Notiospathius shawi 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 : 195

Notiospathius shawi Marsh, 2002

Notiospathius shawi Marsh, 2002: 154 .

Variation with respect to holotype. Female. Body length: 3.35–3.75 mm. Color. Head mainly honey yellowbrown. Eye orbits honey yellow. Malar space honey yellow. Periocellar area dark brown. Scape yellow with a weakly longitudinal light brown stripe. Pedicel yellow with a weakly longitudinal light brown stripe. Antennae with the following color pattern from base to apex: honey yellow-brown-pale yellow-brown. Lateral mesoscutal lobes dark brown. Median mesoscutal lobe brown-dark brown. Venter of mesosoma dark brown. Pronotum brown to dark brown. Propodeum black or dark brown. First tergum brown-dark brown. Second tergum brown. Third tergum brown basomedially and apically with a weakly transversal honey stripe, or dark brown-brown. Fourth tergum brown basomedially and apically with a weakly transversal honey stripe, or brown to dark brown. Fifth tergum brown basomedially and apically with a weakly transversal honey stripe, or dark brown. Sixth tergum brown basomedially and apically with a weakly transversal honey stripe. Remaining terga brown except the last one, which is yellow, or honey except the last one, which is yellow. Fore and middle femur brown. Fore and middle tibia yellow. Hind coxa dark brown with pale yellow apically. Hind trochanter white. Hind trochantellus pale yellow-brown. Hind femur brown. Hind tibia brown, yellow apically. Hind tarsi yellow, or honey yellow. Wings infuscated (banded). Tegula honey yellow-brown, or yellow. Stigma white-brown, or white-dark brown.

Head. Clypeus weakly rugose. Head 0.80 x higher than wide. Face weakly rugose-transversely costate, or transversely costate. Face minimum width/maximum width ratio 0.80. Frons very weakly costate, or transversely costate. Vertex transversely costate. Eye 1.16–1.22 x higher than wide. Ocell-ocular distance three diameter of lateral ocellus. Malar space 0.30–0.34 x eye height in lateral view. Temple/eye length ratio in dorsal view 0.44– 0.49. Supraclypeal area 0.40 x head height in frontal view. Gena-temple area smooth, or smooth-weakly costate. Scape 0.50–0.61 x first flagellomere length. Flagellomeres 23–24.

Mesosoma. Pronotum costate laterally and rugose ventrally. Pronotal groove laterally scrobiculate-smooth. Propleuron rugose-smooth. Notauli reaching the end of mesoscutum. Mesoscutum medially costate-weakly rugose, or costate-rugose. Precoxal sulcus length 0.82–0.83 mesopleuron length. Mesopleuron costate-rugose dorsally, costate-rugose-coriaceous medially, and coriaceous ventrally, or costate-weakly rugose dorsally, costate-weakly rugose-coriaceous medially, and coriaceous ventrally. Metapleuron rugose-areolate. Propodeum rugose-areolate with two sublateral, longitudinal and complete carinae.

Wings: fore wing. 2RS/2M ratio 0.42–0.46. Vein (RS+M)b distinct. Vein (RS+M)b/2RS ratio 0.12–0.16. Vein r 0.30 length of vein 3 RSa. Vein 1cu-a slightly postfurcal to vein 1M. Hind wing. Vein M+CU/1M ratio 0.59–0.64. Vein m-cu nebulous. Vein cu-a 0.14–0.18 length of 1M. Vein r-m/1M ratio 0.24–0.27.

Legs. Hind coxa dorsally costate-rugose. Ventral part of hind coxa rugose-coriaceous. Hind coxa 0.50–0.6 length of hind femur. Femora without a rounded protrusion in dorso-medial view. Hind femur in dorsal view coriaceous.

Metasoma. Basal sternal plate length/first tergum length ratio 0.70–0.73. First tergum 2.79–3.05 x longer than apical width. Second tergum costulate-rugulose. Third tergum finely costulate-rugulose on basal half, smooth on apical half. Fourth tergum and fifth very weakly coriaceous basally, smooth apically and remainder of terga smooth. Ovipositor 2.10–2.60 mm long. Ovipositor 1.13–1.27 x length of metasoma. Ovipositor 2.60–2.90 x length of first tergum.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Cοlombia.

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female examined, UWIM. Females (IAvH): one female, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, El Helechal, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 30m, Malaise, 13/04/2001, 07/05/2001, T. Helmer Leg. M.1651 IAvH-E 114137; one female, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, Antigua Laguna, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 70m, Malaise, 05–20.ix.2000, R. Duque, Leg. M.912 IAvH-E 114142; one female, Colombia, Cauca, PNN Gorgona, El Saman, 2º58’N 78º11’W, 5m, Malaise, 12–27.vi.2001 H. Torres Leg. M.1997 IAvH-E 114141.