Aleiodes polititergus, 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 : 166-167

Aleiodes polititergus sp. nov.

( Fig. 134 )

Holotype ♀, Thailand, Chanthaburi, Pong Nam Ron , 20–31.iii.2001, Quicke & Laurenne (voucher AL0019, Genbank JF962772 ) ( BMNH) [Metasomal tergite 4 onwards detached and mounted separately on card].

Body length approximately 5 mm (mounted in two pieces), fore wing length 3.5 mm and antenna length 4.8 mm.

Antenna with 37 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere subtriangular and pointed. Median flagellomeres approximately 2 x longer than wide. Occiput shiny and finely longitudinally striate. Occipital carina broadly interrupted mediodorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron rather glossy, generally with faint aciculate sculpture and with strong longitudinal striation dorsally, precoxal sulcus deep and rugose, specular area large. Propodeum with nearly complete midlongitudinal carina, but it is interrupted medially. Fore wing vein 2- CU1 0.95 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.1 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.7 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 3.18 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.3 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu represented by a moderately long, straight, pigmented fold, interstitial. Apex of hind tibia with comb of adpressed setae. Claws with 2 or 3 very short widely spaced pecten teeth, hard to see at magnification x45. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite moderately produced, almost semicircularly rounded. 2 nd tergite shiny and longitudinally striate. 3 rd tergite almost completely smooth and shiny except for faint striation at base. Ovipositor sheaths very broad and swollen.

Etymology. From Latin politus meaning pollished and ‘tergum’ in reference to the almost completely smooth 3 rd metasomal tergite.

Figures

FIGURE 134. A. polititergus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head and anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; C, head and pronotum, lateral view; D, anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; E, mesosoma lateral view; F, propodeum and anterior of 1st tergite, dorsal view; G, metasoma.