Vipio thoracica (Ashmead), 1900

Quicke, Donald L. J., Shaw, Scott R., Inayatullah, Mian & Butcher, Buntika A., 2020, The genus Vipio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Neotropical Region, ZooKeys 925, pp. 89-140 : 89

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.925.48457

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scientific name

Vipio thoracica (Ashmead), 1900
status

 

Vipio thoracica (Ashmead), 1900 Figures 25 View Figure 25 , 26 View Figure 26

Glyptomorpha thoracica Ashmead, 1900: 295; Szépligeti, 1904: 15; Vipio thoracica : Shenefelt, 1978: 1863.

Type material.

Holotype, ♀, Glyptomorpha thoracica Ashmead, 1900, Grenada: W.I. Chantilly Est. (Windward side) (no date) (H.H. Smith) (BMNH 3.c.540).

Additional material examined.

Venezuela: 1 ♀, Puerto Cabello, 10.i.1940 (P. Anduze) (USNM).

Diagnosis.

Raised area present on the face; T I with strong dorso-lateral carina; metasoma widely ovate and densely striate; hypopygium short; ovipositor length/body length 0.5; mesosoma dark reddish black.

Description.

(females). Length of body 4.8-6.2 mm, of fore wing 5.2-6.2 mm, of ovipositor (part exserted beyond apex of abdomen) 2.4-3.1 mm and of antenna 5.1-6.2 mm.

Head. Antenna 1.0-1.1 × body length, with 39-45 flagellomeres; first flagellomere 2.0 × longer than wide, 1.5-1.6 × longer than 2nd, the latter 1.7 × longer than wide; median flagellomeres quadrate; terminal flagellomere acutely pointed apically; head transverse; face smooth; smooth and shiny; clypeus slightly rugulose, clypeal guard setae typical; HL 0.72-0.76 × HH; HW/HH 0.72-0.74; FH/FW 0.56-0.62; EH/HH 0.66-0.69 EH/FW 1.0-1.1; EW/EH 0.70-0.71; ITD 1.61-1.7 × TOD; MS 0.23-0.33 × EH; LMC 0.3 × HH; third segment of maxillary palpus 4.0 × longer than wide.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.74-1.8 × height; smooth and shiny; notauli smooth; propodeum smooth.

Wings. Fore wing: length of fore wing 1.0-1.1 × body length; PL/LRC 0.84-0.97; PW/PL 0.22-0.27; length of vein 3RSb 0.86-0.97 × combined length of r-rs and 3RSa; length of vein 1M 0.68-0.71 × length of (RS+M)a; vein 3RSa reaching wing margin 0.69-0.71 × distance between apex of pterostigma and wing tip. Hind wing: uniformly setose; apex of C+SC+R with one basal hamule.

Legs. Claw with pointed basal lobe.

Metasoma. Metasoma widely ovate. First metasomal tergite 0.8-1.3 × longer than wide, raised median area oval, rugose; dorso-lateral carina laminate; T II 2.0-2.25 × wider than long, basal areas smooth, oblique furrows strongly impressed, crenulate; T III 2.2-2.6 × wider than medially long; T III-V longitudinally striate, T III and IV with anterolateral areas; T V-VII smooth and shiny; hypopygium ending at apex of abdomen; ovipositor 0.5 × body length.

Colour. Face yellow, except a black, raised median area; palpi, tip of mandible, vertex, temple, occiput, and antenna black; metasoma reddish yellow to black. Wings smoky.

Male. Unknown.

Remarks.

This species resembles the Nearctic species V. rugator because of the presence of a raised area on the face, strong dorso-lateral carina of T I, widely ovate and densely striate metasoma, and short hypopygium. The relatively longer ovipositor (ovipositor length/body length 0.5) and reddish black mesosoma separate thoracica from rugator , in which the ovipositor is shorter (ovipositor length/body length 0.29-0.35) and the metasoma is yellow or reddish yellow.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae

Genus

Vipio

Loc

Vipio thoracica (Ashmead), 1900

Quicke, Donald L. J., Shaw, Scott R., Inayatullah, Mian & Butcher, Buntika A. 2020
2020
Loc

Glyptomorpha thoracica

Ashmead 1900
1900
Loc

1900
1900