R. CAve .

Types condition – Holotype is in good condition: (1) glued on a card point by hind two pairs of coxae, (2) left hind wing somewhat less visible owing to the mounting. Para- type also in good condition: glued on a card point by right side of mesosoma.

Type depositories – Holotype is deposited in Zoologisk Museum, The University, Lund ( Sweden); paratype in Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hym. Typ. No. 12073.

Etymology – The new species is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Angelica Penteado-Dias (São Carlos) , the well-known explorer of the braconids of the Neotropical Region; her name is an abbreviated epithet pen[teado]diasae.

Description of the female holotype – Body 2.2 mm long. Antenna somewhat longer than body, flagellomeres 1–2 equal in length, first flagellomere 5.5 times as long as broad preapically (Fig. 62), penultimate flagellomere three times as long as broad. Head in dorsal view transverse (Fig. 63), 1.8 times as broad as long, eye 1.7 times as long as temple, temple rounded. Inner margin of eyes parallel. Head uneven, subshiny to dull. – Mesosoma in lateral view 1.4 times as long as high. Mesoscutum uneven to densely subpunctate, dull, otherwise mesosoma polished. Metanotum as in cf. Fig. 116. Propodeum with a strong medio-longitudinal carina, almost entirely and rather transversely rugulose with a few carinulate and areolate elements (Fig. 64). Hind femur four times as long as broad somewhat distally (Fig. 65). – Fore wing: pterostigma 2.6 times as long as wide, issuing r proximally from its midpoint, 1– R 1 0.3 times as long as pterostigma, 2–SR 1.7 times as long as width of pterostigma (Fig. 66). First discal cell high, 1–M 1.5 times as long as m–cu, 1–SR–M anteriorly weakly sclerotized and a bit longer than 1–M (Fig. 67). – Sclerotized (brown) plate of first tergite spoon-shaped broadening posteriorly, that of seond tergite as in Fig. 68. Membraneous part of tergites 1–3 finely striate. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind basitarsus. – Antenna, head and mesosoma brown, metasoma somewhat lighter brown. Oral organs and tegula pale yellow, legs pale yellow to yellow. Wings hyaline, pterostigma and veins brownish to yellowish.

Deviating features of the female paratype – Head in dorsal view 1.9 times as broad as long. Pterostigma narrow, 3.3 times as long as wide, 2–SR 1.8 times as long as width of pterostigma (Fig. 69). Coxae and trochanters pale yellow, rest of legs with much brownish to brown pattern. Bown colour of body somewhat darker.

Male and host unknown.

Distribution – Honduras.

Taxonomic position – The new species, Mirax (Centistidea) pendiasae , is nearest to M. (C.) striatus Penteado-Dias (PenteAdo- DiAs 1999: 92) considering the sclerotized plates of tergites 1–2 and form of head in dorsal view, they can be distinguished using the following key:

Figs 62–76. 62–69: Mirax (Centistidea) pendiasae sp. n. (female, holotype: Figs 62–68, female paratype: Fig. 69): 62 = flagellomeres 1–3, 63 = head in dorsal view, 64 = propodeum, 65 = hind femur, 66 = pterostigma and 2–SR of right fore wing, 67 = first discal cell, 68 = tergites 1–2, 69 = pterostigma and 2–SR of right fore wing. – 70–76: Mirax (Centistidea) politus sp. n. (female, holotype): 70 = head in dorsal view, 71 = head in frontal view, 72 = propodeum, 73 = hind femur, 74 = pterostigma and 2–SR of right fore wing, 75 = first discal cell, 76 =

tergites 1–2.

1 First flagellomere somewhat (in Fig. 7: 1.2 times, in PenteAdo- DiAs 1999: 192) longer than second flagellomere. Eye in dorsal view 1.2–1.4 times as long as temple, temple less rounded (Fig. 8 l. c.). Medio-longitudinal sclerotized plate of second tergite shorter than latero-transverse sclerotized part, striolate membranous part of third tergite narrow, tergite itself seven times as broad as long (Fig. 11 l. c.). Ground colour of body yellow with brown to dark brown pattern. f: 1.6 mm. – Brazil

M. (C.) striatus (Penteado-Dias, 1999)

– Flagellomeres 1–2 equal in length (Fig. 62). Eye in dorsal view 1.7 times as long as temple, temple more rounded (Fig. 63). Medio-longitudinal sclerotized plate of second tergite somewhat shorter than latero-transverse sclerotized part as in Fig. 68. Striolate membranous part of third tergite wide, tergite itself three times as broad as long. Ground colour of body brown. f: 2.2–2.4 mm. – Honduras M. (C.) pendiasae sp. n.

In the key M. (C.) pendiasae sp. n. runs to M. (C.) sulcatulus sp. n., see keycouplet 13.