Hermosomastax clavifemorus Quicke, 2021

Sharkey, Michael J., Janzen, Daniel H., Hallwachs, Winnie, Chapman, Eric G., Smith, M. Alex, Dapkey, Tanya, Brown, Allison, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Naik, Suresh, Manjunath, Ramya, Perez, Kate, Milton, Megan, Hebert, Paul, Shaw, Scott R., Kittel, Rebecca N., Solis, M. Alma, Metz, Mark A., Goldstein, Paul Z., Brown, John W., Quicke, Donald L. J., Achterberg, C. van, Brown, Brian V. & Burns, John M., 2021, Minimalist revision and description of 403 new species in 11 subfamilies of Costa Rican braconid parasitoid wasps, including host records for 219 species, ZooKeys 1013, pp. 1-665 : 1

Hermosomastax clavifemorus Quicke sp. nov. Figure 369

Diagnostics.

No BIN is assigned, presumably because the barcode is only 411 bp long. Consensus barcode. ATTTGATCAGGTATANTAGGTTTATCTATAAGTATTATTATTCGAATAGAACTTAGTAATCCTGGAGGTTTAATTAAAAATGATTATATTTATAATTCAATAGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTGTAATGATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATTGGTGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAATTCCTTTGATATTAGGGGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTTCCTCGTATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTGTTAATTCCATCTTTATCAATATTATTAATTAGTTCATTTACTAATATTGGGGTAGGTACTGGATGAACAATATATCCTCCTTTATCTTCTTTAATTGGTCATAGTGGTGTTTCTGTAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAATTTCTTCTATTATGGGG. Unique within Rogadinae , this species possesses a strongly petiolate (clavate) hind femur. The patchily patterned wings are also diagnostic within the Colastomion - Cystomastax group.

Description.

Length of body 5.4 mm, of forewing 4.0 mm and of antenna 6.8 mm. First flagellomere 1.25 and 1.35 × longer than the 2nd and third respectively, the latter 4 × longer than wide. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 2.6: 1.0: 1.5. Inter-tentorial distance 3.5 × shortest distance between tentorial pit and eye. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1.0: 1.7: 1.7. Occiput smooth and shiny. Length of head behind eye 0.35 × length of eye in dorsal view. Lengths of forewing veins r-rs: 3RSa: 3RSb = 1.0: 5.0: 6.5: Forewing vein 1CUb 7.5 × 1CUa. Hind wing vein 1-M 1.15 × M+CU. Hind coxa deeply punctured basodorsally. Lengths of fore femur (excluding trochantellus): tibia: tarsus = 1.0: 1.2: 1.25. Hind tibia 1.3 × hind femur (excluding trochantellus). First tergite 1.6 × longer than maximally wide. Second tergite as long as wide. Third tergite 1.3 × wider than long.

Coloration. Body, scape and pedicel, and hind coxa largely orange brown becoming darker ventrally. Flagellomeres white each with narrow darker apex. Lower part of face, labial and maxillary palps, fore and mid legs white. Hind leg white except swollen part of femur which is dark brown. Forewing grey with clear subapical transverse band and darker apical margin.

Holotype ♀.

Ecuador, Sucumbios, Sacha Lodge, 0.8, -76.1, 270 meters, 24/vi/1994, coll. Peter Hibbs. Depository: CNC.

Host data. None.

Holotype voucher code. BOLD process Id: ASQSQ128-09.

Paratypes.

None

Etymology.

The species name refers to the club-shaped hind femur.

Figures

Figure 369. Hermosomastax clavifemorus: A lateral head and mesosoma B dorsal thorax C wings D metasomal terga 1 - 3 E lateral habitus F anterior head G dorsal head H hind femur I apex of hind tibia.