Coeloides glaboventris Wang et Chen

Wang, Yi-Ping, Chen, Xue-Xin, Wu, Hong & He, Jun-Hua, 2006, The genus Coeloides Wesmael of subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China, Zootaxa 1239, pp. 1-17 : 9-11

Coeloides glaboventris Wang et Chen , sp. nov. (Figs. 21–26)

Material studied. Holotype female: CHINA, Liaoning, Shenyang city, Dongling, 6. v. 1994, Lou Ju­xian. No. 947492 ( ZJUH).

Description (female). Length of body 5.1 mm, fore wing 4.9 mm, ovipositor 3.0 mm.

Head: Antennae incomplete, with 14 flagellomeres remaining; scapus suboblique, dorsally longer than ventrally and 2.0 times as long as its apical width; pedicel half as long as scapus; first flagellomere longer than pedicel, its apex ventro­laterally rather flared; length of first flagellomere 1.7 times its maximum width; second flagellomere as long as first one, its apex ventro­lateral slightly flared; third flagellomere not flared, longer than second one; face largely smooth and shiny medially, and finely punctated laterally; malar suture shallow and indistinct; height of clypeus: distance inter­tentorial: distance tentorialocular= 4: 7: 8; length of maxillary palp 0.8 times height of head; length of eye in dorsal view 1.5 times temple; temple smooth and sparsely setose; frons between antennal sockets and ocelli distinctly impressed; minimum distance posterior ocelli: minimum diameter of posterior ocelli: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eyes= 5.5: 2.5: 8.

Mesosoma: Length of mesosoma 1.7 times its maximum height; pronotum smooth and shiny; propleuron with dense setae antero­laterally; mesoscutum glabrous; notauli deep anteriorly, and indistinct posteriorly, with sparse setae along its length; scutellum flattened, densely pubescent; scutellar sulcus deep and narrow, crenulate; metanotum with distinct medio­longitudinal carina; propodeum densely long setose, without mediolongitudinal carina or furrow medially.

Wing: Fore wing: length of veins r: 3­SR: SR1 = 8: 11: 35; length of veins 2­SR: 3­ SR: r­m = 10: 8: 7; vein cu­a slightly postfurcal; Hind wing: length of veins SC+R: 1r­m = 15: 6, vein 2­SC+R longitudinal, short and about 0.2 times vein 1r­m.

Leg: Length of femur, tibia and tarsus of fore leg = 24: 27: 37; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg = 33: 47: 19, and 3.4, 8.0 and 6.1 times their maximum width, respectively; tibia of hind leg without lateral furrow.

Metasoma: Metasomal tergites sparsely setose. First metasomal tergite widened apically. First metasomal tergite largely smooth and shiny, and with strongly raised carina medially and areolate laterally; first metasomal tergite as long as its apical width; second metasomal tergite glabrous except for a striolate medio­basal area, without lateral diverging or percurren grooves; suture between second and third metasomal tergites wide and shallow, without crenulate; remainder of metasomal tergites smooth and shiny, without antero­lateral carina or grooves; hypopygium acute, but not protruding beyond the apex of seventh metasomal tergite; length of ovipositor 1.3 times that of metasoma, and 0.6 times length of fore wing.

Figures. 18–20. Coeloides guizhouensis Ya ng: 18. head, dorsal aspect; 19. basal antennal segments; 20. First, second and third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; 21–26. Coeloides glaboventris sp. nov.: 21. Head, frontal aspect; 22. head, dorsal aspect; 23. mesoscutum, dorsal aspect; 24. first, second and part of third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; 25. basal antennal segments; 26. part of fore wing. 27–32: Coeloides longquanus sp. nov.: 27. Head, frontal aspect; 28. head, dorsal aspect; 29. mesoscutum, dorsal aspect; 30. First, second and part of third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; 31. basal antennal segments; 32. part of fore wing. 33–35. Coeloides qinlingensis Dang & Yang : 33. head, dorsal aspect; 34. basal antennal segments; 35. fore wing and hind wing; 36–38. Coeloides ungularis Thomson : 36. basal antennal segments; 37. First, second and third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; 38. part of fore wing. Scale bars: 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29 = 0.83 mm; 24, 30= 0.63 mm; 25, 31= 1.05mm; 26, 32= 1.10mm.

Colour: Head reddish­yellow; stemmaticum and tips of mandibles black; vertex with large black spot; antennae blackish brown; thorax black; leg reddish­yellow; wings membrane subfuscous; metasomal tergites brightly yellow; ovipositor sheath black. Diagnostic characters: This species can be distinguished from the other species of the genus Coeloides by having the mesoscutum glabrous, the notauli deep anteriorly, and indistinct posteriorly, with sparse setae along its length, the second metasomal tergite smooth except for the striolate medio­basal area, and with shallow and narrow lateral longitudinal grooves, the head and mesosoma black, and the metasoma reddish­yellow. Biology: Unknown.

Etymology: From glaber and ventr, Latin for smooth and abdomen, respectively, referring to the smooth abdomen of this species.