Blanchard, 1942 : 116
Brachymeria subrugosa
De Santis 1967 : 209
Pectinophora gossypiella
Patelloa (Tachinidae)
De Santis 1979 : 63
Eucelatoriopsis
Tachinidae
Aquino et al . 2015 : 297
Description of Brachymeria philornisae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), a parasitoid of the bird parasite Philornis trinitensis (Diptera: Muscidae) in Tobago, with a review of the sibling species
Delvare, Gérard
Heimpel Hannes Baur, George E.
Chadee, Dave D.
Martinez, Raymond
Knutie, Sarah A.
Aquino et al . 2015 : 297
MXM7
Blanchard, 1942
Blanchard
1942
[151,654,1837,1864]
Insecta
Chalcididae
Brachymeria
Animalia
Hymenoptera
20
Arthropoda
species
subrugosa
Brachymeria subrugosa Blanchard, 1942: 116−117. Original description ♀. ARGENTINA: Charata. Brachymeria subrugosa; De Santis 1967: 209[host Pectinophora gossypiellaand Patelloa(Tachinidae)]; De Santis 1979: 63[host Eucelatoriopsissp. ( Tachinidae)]; Aquino et al. 2015: 297[ lectotypedesignation].
Material examined. PARAGUAY. Colonel Delgado, ex Alabamaargillacea[ Lepidoptera: Noctuidae] on Gossypium hirsutum, 30.v.1985, adult emergence 06.vii.1985, Michel B.leg. ( 1 ♀) [Ref. Cirad 5246] (in CIRAD).
Diagnosis. Mandibles brown subapically ( Fig. 8B). Epicnemium and prepectus black, only ventral prepectus on sides of medioventral projection dark brownish. Black ring on mesofemur complete. Head about as broad as mesosoma. Gena, lower face and supracoxal stripe of metepimeron moderately setose ( Fig. 8A, B). Clypeus with irregularly distributed points( Fig. 8B). Adtorular carinae thin, appearing as irregular rugae( Fig. 8A, B). Antennal scrobesreaching lower margin of median ocellus, virtually as high as eye (0.97×) their upper edge at level with upper ocular line( Fig. 8A). Eyes separated by 0.9× their own height( Fig. 8A). Ocellar ocular distance much shorter than median ocellus diameter (as in Fig. 5A). Clava tapering with small area of micropilosity ( Fig. 8E). Mesosoma 1.35−1.4× as long as broad. Basal fold of fore wing with 12 or 13 setae. Metasoma 2.01−2.26× as long as broad. Apex of hypopygium emarginate mesally (as in Fig. 5J). Recognition. This species is easily separated from B. subconicaand Brachymeria'Brassolis' by the smaller number of setae on the basal fold. It is distinguished from B. philornisaeand B. costalimaiby the antennal scrobes being virtually as high as the eye such that the upper edge is about level with the upper ocular line. The ratios provided by the LDA extractor are also useful (Tab. 4 and Fig. 4). The ratios of head breath: frontovertex breathand mesoscutellum breath: median ocellus diameterreadily separate it from B. subrugosawhile the ratios of metasoma length: mesosoma lengthand head breath: eye heightdistinguish it from most specimens of B. costalimai.
Hosts. The typeseries and the female examined were both from Alabamaargillacea(Hübner) ( Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The tachinid hosts quoted by De Santis (1967, 1979) must be checked because of the past confusion concerning the identity of the species. This species was erroneously quoted as B. subconicaby Silvie et al.(2014)and at least some of the hosts cited by the authors are probably erroneous because the species was mixed with B. costalimaias noted above.
Distribution. Argentinaand Paraguay.
1438485648
[151,1171,1945,1967]
Argentina
ARGENTINA
20
1
1
1438485632
1985-05-30
1985-07-06
1985-05-30
CIRAD
Michel B.
Colonel Delgado
21
1
1
Alabama