Aleiodes definus, 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 : 88

Aleiodes definus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Huai Nan Dang NP, helipad, 14.viii.2007, 19° 18.33' N, 98° 36.289' E, Anuchart & Thawatchai (voucher BCLDQ01505, Genbank JN278266 ) ( QSBG).

Body length 4.8 (corrected) mm, fore wing length 4.2 mm and antenna length 5.2 mm.

Antenna with 38 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed, weakly acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximately 2.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina incomplete mediodorsally where occiput has coarse sculpture, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron rugulose-coriaceous anteriorly and dorsally, aciculate posteriorly, precoxal sulcus weakly impressed, aciculate, speculum large. Propodeum with complete midlongitudinal carina and complete somewhat sinuate lateral carinae, with weakly indicated postero-lateral tubercles. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.7 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3- SR 2.5 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.3 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.4 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.2 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu very faint. Apex of hind tibia without comb of specially modified, adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite hardly produced, rounded. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite barely differentiated, present on anterior 0.7 of tergum.

Etymology. Latin for ‘to limit’ in reference to the completely enclosed pale metasomal mark.

Figures

FIGURE 61. A. definus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head and pronotum, lateral view; E, head and pronotum, dorsal view; F, metasoma.