Neocardiochiles victoriae Kang, 2022

Kang, Ilgoo, Whitfield, James B., Owens, Brittany E. & Chen, Junyan, 2022, Resurrection of Neocardiochiles Szepligeti, 1908 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cardiochilinae) with descriptions of five new species from the Neotropical region, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91, pp. 41-68 : 41

Neocardiochiles victoriae Kang sp. nov.

Fig. 8A-E

Material examined.

Holotype French Guiana • ♀; Degrad Laurens , Crique Sapokaï; 95 m; 24.x.-30.x1998; leg. A.E.I. guyane; P Malaise. Will be deposited in RBINS.

Diagnosis.

Neocardiochiles victoriae sp. nov. is most similar to N. kidonoi , but the only knonw female member of N. victoriae differs from other members of Neocardiochiles by the following characters: antenna 40-segmented with entirely reddish flagellomeres (Fig. 8A ); scutellar sulcus weakly impressed; mesoscutum entirely pale; hind femur bicolored; hind tibia mostly melanic; anterior width of median furrow of propodeum ~ 0.19 × longer than maximum width (Fig. 8E ); T1 ~ 1.39 × longer than its posterior width (Fig. 8E ); T2 ~ 0.39 × longer than its posterior width (Fig. 8E ); ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia (Fig. 8A ).

Molecular data.

28S sequences (GenBank accession number: ON040754.1);

ATGAGGAGATTCACTGTTAGCATTACTAATATTAATGCAAATTATGATATCATTATATGATCCTTGTGGTCACAATTATTATACTTATTTGTATTATTTTATTGGTTTTGTCAGCATGCACTTCTCCTCTAGTAGAACGTCGCGACCCGTTAAATGTTTATTTATGAGTCACATGGTAGTCTTATGTATTTTATACGCAAGACCAGTGAATTTCTAATAAACTGTTTGACGGTATCTAAAATGGTATTGAGCCGCAAATTTTTTTTGCGTTAGATTTATTACAAGCTAGGCTTACTTTAAGCAGTACGAATTTTATGTCGTCGTTTAAACTAGTCTGCTGTTAGTGATAATATCTTTAACTGGCTTAATTACCGGTCAGCGATGCTACTGCTTTGGGTACTTACAGGACCCGTCTTG.

16S sequences (GenBank accession number: ON059710.1);

TCCCCTGTTTATCAAAAACATGTCTTATTGAAAATAATTTTAAGTCAAATCTGCTCAATGATAATTTTATTAAATAGCTGCAGTAAATATGACTGTACTAAGGTAGCATAATAAATAGTTTATTAATTATAAACTTGTATGAAAGATTTAATGTAATAAATACTGTTTCAATTTAAAAAAATAAATTTTTTTTTTAAGTAAAAAAACTTAAATAAAATTAAAAGACGAGAAGACCCTATAGAATTTTATAAATTAATTTTAATTAATTTATTTTTAATTAAAATTAAATTATTTAATTGGGGAGATTATAAAATTTAAAAAACTTTTATATAAATTTACAATAATTATTGAATAAAATATAATTTTTAAAAAAAATAAAATAAATTACCTTAGGGATAACAGCATAATTTTTTTTTTAAGTTCGTATTACTAAAAAAGATTATGACCTCGATGTTGAATTAAGA

Description.

Body ~ 9.35 mm. Head: Antenna 40-segmented. Face width ~ 1.73 × longer than its height (1.28:0.74). Width of anterior ocellus ~ 1.15 × longer than POL (0.15:0.13). Eyes bulged and without interommatidial setae; median width of eye about ~ 1.04 × longer than median width of gena in lateral view (0.58:0.56). Clypeus ~ 2.39 × longer than its height (0.74:0.31). Mesosoma: Notauli weakly impressed at anterior half and absent posteriorly. Scutellar sulcus weakly impressed, medially shallow, laterally relatively deep, without crenula. Pronotum mostly smooth, with ventral longitudinal carina. Metapleuron mostly smooth. Propodeum ~ 0.39 × longer than its median width (0.66:1.68); median longitudinal furrow present, elongate isosceles trapezoid, anteriorly opened posteriorly closed by nucha, anterior width ~ 0.19 × longer than maximum width (0.03:0.16). Legs: Basal spur on mid tibia ~ 0.71 × longer than length of basitarsus (0.62:0.87). Basal spur on hind tibia 0.50 × longer than length of basitarsus (0.84:1.68); claw pectinate. Wings: Fore wing (RS+M)a vein present; second submarginal cell trapezoid; 1r absent; 3r absent; 3RSb evenly curved. Hind wing 2r-m absent; 2-1A absent. Metasoma: T1 ~ 1.39 × longer than its posterior width (1.42:1.02), anterior width ~ 0.56 × longer than posterior width (0.57:1.02), dorsally isosceles trapezoid; Y-shaped suture present. T2 nearly oval, ~ 0.39 × longer than its posterior width (0.49:1.27), with curved posterior margin. Hypopygium with median fold. Ovipositor sheath slightly downcurved, ~ 1.04 × longer than length of hind tibia (3.38:3.25), evenly setose except for base.

Color.

Body mostly orange. The following areas dark: antenna (reddish brown), head, ventral fore notum, fore coxa, fore trochanter and trochantellus (mostly), fore femur (mostly); middle coxa, middle trochanter and trochantellus (mostly), middle femur (mostly), mid tibia (apically); hind femur (apically); hind tibia (except for inner tibia), fifth to last terga (dorsally), ovipositor sheath. Fore wing with two bands; stigma mostly pale.

Etymology.

Named in honor of Ms Victoria Bayless, a curator in the Louisiana State Arthropod Museum at LSU AgCenter and a former president of the Coleopterists Society, who is the best friend in LSU and has red hair as the specimen has reddish antennae.

Male.

Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Neocardiochiles victoriae sp. nov. is known only from one female specimen collected from Degrad Laurens, Crique Sapokaï, French Guiana.

Figures

Figure 8. Neocardiochiles victoriae sp. nov. A lateral habitus B dorsal habitus C anterior head D hypopygium E dorsal propodeum and T 1 - T 3.