Aleiodes nathismus, Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 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 : 141-142

Aleiodes nathismus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Nan Province, Doi Phu Kha NP, km 33.8 to 34.4, 25–30.xii.1991, 1640– 1685m, I. J. Kitching & A. M. Cotton (no sequence data) ( BMNH).

Body length 4.5 mm, fore wing length 3.8 mm and antenna length 5.1 mm.

Antenna with 39 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed. Median flagellomeres 2.5 x longer than wide. Maxillary palps robust. Occipital carina complete, almost forming a point mediodorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron almost entirely aciculate, precoxal sulcus hardly impressed, with slightly coarser sculpture, speculum moderately large. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina complete. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.75 x 1- CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.65 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.05 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.35 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 represented by a shot brown line, interstitial. Hind coxa rather coarsely sculptured. Apex of hind tibia without comb of specialised adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite weakly protruding, evenly rounded. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite weak, but distinct on anterior 0.7 of tergum.

Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae.

Etymology. An abbreviation of ‘Natural History Museum’ in reference to the institution storing the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 112. A. nathismus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head, lateral view; C, head and anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; D, mesosoma lateral view; E, head, dorsal view; F, metasoma.