Sendaphne jatai Penteado-Dias, 1995: 252.

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2014, Revision of the neotropical genus Sendaphne Nixon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 41, pp. 1-29 : 8-10

Sendaphne jatai Penteado-Dias, 1995: 252.

Figs 29-36

Holotype.

Female, DCBU. BRAZIL. Sao Paulo, Reserva Ecológica do Jataí, gallery forest of Mogi River; 24.v.1991; sweeping (not examined).

Specimens examined.

1 ♀ (CNC), Brazil, Mato Grosso, Sinop, x.1974, coll. M. Alvarenga, DNA Voucher code: CNCH3320. 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (CNC), Ecuador, Pichincha, 47 km S of Santo Domingo, Rio Palenque, 200m, 18-30.v.1975 and 22-31.vii.1976, coll. S. & J. Peck, DNA Voucher codes: CNCHYM 07034 and CNCHYM 07035. 1 ♀ (FUSAGx), French Guiana, Saul, Crique popote, Mont Belvédere, 3°36'N, 53°10'W, ii.2001, coll. J. Tarin.

Diagnosis.

This is the only species where female specimens have the body entirely yellow.

Distribution.

Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana.

Molecular data.

The two specimens from Ecuador rendered minibarcodes of 102 base pairs (CNCHYM 07034) and 164 base pairs (CNCHYM 07035).

Comments.

The male specimen from Ecuador has some dark bands on mediotergites 5-7, but otherwise is similar to the original description.

Figures

Figures 29 - 36. Sendaphne jatai, female specimen from Brazil. 29 Habitus, lateral view 30 Head and mesosoma (partially), dorso-lateral view 31 Fore wing 32 Metasoma, dorsal view 33 Scutellar disc, propodeum and T 1 (partially), dorsal view 34 Head, frontal view 35 Metasoma, lateral view 36 Mesosoma and metasoma (partially), dorsal view.