Synaldis martinezae Peris

Peris, Francisco Javier, Papp, Jeno, Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Jiménez, Ricardo, 2014, Seven new Spanish species of the genus Synaldis (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) with mesoscutal pit, Zootaxa 3764 (1), pp. 39-60 : 54-57

Synaldis martinezae Peris –Felipo, sp. nov.

( Figs 61–72 )

Etymology. Named in honor Dr Isabel Martínez Nieto for her valuable help to the first author.

Type material. Holotype: female, Spain, Alicante Province, Torrevieja, Natural Park of Lagunas de La Mata—Torrevieja, 25.05.2004 (F.J. Peris–Felipo leg.) ( ENV). Paratypes: 4 females, same label as in holotype, 22.06 & 12.10.2004, 19.09.2006 ( ENV, ZISP).

Description. Female.

Head entirely smooth; in dorsal view 1.75 times as wide as median length, 1.55 times as wide as mesoscutum, with rounded temples behind eye. Eye in lateral view 1.5 times as high as wide and 1.1 times as wide as temple medially. POL 1.75 times OD; OOL 3.0 times OD. Face 1.75 times as wide as high; inner margins of eyes subparallel. Clypeus slightly curved ventrally, 3.0 times as wide as high, Paraclypeal fovea reaching middle distance between clypeus and eye. Mandible widened towards apex, 0.8 times as long as its maximum width. Upper tooth of mandible shorter than middle tooth; middle tooth wide basally and narrowed towards apex, rounded apically; lower tooth longer than upper tooth, rounded apically. Antennae thick, 14–segmented. Scape 1.5 times as long as pedicel. First flagellar segment 1.8 times as long as its apical width, 0.6 times as long as second segment; second segment 1.2 times as long as its maximum width. Third flagellar segment as long as second segment. Fourth to eleventh flagellar segments 1.40–1.55 times as long as their width. Twelfth flagellar segment 1.9 times as long as its width.

Mesosoma 1.2 times as long as high (lateral view). Mesoscutum 1.1 times as long as maximum width. Notauli mainly absent. Mesoscutal pit present, oval. Prescutellar depression smooth, with two lateral carinae. Precoxal suture present, not reaching anterior and posterior margins of mesopleuron. Posterior mesopleural furrow crenulate below. Propodeum sculptured, with median longitudinal carina from anterior to posterior margins, with short transverse emerging carinae. Propodeal spiracles small, 0.2 times as long as distance between spiracle and apical margin of propodeum.

Wings. Length of fore wing 2.65 times its maximum width. Radial cell reaching apex of wing, 4.0 times as long as its maximum width. Nervulus weakly postfurcal. Brachial cell closed, short, widened apically, 2.8 times as long as its maximum width. Hind wing 6.5 times as long as its maximum width.

Legs. Hind femur 4.3 times as long as its maximum width. Hind tibia weakly widened towards apex, about 8.0 times as long as its maximum subapical width, as long as hind tarsus. First segment of hind tarsus 1.55 times as long as second segment.

Metasoma distinctly compressed. First tergite completely smooth, weakly widened towards apex, 1.9 times as long as its apical width. Ovipositor 0.7 times as long as first tergite, distinctly shorter than metasoma, 1.05 times as long as hind femur.

Colour. Body brown to dark brown. Legs yellow. Wings hyaline. Pterostigma brown.

Body length 1.5 mm; fore wing length 1.7 mm.

Variation. Body length 1.45–1.55 mm; fore wing length 1.6–1.7 mm. First flagellar segment 1.75–1.80 times as long as width.

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis. According to the key by Fischer (2003), new species is similar to S. tenerifense Fischer, 2003 and S. laquintensis Fischer, 2003 . S. martinezae sp. nov. differs from S. tenerifense in having the mandible 0.8 times as long as wide (1.4 times in S. tenerifense ), and the first flagellar segment 1.75–1.80 times as long as its width (2.5 times in S. tenerifense ). New species differs from S. laquintensis in having the mandible 0.8 times as long as wide (1.5 times in S. laquintensis ), and the first flagellar segment 1.75–1.80 times as long as its width (3.0 times in S. laquintensis ).

According to the key by Belokobylskij (2004a), this new species also resembles S. bokhaica Belokobylskij, 2004 , but differs in having the mandible 0.8 times as long as wide (1.7 times in S. bokhaica ), and the first flagellar segment 1.75–1.80 times as long as its width (4.2 times in S. bokhaica ).

On the other hand, S. martinezae differs from described here S. navarroae sp. nov. in having the first flagellar segment 1.75–1.80 times as long as width (2.1 times in S. navarroae ),: third flagellar segment 1.2 times, fourth to eleventh segments 1.40–1.55 times, and twelfth segment 1.9 times as long as width (third to seventh segments as long as width; eighth to eleventh segments 1.25–1.50 times; twelfth to fourteenth 1.5 times; fifteenth 2.0 times and sixteenth 2.25 times as long as its width in S. navarroae ), eye in lateral view 1.1 times as wide as temple medially (0.75 times in S. navarroae ), middle tooth short (long in S. navarroae ), posterior mesopleural furrow crenulate below (smooth in S. navarroae ), and legs yellow (brown in S. navarroae ).

Figures

FIGURES 61 – 66. Synaldis martinezae sp. nov. (female). 61. Habitus, lateral view. 62. Head, lateral view. 63. Mandible. 64. Antenna. 65. Basal segments of antenna. 66. Head, dorsal view.

FIGURES 67 – 72. Synaldis martinezae sp. nov. (female). 67. Mesosoma, lateral view. 68. Mesonotum. 69. Propodeum. 70. First metasomal tergite. 71. Hind leg, metasoma, ovipositor, lateral view. 72. Hind wing.