Prasmodon nixoni Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield, 2014

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Braet, Yves, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2014, Review of the Neotropical genus Prasmodon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with emphasis on species from Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, northwestern Costa Rica, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 37, pp. 1-52 : 26

Prasmodon nixoni Fernandez-Triana & Whitfield sp. n. Figs 52-58

Type locality.

PERU, Loreto, Iquitos, Barillal.

Holotype.

♀ in CNC. Specimen labels: 1. PERU: Loreto, Iquitos, Barillal, 10.ii.1984, L. Huggert. 2. DNA Voucher, CNCHYM 01957.

Paratype.

1 ♀ (IRSNB). French Guiana, Montagne de Kaw, Relais Patawa, v.2001.

Description.

Female. Body length 4.3-4.4 mm or 4.5-4.6 mm. Fore wing length 4.5-4.6 mm or 4.7-4.8 mm. Body color: meso- and metasoma entirely yellow-orange (with the exception of a very small black spot on axillar complex) ( Figs 52, 56, 58 ). Scape color: partially dark brown to black. Flagellomeres color: with relatively extense yellow area (at least including F13-15, and usually apical half of F11 and basal half of F16) ( Figs 52-54 ). Tegula and humeral complex color: both pale. Mesotibia color: entirely yellow. Metatibia color: entirely yellow ( Fig. 55 ). Metatibia spurs color: yellow-orange. Metatarsus color: dark brown to black (except for anterior 0.7 or less of first metatarsomere). Fore wing color pattern: hyaline. Fore wing veins color: all veins dark brown ( Fig. 53 ). Pterostigma color: entirely dark brown. Hypostomal carina: not raised ( Fig. 57 ). Scutoscutellar sulcus: with 6 impressions ( Fig. 56 ). Areolet height÷vein r length (fore wing): 0.2 ×. Hind wing subbasal cell: mostly with setae. Hind tarsal claws: with 1 or 2 teeth on anterior 0.3 of claw. Shape of mediotergite 1: distinctly narrowing posteriorly, width at posterior margin clearly less than width at anterior margin and median width ( Fig. 58 ). Mediotergite 1 length÷width at posterior margin 4.6-5.0 ×. Mediotergite 2 width at posterior margin÷length: 3.6-4.0 ×. Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.5 × as long as metatibia.

Male. Unknown.

Molecular data.

Sequences in BOLD: 1, barcode compliant sequences: 0.

Biology and ecology.

Malaise-trapped.

Distribution.

French Guiana, Peru.

Etymology.

Named to honour Gilbert E. J. Nixon, one of the great British experts on Microgastrinae and the first person to describe a species of Prasmodon .

Figures

Figures 52 - 58. Prasmodon nixoni. 52 Habitus 53 Fore wing 54 Antenna (partially) 55 Metatibia 56 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 57 Head and mesosoma (partially), lateral view 58 Propodeum and metasoma, dorsal view.