Notiospathius badius Marsh, 2002

Rodriguez-Jimenez, Andrea & Sarmiento, Carlos E., 2016, Taxonomic synopsis of Notiospathius Matthews & Marsh, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Colombia, Zootaxa 4132 (2), pp. 151-206 : 171-172

Notiospathius badius Marsh, 2002 .

Notiospathius badius Marsh, 2002:142

Variation with respect to holotype. Females. Body length: 4.00–6.00 mm. Color. Head mainly honey yellowdark brown. Eye orbits yellow or honey yellow. Malar space honey yellow. Periocellar area dark brown, or honey yellow. Scape yellow. Pedicel yellow to light brown. Mesosoma mainly honey-black. Lateral mesoscutal lobes brown. Median mesoscutal lobe honey. Venter of mesosoma honey-dark brown, or dark brown. Pronotum blackhoney, or black or dark brown, or brown-honey. Propodeum black. First tergum dark brown to black, or dark brown. Second tergum dark brown, or light brown. Third tergum yellow basomedially and apically with a transversal light brown stripe, or yellow to light brown. Fourth tergum yellow, or yellow to light brown. Fifth tergum yellow to light brown, or basally brown apical honey yellow. Sixth tergum basally dark brown apical honey yellow, or yellow to light brown. Fore and middle femur yellow, or pale yellow at apex and base with light brown apically. Hind coxa honey turning yellow apically. Hind trochantellus pale yellow, brown at apex. Hind femur pale yellow basally, brown or light brown apically. Hind tarsi honey yellow. Veins mainly light brown. Stigma whitelight brown, or white-brown.

Head. Clypeus strongly rugose. Head 0.70–0.80 x higher than wide. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.82–0.93. Frons rugose-costate, or weakly costate. Vertex transversely striate. Eye 1.17–1.26 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance twice diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.29–0.38 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.47–0.58. Supraclypeal area 0.40 x head height in frontal view. Flagellomeres 32–39.

Mesosoma. Pronotum costate-rugose laterally and rugose ventrally. Pronotal groove not distinct. Pronotal groove laterally scrobiculate-smooth. Propleuron rugose-smooth, or weakly rugose-smooth. Mesoscutal lobes coriaceous, strongly costate-rugose along lateral edges, or coriaceous, costate-rugose along lateral edges, or coriaceous, costate-weakly rugose along lateral edges. Mesoscutum medially costate, or strongly rugose. Scutellum (scutellar disc) coriaceous. Subalar groove distinct. Precoxal sulcus broad, deep and scrobiculate. Precoxal sulcus length 0.75–0.80 x mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron porcate dorsally, porcate-smooth medially and ventrally, or porcate dorsally, porcate-smooth medially, and smooth ventrally, or porcate dorsally, weakly porcate-smooth medially and ventrally. Venter of mesosoma weakly coriaceous-weakly rugose. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeal apico-lateral corners with distinct tubercle.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.42–0.53. Vein m-cu meeting vein RS+Ma distinctly before vein 2RS. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.15–0.39. Vein r 0.29–0.43 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a postfurcal to vein 1M, or slightly postfurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.41–0.48. Vein cu-a 0.12–0.16 x length of 1M. Vein r-m/ 1M ratio 0.12–0.23.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally costate-rugose. Ventral part of hind coxa rugose, or rugose-granulate. Hind coxa 0.38–0.50 x length of hind femur. Femora without a rounded protrusion in dorso-medial view, or indistinct. Hind femur in dorsal view weakly striate-weakly coriaceous, or weakly striate.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.70–0.80. First tergum 2.53–3.75 x longer than apical width. Second tergum costate at base, remainder of terga smooth and polished, or weakly costate at base, remainder of terga smooth and polished. Ovipositor 4.50–6.76 mm long. Ovipositor 1.67–2.14 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 4.50–5.45 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Colombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female examined, UWIM. Female ( ICN), Colombia, Vaupés, Estación Biológica Mosiro-Itajura (Caparú), Centro Ambiental, 1º4'S 69º31’W, 60m, Malaise, 03–10.iv.2003, J. Pinzón Leg. M.3638 ICN 0 56050 and females (IAvH): one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º46'S 70º18’W, 150m, Malaise, 07–15.ii.2001, B. Amado Leg. M.2038 IAvH-E 113909; one female, Colombia, Amazonas, PNN Amacayacu, San Martín, 3º46'S 70º18’W, 150m, Malaise, 16/04/2001, 07/05/2001, A. Parente, Leg. M.1861 IAvH-E 114132.