Aleiodes opus, 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 : 148-149

Aleiodes opus sp. nov.

( Fig. 118 )

Holotype ♀, [probably] Thailand (voucher AL0086, Genbank JF962760 ) ( BMNH)

Paratype: 1 ♂, [probably] Malaysia (voucher AL0192) (no sequence data) ( BMNH) .

Body length 6.0 mm, fore wing length 4.9 mm and antenna length 8.1 mm.

Antenna with 51 [female] to 53 [male] flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed, weakly acuminate. Median flagellomeres 1.6 x longer than wide. Frons with irregular, posteriorly diverging, nearly straight ridges running from antennal sockets. Occipital carina complete and rounded mediodorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron and mesosternum shiny with moderately dense punctures at the bases of setae, upper part of mesopleuron strongly longitudinally striate, precoxal sulcus deep and narrow, foveate, specular area not differentiated. Midlongitudinal propodeal carina present on anterior 0.3 of propodeum, absent posteriorly. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.45 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.65 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.5 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 0.9 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell glabrous on anterior half. Hind wing vein m-cu absent. Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of first tergite large, angularly protruding and concave posteriorly. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite absent or very weakly indicated on basal 0.5.

Antennae black, female with flagellomeres 30–36 (♀) or 35–37 white (♂).

Etymology. In reference to the pronope (‘ope’) and Latin opus meaning the work entailed in separating the species of this group.

Notes. The two specimens have uncertain data from an earlier molecular study. As one is labelled “probably Thailand ” they are included here. If from Malaysia it would be from the Cameron Highlands in Penninsular Malaysia .

Figures

FIGURE 118. A. opus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head, dorsal view; E, propodeum; F, anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; G, metasoma.