Austinicotesia indonesiensis Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault, 2018

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L & Boudreault, Caroline, 2018, Seventeen new genera of microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tropical areas of the world, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 64, pp. 25-140 : 41-42

Austinicotesia indonesiensis Fernandez-Triana & Boudreault sp. n.

Fig. 9

Holotype.

Female, Indonesia, RMNH.

Holotype labels.

INDONESIA:S Halmahera/20 km S Payahe, Sagutora/Mal. trap 13, c 115 m/18.ii-18.iii.1995/C.v.Achterberg, R. de Vries &/Y.Yasir, RMNH’ 95. Second label: CNC878550.

Holotype locality.

INDONESIA, South Halmahera, 20 km South of Payahe, Sagutora, 115 m.

Paratype.

Indonesia. (1♀ CNC) South Halmahera, 20km S Payahe, Sagutora, 175m, Malaise trap, 18.ii-18.iii.1995, coll. C.v. Achterberg, Y. Yasir & R. de Vries, Voucher code: CNC878551.

Diagnosis.

Austinicotesia indonesiensis body coloration is generally lighter than that of A. papuanus (labrum orange, palpi white, with all tarsi, procoxa and mesocoxa, protibia and most of mesotibia yellow-brown) and by having wings hyaline. It also has anteromesoscutum punctures relatively closer (separation between punctures 1.0-2.0 × puncture diameter), and the joining of veins r and 2Rs is strongly angulated.

Description.

Female. Head, mesosoma, legs (see below for exceptions) and anterior half of T1 mostly black, rest of metasoma mostly dark or light brown; palpi and apical metatarsomeres white, labrum and anterior metatarsomere light yellow-brown; wings with veins and pterostigma mostly brown to light brown. Head with mouth relatively narrow, resulting in a relatively very large (but rather transverse) malar line. Face shiny but with sparse, uniformly distributed and shallow punctures. Distance between tentorial pits 0.4 × width of head at that same height. Labrum somewhat depressed. Mandibles relatively small. Glossa elongate. Palpi elongate, reaching beyond pronotum when extended. Antenna heavily setose, setae relatively long. Pronotum enlarged dorsally, its median length (on a dorsal view) very large, much longer than width of flagellomeres, and clearly longer than propodeum in most Microgastrinae genera. Pronotum dorsally with a deep central notch and strong punctures on posterior margin. Pronotum laterally with only ventral groove present. Anteromesoscutum with deep punctures, each with one seta in the middle; separation between punctures 1.0-2.0 × puncture diameter. Propodeum with strongly defined and raised carinae, delimiting an areola (on posterior half) and a central carina (on anterior half), as well as transverse carinae that fork around spiracles. Fore wing without areolet, with vein 2RS much longer than vein r (joining of both veins strongly angulated). Pterostigma relatively very thin, its length at least 3.5 × its maximum width. Hind wing with vein 2r-m absent. Hind wing with vannal lobe fully setose. Metacoxa relatively short, not surpassing posterior margin of T2. Metafemur relatively short (less than 1.3 × as long as metacoxa) and thick (its length 2.7-3.0 × its width). Metatibia spurs very short, less than 0.3 × length of first segment of metatarsus. T1 widening towards posterior margin, and with a strong hump centrally followed by a deep, excavated area which is delimited by strong carinae. T2 mostly smooth, with lateral margins strongly defined. T3+ entirely smooth. Hypopygium uniformly sclerotized. Ovipositor sheaths uniformly setose and clearly shorter than metatibia length. Body measurements (mm). F2 L: 0.23 (0.19); F3 L: 0.23 (0.20); F14 L: 0.11; F15 L: 0.10; Malar sulcus L: 0.07 (0.06); Mandible W: 0.08 (0.06); T1 L: 0.39 (0.34); T1 W at posterior margin: 0.18 (0.16); T1 maximum W: 0.21 (0.19); T2 W at anterior margin: 0.21 (0.18); T2 W at posterior margin: 0.20 (0.20); T2 L: 0.12 (0.10); Metafemur L: 0.58 (0.52); Metafemur W: 0.19 (0.19); Metatibia L: 0.89 (0.67); Inner spur L: 0.14 (0.13); Outer spur L: 0.12 (0.12); First segment of Metatarsus L: 0.41 (0.31); Ovipositor sheaths L: 0.54 (0.39); Body L: 2.75 (2.28); Fore wing L: 2.50 (2.22).

Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Host unknown.

Distribution.

Indonesia.

Molecular data.

No molecular data available.

Etymology.

Named after the country of the type locality.

Figures

Figure 9. Austinicotesia indonesiensis female holotype. A Habitus B Head fronto-ventral C Head frontal D Fore wing E Ovipositor and ovipositor sheaths F Propodeum and tergite 1 G Metasoma dorsal H Head and mesosoma, dorsal.