Adelius kissama, Timóteo & Shimbori & Ferreira & José & Almeida & Penteado-Dias, 2021

Timóteo, Ferreira Manuel, Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio, Ferreira, João Pascoal Da Silva, José, Almeida Francisco, Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2021, A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region, Zootaxa 4933 (2), pp. 289-294 : 290-293

Adelius kissama sp. n. Timoteo, Shimbori & Penteado-Dias

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Material Examined. Holotype: 1 ♀ ( DCBU 377520 ), Angola Luanda, Kissama National Park 9°11’01” S 13°22’28” E, 150m, Malaise trap, 23.IV.2019. J.F Almeida, S.O. Simão & B.F Maria col.

Paratypes: 2 ♀, ( DCBU377517 , DCBU377519 ) same data as holotype, except 23.II.2019 ; 1 ♀, ( DCBU 209468 ) same data as holotype, except 24.IV.2019 , 1 ♀ ( DCBU377511 ), same data as holotype except, 23.I.2019 ; 3♀ ( DCBU209469 - DCBU209471 ) same data as holotype, except 9°10’49” S 13°21’45” E, 120m, 23.I.2019 ; 3 Ƌ ( DCBU377515 , DCBU377516 , DCBU377518 ) same as holotype except, 23.II.2019 ; 4 Ƌ ( DCBU377521 , DCBU377522 , DCBU377523 , DCBU209467 ), same as holotype except, 22.II.2019 ; 2 Ƌ ( DCBU377512 , DCBU333513 ) same as holotype except 22.III.2019 ; 2 Ƌ ( DCBU 377510 , DCBU377514 ) same holotype except, 23.I.2019 ; 1 Ƌ ( DCBU 209473 ) same data of holotype except, 07.I.2019 ; 1 Ƌ ( DCBU 209472 ) same as holotype except, 9°10’49” S 13°21’45” E, 120m, 23.I.2019 .

Distribution: Angola; Luanda state.

Description ♀. ( Figures 2–16 ). Body length: 1.09–1.34 mm; fore wing length: 0.92–1.17mm.

Color. Yellow. Scape and pedicel yellow, flagellomeres 1–6 yellowish, 7–19 brown. Face and clypeus yellow, stematicum black, palpi white. Scutellum and parts of mesopleuron brown. Wings hyaline, pterostigma and venation brown. Fore and middle legs whitish yellow. Hind legs light yellow with femur basal third, tibial spurs and tarsi whitish. T1 with basal half yellowish brown, apical half of T1 and T2+T3 white, remainder brown.

Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 2.0× as broad as long, eye 2.5× as long as temple. Antennae with 21 antennomeres, as long as body; scape 0.3× longer than wide; first flagellomere 3.0× as long as broad and 1.5× longer than second flagellomere, flagellomeres 11–19 as long as wide; eye height 1.7× malar space. Ocelli small, OOL 3× POL. Head entirely coriaceous, face and clypeus hair punctate. Eyes with setae, malar suture present.

Mesosoma.Mesoscutum and scutellum coriaceous. Notauli absent. Propleuron smooth and shiny. Pronotum coriaceous with a rugose groove. Prescutellar sulcus with a number variable of carinae, mesoscutellar furrow rugosecostate. Metanotum rugose. Mesopleuron weakly coriaceous anteriorly, posteriorly smooth with sternaulus costate. Metapleuron coriaceous. Propodeum rugose medially, otherwise smooth; with a distinct and long smooth and shiny areola.

Wings. Fore wing: pterostigma 3.0× as long as wide, veins 2RS and 3RSa issuing distally from its middle and from a common point, but both veins reaching pterostigma separately, therefore vein r absent; cu-a postfurcal to vein 1M; vein 2-1A spectral; vein R1 as long as pterostigma length.

Legs. All legs mostly punctate and coriaceous. Hind femur 3.8× as long as broad medially. Hind tibial spurs about 0.10× hind tibia; hind tibia 3.77× longer than its maximum width.

Metasoma. Entirely smooth except for weak rugosity at base of T1.

Male. Same as female, except metasoma darker and flagellomeres 11–19 longer than wide. The shape of the flagellomeres 11 to 19 are sexually dimorphic.

Biology: unknown.

Etymology. This species is named in reference to its distribution over the Kissama Park in Angola, Africa.

Figures

FIGURES 2–7. Adelius kissama sp. n. 2, holotype, female, lateral habitus; 3, paratype male, lateral habitus; 4, paratype, male, dorsal view; 5, antenna, male; 6, antenna, female; 7, wings, female.

FIGURES 8–14. Adelius kissama sp. n. 8, head, frontal view; 9, head, frontal view, showing the sculpture; 10, head, lateral view, showing the malar suture; 11, mesoscutun, dorsal view; 12. propodeum and T1, dorsal view; 13, mesosoma, lateral view; 14, metasoma.

FIGURES 15–16. Adelius kissama sp. n. 15, metapleuron; 16, metasoma, lateral view.