Aleiodes liessa, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 120-121

Aleiodes liessa sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, 15.v.2007, Y Areeluck (voucher BCLDQ00162, Genbank JF962552 ) ( QSBG).

Body length 6.0 mm, fore wing length 5.5 mm and antenna length 6.5 mm.

Antenna with 46 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere strongly acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximately 1.8 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete, the dorsal parts on either side of midline almost straight and forming an angle medially, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron largely aciculate with strong longitudinal striation dorsally and in precoxal sulcus, speculum absent. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with distinct glabrous lozenge-shaped zone. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.35 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.75 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu represented by weakly pigmented wing fold, interstitial. Hind tibia with comb of adpressed setae apicomedially and ventrally. Claws with pecten of 7 or 8 long, fine, pale brown teeth on basal lobe, these splaying and distinctly separated, and the penultimate ones longest. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite moderately strongly produced, posteriorly concave. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite distinct on anterior 0.8 of tergum.

Etymology. Named after the character Liessa Wyrmbidder from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic.

Notes. An additional sequenced specimen Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Chiang Dao NP, headquarters, 16.xi.2007, 19° 24.276' N, 98° 55.311' E, 491m, S Jugsu & A Watwanich (voucher BCLDQ01561) can not be located .

Figures

FIGURE 92. A. liessa sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head, lateral view; E, metasoma.