Notiospathius larensis Lopez-Estrada & Zaldivar-Riveron, 2012

Lopez-Estrada, E. Karen, Briceno, G. Rosa, Smith, M. Alex, Juliano Fiorelini Nunes,, Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Ceccarelli, Fadia Sara, Clebsch, Hans & Zaldivar-Riveron, Alejandro, 2012, Seven new species of Notiospathius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from Northwest Venezuela, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 29, pp. 37-62 : 48-51

Notiospathius larensis Lopez-Estrada & Zaldivar-Riveron sp. n. Figs 6A-D

Diagnosis.

This species is morphologically similar to Notiospathius dantei , but they differ by the morphological features mentioned in the diagnosis of the latter species. Notiospathius larensis differs from the remaining species of the genus with basoventral tubercle on the hind coxa by having the following combination of features: vertex rugose-striate; mesoscutal lobes coriaceous medially, striate-rugose laterally or anteromedially; mesopleuron porcate dorsally, rugose-coriaceous to coriaceous medially and ventrally; first two metasomal tergites scultpured, remaining ones smooth.

Description.

Female. Colour: Head brown; orbit surrounding eyes yellow; scape and pedicel light brown; flagellomeres brown, apical 10 white (broken); palpi white. Mesonotum brown to dark brown; propodeum, metapleuron and first metasomal tergite black, brown apically; second metasomal tergite dark brown with a light brown basal semicircular area; third and fourth metasomal tergites brown; remaining metasomal tergites brown to light brown, ovipositor and sheaths brown to honey yellow, ovipositor apex strongly sclerotized, black. Fore and middle coxae white; trochanter and trochantellus pale yellow; fore femur light brown; middle femur brown; fore and middle tibia and tarsi light brown; hind coxa dark brown; trochanter and trochantellus honey yellow; femur honey yellow at basal first third, apical two thirds dark brown; tibia brown; tarsi dark brown. Wings dusky, veins and tegula honey yellow; stigma yellow at basal third, dark brown apically. Body length: 4.2 mm (lateral view), ovipositor 3.3 mm. Head: Clypeus straite-rugose; face striate; frons rugose; vertex rugose-striate; temple weakly striate dorsally, gena smooth; eye 1.1 times higher than wide (lateral view); malar space almost 0.4 times eye height (lateral view); temple 0.2 times eye width (dorsal view); hypoclypeal depression elliptic; ocular-ocellar distance 3 times diameter of lateral ocellus; length of scape less than 1.5 times its width (frontal view); antenna with 30 flagellomeres (broken). Mesosoma: Length of mesosoma 1.9 times its maximum height; pronotum striate dorsally, slightly rugose ventrally; pronotal groove, wide and scrobiculate; propleuron striate; lateral mesoscutal lobes coriaceous medially, striate-rugose laterally; median mesoscutal lobe coriaceous anteromedially, remaining area striate-rugose; notauli scrobiculate, not joining, obscuring in a longitudinally striate-rugose area; scutellar disc coriaceous; mesopleural and subalar sulcus discontinuous, both deep and narrow; mesopleuron porcate dorsally, including subalar area, rugose-coriaceous antero-ventrally, coriaceous ventrally; precoxal sulcus wide, deep and scrobiculate, as long as mesopleuron; venter of mesosoma slightly coriaceous; metapleuron striate; propodeum longitudinally striate; apical lateral corners with distinct tubercles; spines over hind coxa indistinct. Wings: Fore wing length 5.1 times its maximum width; length of pterostigma three times its maximum width; vein r 0.5 length of vein 3RSa; vein m-cu antefurcal to vein 2RS; vein 1cu-a distinctly postfurcal to vein 1M; hind wing vein M+CU 0.4 times length of vein 1M. Legs: fore tibia with a row of at least seven spines; hind coxa striate, with a distinct basoventral tubercle; middle and hind femora slightly striate. Metasoma: First metasomal tergite strongly rugose anteriorly, costate with rugose microsculpture medially and posteriorly, length three times its apical width (dorsal view); basal sternal plate (acrosternite) about 0.7 times length of tergum; second metasomal tergite striate; suture between second and third metasomal tergites distinct and straight; remaining metasomal tergites smooth and polished; ovipositor about 1.6 times length of metasoma.

Male. Unknown

Variation.

Females: Head: scape and pedicel with a brown stripe laterally Body length: close to 4.0-4.2 mm; ovipositor about 3.3-3.8. Head: Eye 1.1-1.4 times higher than wide (lateral view). Wings: Fore wing length 3.8-4.1 times its maximum width; length of pterostigma 3.0-3.5 times its maximum width. Metasoma: length of first metasomal tergite 2.6-3.0 times its apical width (dorsal view).

Holotype.

Female (UCOB). Venezuela, Lara, Parque Nacional Cerro Saroche, sector Batatal, 10°09.15'N, 69° 30.205'W, 809 m, 15-19.vii.2008, YTP, R. Briceño col., DNA voucher no. IB-CNIN567; GenBank accession no. JN870424.

Paratypes.

Two females (IB-UNAM CNIN, DCBU).One female,Venezuela, Lara, Parque Nacional Cerro Saroche, La Cimara #5, 10°12.656'N, 69°25.339'W, 7-10.x.2009, R. Briceño col., DNA voucher no. (BOLD systems) DORYC241-11; GenBank accession no. JN266991; one female, Venezuela, Lara, Parque Nacional Cerro Saroche, Cañaote #3, 10°11.83'N, 69°26.13'W, 929 m, 15-19.vii.08, col. R. Briceño, DNA voucher no. (BOLD systems) DORYC237-11; GenBank accession no. JN266987.

Biology.

Unknown.

Etymology.

The name of this species refers to the Venezuelan state where the species was collected.

Figures

Figure 6. Notiospathius larensis sp. n. Female. Holotype: A habitus, lateral view B mesosoma, lateral view C mesosoma, dorsal view D metasoma, dorsal view.