Eodendrus flavus Belokobylskij and Long, 2005

Belokobylskij, Sergey A., Chen, Xuexin & Long, Khuat Dang, 2005, Revision of the genus Eodendrus Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae), Journal of Natural History 39 (29), pp. 2715-2743 : 2734-2737

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930500114459
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/014587A8-FFDE-FF8E-293B-FCA91DB54DB5
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Eodendrus flavus Belokobylskij and Long
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Eodendrus flavus Belokobylskij and Long View in CoL , sp. nov.

( Figures 55–65 View Figures 55–65 )

Type material

Holotype: female, ‘‘ Vietnam: Vinh Phuc Prov., Me Linh District, Ngoc Thanh, Tam Dao foothill, 21 ° 249N 105 ° 439E; h 5400 m, 12– 13.05.2002, S. Belokobylskij’ ’ ( ZISP).

Description

Female. Body length 2.4 mm; fore wing length 1.8 mm.

Head width 1.3× its median length. Head behind eye (dorsal view) regularly roundly narrowed; transverse diameter of eye 1.4× as long as temple ( Figure 56 View Figures 55–65 ). Ocelli small, in triangle with base 1.5× its sides. POL 2× Od, 0.7× OOL. Eye glabrous, 1.15× as high as broad. Malar space height 0.4× height of eye, 0.75× basal width of mandible ( Figure 57 View Figures 55–65 ). Face width almost equal to height of eye and 1.25× height of face and clypeus combined. Clypeus with narrow lower flange. Clypeal suture distinct and complete. Hypoclypeal depression round, its width 0.8× distance from edge of depression to eye, 0.4× width of face ( Figure 55 View Figures 55–65 ). Hypostomal flange very narrow. Antennae ( Figure 58 View Figures 55–65 ) slender, filiform, more than 22-segmented (apical segments missing). Scapus 1.25× as long as its maximum width. First flagellar segment weakly curved outside, not flattened, about 5.0× as long as its apical width, 0.85× as long as second segment. Subapical segments about 4.5× as long as their width.

Mesosoma . Length 2.2× its height. Mesoscutum highly and perpendicularly raised above pronotum. Pronotal keel rather distinct. Notauli deep in anterior half, shallow in posterior half, coarsely crenulate. Prescutellar depression rather shallow, with three carinae, almost smooth, 0.4× as long as weakly convex scutellum. Subalar depression shallow, wide, striate-rugulose. Sternauli rather deep, straight, narrow, almost smooth, connected with prepectal carina anteriorly, running along almost entire length of lower part of mesopleura. Metapleural flange short, narrow, pointed apically.

Wings. Fore wing ( Figure 59 View Figures 55–65 ) 3.7× as long as its maximum width. Radial vein arising from middle of pterostigma. Metacarpus 1.1× as long as pterostigma. Second radial abscissa 2.8× first abscissa, 0.55× the straight third abscissa, 1.4× first radiomedial vein. Second radiomedial cell 3.4× as long as its maximum width, 1.3× as long as brachial cell. First abscissa of medial vein straight. Recurrent vein 3.0× second abscissa of medial vein. Distance from nervulus to basal vein 1.3× nervulus length. Brachial cell closed apically distinctly before recurrent vein. Hind wing ( Figure 60 View Figures 55–65 ) 5.3× as long as wide. First abscissa of costal vein 0.6× second abscissa. First abscissa of mediocubital vein 0.4× second abscissa. Recurrent vein short, curved toward base of wing, unsclerotized, distinctly antefurcal.

Legs. Hind coxa without basoventral tooth, its length almost twice maximum width ( Figure 61 View Figures 55–65 ). Hind femur 3.0× as long as wide ( Figure 62 View Figures 55–65 ). Hind tibia with four short spines on apical outside margin ( Figure 63 View Figures 55–65 ). Hind tarsus 0.9× as long as hind tibia. Basitarsus 0.6× as long as second to fifth segments combined. Second tarsal segment about 0.6× as long as basitarsus, 1.1× as long as fifth segment (without pretarsus).

Metasoma. Metasoma ( Figure 65 View Figures 55–65 ) 1.25× as long as head and mesosoma combined. First tergite distinctly and linearly widened from base to apex, with long spiracular tubercles in basal 0.3 that are directed somewhat downwards. Acrosternite of first tergite about 0.45× as long as tergite. Maximum width of first tergite almost twice its minimum width; length 1.7× its apical width. Second tergite with rather distinct, straight, posteriorly convergent lateral longitudinal light furrows; basal width of median area about twice its apical width; length of tergite 1.2× its basal width, 1.2× length of third tergite. Second suture distinct laterally, almost absent medially, with very weak lateral bends. Ovipositor sheath 0.85× as long as body, 1.5× as long as metasoma, 1.1× as long as fore wing.

Sculpture and pubescence. Vertex and frons very finely transversely striate and densely coriaceous, vertex medially almost smooth. Face distinctly and densely transversely striate. Temple finely longitudinally striate, almost smooth in lower 0.25. Mesoscutum densely reticulate-rugulose, additionally with fine granulation. Scutellum granulate-striate. Mesopleura rugulose-granulate in upper 0.3, finely granulate-coriaceous medially, almost smooth below sternauli. Metapleura entirely and densely rugulose-reticulate. Propodeum densely granulate in basal half, rugose-striate with granulation in apical half, without carinae and marginate areas. Hind coxae sparsely striate and with dense granulation dorsally, densely and finely granulate laterally. First and second tergites distinctly striate, densely reticulate between striae. Third tergite very finely coriaceous mediobasally, smooth for most part. Remaining tergites smooth. Mesoscutum entirely with dense short semi-erect hairs. Hind tibia with rather short, dense and semi-erect hairs dorsally, length of these hairs 0.5–0.7× maximum width of hind tibia.

Colour. Body brownish yellow. Antenna dark reddish brown, five basal segments brownish yellow. Palpi yellow. Tegulae yellowish red. Legs yellow. Ovipositor sheath brownish yellow in basal 0.6, distinctly infuscate to almost black in apical 0.4. Fore wings faintly infuscate. Pterostigma brown, pale yellow in basal 0.3 and apically.

Male. Unknown.

Discussion

This new species is similar to E. hoabinicus sp. nov. but differs in the relatively long temple ( Figure 56 View Figures 55–65 cf. Figure 67 View Figures 66–76 ), the relatively short and wide scapus ( Figure 58 View Figures 55–65 cf. Figure 69 View Figures 66–76 ), the long first radiomedial cell ( Figure 59 View Figures 55–65 cf. Figure 70 View Figures 66–76 ), the long fifth tarsal segment, the medially indistinct second metasomal suture ( Figure 65 View Figures 55–65 cf. Figure 76 View Figures 66–76 ), the medially almost smooth vertex, and the almost entirely smooth third tergite ( Figure 65 View Figures 55–65 cf. Figure 76 View Figures 66–76 ).