Troporhogas contrastus ( Long, 2014 )

Quicke, Donald L. J., Ranjith, A. P., Loncle, Marisa K., Van Achterberg, Cornelis, Long, Khuat Dang & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, Revision of Troporhogas Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae) with six new species from India and Thailand, ZooKeys 1206, pp. 99-136 : 99-136

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1206.120824

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:39B52383-4713-4F9D-B7C6-96C9A7F05184

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12668136

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9D7DA50-69DA-5F02-A987-99428A30F479

treatment provided by

ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Troporhogas contrastus ( Long, 2014 )
status

 

Troporhogas contrastus ( Long, 2014)

Figs 17 View Figure 17 , 21 I View Figure 21

Material.

Thailand, Nakorn Ratchasima province, 6 ♀ Sakaerat Environmental Research Station ( SERS); Light trap; 10–13. v. 2021, 17 iii 2021 ( CUMZ); Nakorn Ratchasima province, 3 ♂ Sakaerat Environmental Research Station ( SERS), light trap; 17. ii – 20. iii. 2021 ( CUMZ); Chiang Mai province, 1 ♂ Doi Chiangdao, 9–16. xi. 2007, Malaise trap, ( CUMZ); 1 ♀; Doi Phahompok, 11–18 vii 2007, Malaise trap ( CUMZ); Uthai Thani province, 1 ♀; Khao Yong Rum, 6–8. vi. 1986, 400 m, coll. J. M. Allen ( NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

Female. Body length 6.4–7.4 mm, length of fore wing 5.4–5.5 mm, antenna 7.9 mm; head in dorsal view occipital carina weakly curved, compound eyes large, lateral view temple and malar space small, face with median carina, frons smooth with sparse setae, maxillary palp 5 - segmented; mesoscutum shiny and smooth with fine setae, notauli deep, propodeum areolate medially, rugose anteriorly and reticulated posteriorly; fore wing: pterostigma pale brown, vein r-rs arising slightly before the middle of pterostigma, (RS + M) a straight, hind wing: m-cu absent, cu-a reclivous; length of inner hind tibial spur <1 / 3 of basitarsus, hind tarsal claw with large lobe; TT 1 and 2 with dorsal longitudinal carina enclosing a triangular area at the base, metasomal tergites densely striate, ovipositor short; head yellow but stemmaticum black, mesosoma yellow except for meso- and metapleuron and propodeum black, legs yellow but hind legs brown, metasoma ivory, except for TT 3–5 blackish brown, T 2 with black spot posteriorly.

Male. Length of body 5.0– 5.1 mm, of fore wing 4.9. Antenna with 36–39 flagellomeres. Sculpture on frons less strong. Occipital carina more or less rounded medially. Head and mesosoma orange-yellow except mesopleuron sometimes with dark medial mark, metapleuron largely piceous or black, propodeum black. Hind leg largely black but tarsus dark brown. Metasoma cream-white except TT 3 and 4 which variably have a piceous to black mark submedially, to largely black behind anterior transverse groove with a weak break indicated anteriorly.

Variation.

One female specimen has the anterior third of middle lobe of mesoscutum piceous.

General distribution.

North central and north west Vietnam ( Long 2014), north and central Thailand.

Biology.

Unknown.

CUMZ

Cameroon University, Museum of Zoology

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Troporhogas