Aleiodes longivena, 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 : 125-126

Aleiodes longivena sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, km 38 checkpoint, 4.i.1992, 1700m, I. J. Kitching & A. M. Cotton (voucher BCLQ00280, Genbank JQ388450 ) ( BMNH).

Body length 7.0 mm, fore wing length 7.0 mm and antenna length 8.5 mm. Antenna with 61 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed. Median flagellomeres oblique, approximately as wide as laterally long. Occipital carina complete mediodorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron shiny, largely densely punctate with deep broad precoxal sulcus that is coarsely rugose dorsally, speculum absent, specular area evenly punctate. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina irregular but complete except at extreme posterior end. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 0.85 x 1-CU1. Fore wing subbasal cell glabrous from midlength on anterior half, and fully glabrous distally. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.85 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.75 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.55 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.55 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell glabrous on anterior half. Hind wing vein m-cu short, pigmented, far antefurcal. Apex of hind tibia without comb of specialised setae. Claws with pecten of approximately strong dark teeth, becoming progessively more widely separated distally. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite large and rounded. Dorsopes of 1 st tergite very large. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite absent.

Etymology. In reference to the very long fore wing vein 1-CU1.

Figures

FIGURE 96. A. longivena sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, head and mesosoma, lateral view; D, propodeum and 1st tergite, dorsal view; E, wings; F, metasoma.