Aleiodes chamba, 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 : 67-68

Aleiodes chamba sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon National Park, checkpoint 2, 5.x.2006, 18° 31.554’ N, 98° 29.940’ E, 1700m, Areeluck , (voucher BCLDQ00272, Genbank JF962579 ) [metasoma detached and glued separately on card] ( QSBG).

Body length 4.5 mm, fore wing length 3.6 mm and antenna length 5.0 mm.

Antenna with 37 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere strongly acuminate. Median flagellomeres 2.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina broadly interrupted medio-dorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron largely aciculate becoming rugose anteriorly and dorsally, precocal sulcus moderately impressed with vertical striate-rugulose sculpture, speculum area shiny but entirely with indication of aciculate sculpture. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina complete but interrupted postmedially. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.25 x 1-CU1. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.85 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.25 x vein 3-SR. Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite hardly produced, weakly concave posteriorly. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite complete. Posterolateral margin of 4 th metasomal tergite rather strongly emarginate.

Etymology. Name an anagram of ‘ bachma’ in reference to its relatively close relationship to that species.

Figures

FIGURE 42. A. chamba sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, head and anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; D, head, lateral view; E, mesosoma, lateral view; F, fore wing; G, metasoma.