Stantonia, Ashmead. Indeed, 1904

Braet, Yves & Quicke, Donald, 2004, A phylogenetic analysis of the Mimagathidini with revisionary notes on the genus Stantonia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Orgilinae), Journal of Natural History 38 (12), pp. 1489-1589 : 1553-1554

Stantonia ? issikii Watanabe, 1937

Stantonia issikii Watanabe, 1937: 122 ; Shenefelt, 1970: 268; van Achterberg, 1987: 22. [examined]

Material examined: Papua New Guinea ( IRSNB): Laing: ”, 16 May 1982 (P. Grootaert); ”, idem but: ‘ 30 June 1982 ’; 2””, idem but: ‘ 16 July 1982 ’; ”, idem but: ‘ 6 August 1982 ’; 2„„, idem but: ‘ 23 August 1982 ’; „, idem but: ‘ 30 August 1982 ’; 2”” and „, idem but: ‘ 8 September 1982 ’; „, idem but: ‘ 30 November 1982 ’.

Length of body 4.64 mm, of fore wing 4 mm.

Head. Antenna with 38 segments, length of antenna 1.3 times fore wing, length of third segment 1.4 times fourth, length of third, fourth and penultimate segments 3.5, 2.5 and 1.3 times their maximal widths, respectively; apical segment 1.5 times its maximal width; maxillary palp 1.8 times height of head; length of eye in dorsal view 2.7 times temple; eyes glabrous; temple directly narrowed posteriorly, smooth; OOL: diameter of ocellus: POL~7.0:4.0:4.0; frons smooth, shiny; vertex convex, smooth, flattened near stemmaticum; face convex, smooth between sparse punctures; clypeus weakly convex and smooth; length of malar space equal to basal width of mandible; malar suture present; occipital flange straight and reduced.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.48 times its maximal height; side of pronotum crenulate medially; mesopleuron smooth and shiny; precoxal sulcus punctate and present medially only; metapleuron smooth and shiny; mesoscutum sparsely finely punctate; notauli punctate; scutellar sulcus with several short carinae; scutellum convex, smooth and shiny; propodeum medially convex in lateral view, medially weakly granular; mid-longitudinal carina of propodeum absent anteriorly; metapleural flange rounded.

Wings. Fore wing: r: SR1z3-SR~1:16; 2-SR: r-m~7.0:4.0; second submarginal cell (sub)sessile; subbasal cell glabrous anteriorly; vein 3-CU1 1.5 times vein CU1b. Hind wing: vein 2-M coloured; membrane largely glabrous basally.

Legs. Hind coxa coriaceous without rugae dorsally; lengths of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 4.3, 7.6 and 6.0 times their maximal widths, respectively; hind tibia with several bristles on its outer side; tibial spurs 0.56 and 0.44 times basitarsus; hind tibia with six apical teeth.

Metasoma. First tergite 2.4 times longer than apically wide, weakly coriaceous, shiny, weakly concave medially in lateral view; spiracles protruding; second tergite coriaceous; T 2 1.37 times longer than T 3; second suture smooth, straight; ovipositor sheath 0.6 times fore wing length.

Colour. Yellowish brown. Stemmaticum and ovipositor sheath brownish; stigma and veins of fore wing yellowish; telotarsus infuscate. Wings (sub)hyaline.

Stantonia katiae nom. nov.

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pro Bentonia scutellaris (van Achterberg, 1992) nec Stantonia scutellaris van Achterberg, 1987 . Bentonia scutellaris van Achterberg, 1992 . van Achterberg, 1992a: 343; Braet and Tignon, 1998: 53.

Material examined. HOLOTYPE, ”, Brazil: Cepec, Itabuna, Bahia, 5–8 June 1983, F. P. ( Benton ) ( BMNH). PARATYPE, „, topotypic, 15–17 September 1983 ( BMNH).

Additional material. Argentina ( UWIM): „, Oran, Abra Grande , Salta, 18 April–5 May 1969 (C. Porter). Bolivia ( UWIM): ”, Coroico-Chulomani , La Paz, 7 March 1968 (Garcia and Porter) . Costa Rica ( TAMU): ”, Puntarenas, San Vito, Extac. Biol. Los Altures , April 1992 (1500 m; P. Hanson). Ecuador ( TAMU, UWIM): „, Sucumbios, Rio Napo, Sacha Lodge , 13–23 April 1994 (0 ‡ 30’S, 76 ‡ 30’W, 220–230 m, Malaise trap; P. Hibbs); „, Esm. Pr. Zapallo Grande, 4 February 1988 (M. Huybensz). French Guiana (FUSAGx): ”, Montagne de Kaw, Relais Patawa , March 1999 (Malaise trap; J. Cerda) .

Figures

FIGS 5–10. (5) Stantonia sirena n. sp., paratype, ”. (6) S. katiae nom. nov., ”. (7, 8) S. pachycornis n. sp., paratype, „. (9) S. chaparensis n. sp., holotype, ”. (10) S. veronicae n. sp., paratype, „. Head in dorsal view (5, 6, 9, 10) and male antennal segments 20–23 in lateral (8) and frontal view (7).