Doggerella angustata Mahmood, Quicke & Papp

Mahmood, Khalid, Papp, Jeno & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2011, A new Afrotropical genus Doggerella gen. nov. of braconine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with twelve new species, Zootaxa 2927, pp. 1-37 : 4-5

Doggerella angustata Mahmood, Quicke & Papp sp. nov. ( Figs 2 a–f, 12a–f)

Female: Body length 4.4 mm, fore wing length 4.4 mm.

Head: Antenna 31 segmented, as long as head, mesosoma and first tergite of metasoma, terminal segment pointed, simple (not acuminate), 2.0 times longer than wide, penultimate segment, 2.0 times longer than wide, first flagellomere 1.2 times longer than second and third. Scape 3.3 times as long as pedicel. Inter-tentorial distance 2.0 times tentorio-ocular distance. Face setose, quadrate in facial view, as wide as high ( Figs 2 b, 12b), with of face 0.43 times width of head. Head entirely coriaceous ( Figs 2 a, 12c), sub-cubic in dorsal view, 1.5 times as broad as long, head extended considerably above to level of eyes. Eye height 1.2 times width of face, eye glabrous in dorsal view. Temple not strongly receding behind eye. Stemmaticum with round edges, posterior ocellar line: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus to eye=2.5:1.0:4.5.

Mesosoma: Almost entirely setose ( Fig. 12 d), mostly black, 1.6 times longer than maximally high. Pronotum smooth laterally. Mesoscutum setose. Notauli weakly but distinctly impressed on anterior 0.85 of mesoscutum. Mesopleural sulcus absent. Scutellar sulcus narrow and finely crenulated. Propodeum coriaceous, with sparsely distributed long setae.

Wings: Fore wing ( Fig. 12 e). Ratio of length of veins SR1:3-SR:r=2.75:1.38:1.0. Ratio of length of veins 2- SR:3-SR:r-m=1.5:1.75:1.0. Veins 2-M & 3-SR, 3.75 times & 2.25 times as long as r-m, respectively. Vein 1-M straight. Vein 1-SR+M straight, distinctly less sclerotized near the origin of 1-SR. Vein cu-a interstitial to marginally post furcal. Veins 1-M and m-cu distinctly curving towards anterior wing margin. Ratio of length of veins 1- M:m-cu=2.0:1.0. Vein 3-CU1 curved posteriorly. Hind wing. Evenly setose. Vein SC+R1 2.5 times length of 1rm.Vein 1r-m 1.5 times length of R1.

Legs: Claw simple. Ratio of length of hind femur:tibia:basitarsus=2.5:3.2:1.0. Hind femur (excluding trochantellus) 2.7 times longer than maximally deep, broadest at middle, rather flattened laterally, setose. Hind tibia entirely setose. Hind basitarsus 2.9 times longer than maximally deep. Outer hind tibial spur reaching approximately 0.44 of distance along basitarsus.

Metasoma: Sparsely setose and foveolate ( Fig. 12 f). First tergite sparsely setose, weakly crenulated. Second tergite entirely setose, finely and weakly crenulated, 1.4 times longer medially than third. Second and third tergites transverse, second tergite 1.75 times and third tergite 2.4 times as wide apically as long medially. Second metasomal suture narrow. Third tergite sparsely setose, crenulated. Fourth and fifth tergites sparsely setose, crenulated. Hypopygium large and protruding beyond apex of tergites. Ovipositor sheath 1.9 mm long.

Coloration: Head black with face, malar space and frons (around eyes) yellow brown. Mesosoma entirely dark brown to black. Wings almost clear, venation and pterostigma brownish. All legs black with yellow brown joints. Metasoma yellow brown. Sternites with black markings.

Etymology: Named after narrow face

Material examined: Holotype: female, South Africa, Cape Province, Queenstown, 16.i.-10.ii.1923, R.E. Turner, BMNH. Paratypes female, Kenya, Diani Beach, xi.1951, N. L. H. Krauss, BMNH; female, Botswana, Kalkfontein (18 miles north east), 12–13.iv.1972, BMNH; male, South Africa, Cape peninsula, Camps Bay, 1– 20.x.1920, R.E. Turner, BMNH; female, South Africa, Limpopo (Northern) Province, 5 km, SSW Bandelierskop (23.21 S 29.47 E), 6.iv.1997, S. Neser & M. Stiller, SANC.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Doggerella angustata sp. n.; a, head, dorsal aspect; b, head, frontal aspect; c & d, propodeum and metasoma tergite 2, dorsal aspect; e, metasoma and hind leg, lateral aspect; f, metasoma from tergite 2, dorsal aspect.

FIGURE 12. Doggerella angustata sp. n.; a, habitus, lateral aspect; b, head, frontal aspect; c, head, dorsal aspect; d, head and mesosoma, lateral aspect; e, fore wing, distal part; f, metasoma from tergite 2, dorsal aspect.