Alphomelon rugosus Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias, 2003

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon rugosus Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias, 2003

Fig. 75A-F

Distribution.

Brazil (DF, RS, SP).

Biology.

Unknown.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Notes.

Alphomelon rugosus is morphologically similar to A. rhyssocercus , and could end up being the same species when more specimens can be examined and DNA barcodes obtained. For the time being, we consider it as a valid, distinct species, based on the differences outlined in the key.

Figures

Figure 75. Alphomelon rugosus Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias holotype female DCBU 513130 (A, B, D-F), paratype female canhim 86 (C) and paratype female IBGE (E) A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing. D mesosoma, dorsal E habitus, lateral F metasoma, dorsal.