Teresirogas prestonae Quicke

Quicke, Donald L. J., Shaw, Mark R., Achterberg, Cornelis Van, Bland, Keith P., Butcher, Buntika A., Lyszkowski, Richard & Zhang, Y. Miles, 2014, A new Australian genus and five new species of Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), one reared as a gregarious endoparasitoid of an unidentified limacodid (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 3881 (3), pp. 237-257 : 249

Teresirogas prestonae Quicke & van Achterberg sp. nov.

( Figs 9–10 )

Holotype ♀ ( ANIC) “ 4 mi. W. of Coolibah HS, N.T., 15.34 S 130.54 E, 21 June 1968, M. Mendum”.

Paratypes: 1 ♀, “W.A., Homestead, Beverley Springs, 16.35 S 125.29 E, 31.v. 1993, E.D, Edwards” ( ANIC); 1 ♀, “Qld., 7 km E Laura, 15.35 S 144.30 E, 27.v. 1993, at light, P. Zborowski & A. Roach” ( ANIC) 1 ♀, “ 18 km NE by E Heathlands, Q., 11.40 S 142.43 E, 19.iii. 1992, E.D. Edwards” ( RMNH).

Female. Body length 7.6 mm, fore wing length 6.8 mm.

Median carina of propodeum reduced. Fore wing vein 1 cu-a distinctly antefurcal to subinterstitial. Vein 2 -CU 1 distinctly curved. Basal lobes of claws reduced.

Coloration. Head (except stemmaticum) and mesosoma orange, coloration otherwise rather variable; metasomal tergite 1 entirely pale (ivory), only basal half dark brown, or up to basal two-thirds dark brown; tergite 2 entirely pale or laterally partly darkened.

Etymology. Named after the influential Australian modernist artist, Margaret Preston (1875–1973), well known for her highly colourful paintings.

Figures

FIGURE 9. Teresirogas prestonae gen. et. sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head, dorsal view; C, mesoscutum, dorsal view; D, head, front view.

FIGURE 10. Teresirogas prestonae gen. et. sp. nov. A, fore wing; B, hind leg and mesosoma, lateral view; C, propodeum and metasomal tergites 1 – 4, dorsal view.