Vipio godoyi, Quicke & Shaw & Inayatullah & Butcher, 2020

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

Vipio godoyi sp. nov. Figures 9 , 10

Type material.

Holotype ♀, Costa Rica, Heredia, Chilamate, 75 m, 25.i.-1989 (Hanson & Godoy) (ESUW). Paratypes: Costa Rica: 1 ♂, same data as holotype, except 25.iii.1989. 1 ♂, Alajuela, Rio-Laguna Arenal, 500 m, 14.viii.1988 (Paul Hanson). 2 ♂♂, Limon, Rio Toro Amarillo nr. Guapiles, 19.viii.1964 (G.C. Eickwort); 1 ♂, (same data) (USNM); 1 ♂, Heredia, La Selva Res. Sta., 11-17.vi.1986 (W. Hanson, G. Bohart) (EMUS); 1 ♀, same locality, ii-iv.1993 (P. Hanson), huertos Malaise trap set by G. Wright (ESUW). Honduras: 1 ♂, Suyapa MorÀzan, 3.xi.1965 (N.L.H. Krauss) (USNM). Nicaragua: 1 ♂, Zelaya, El Recreo, x.1984 (no collector) (MCZC). Panama: 1 ♂, C.Z. (Canal Zone) Summit, ix.1946 (N.L.H. Krauss) (ESUW); 1 ♂, same data, except (USNM).

Diagnosis.

Vipio godoyi can be recognised by the combination of large propodeal (Fig. 10A ) and metasomal spiracles (Fig. 10C ), claw with large pointed basal lobe, strongly laminate T1 dorso-lateral carinae, and short ovipositor and hypopygium.

Description.

Holotype ♀ length of body 7.1 mm; fore wing 7.1 mm and of ovipositor 3.8 mm.

Head. Antenna, broken, with 47 flagellomeres remaining, median flagellomeres longer than wide; first flagellomere 2.5 × longer than wide, 1.3 × longer than second, the latter 2.0 × longer than wide; clypeus rugulose, clypeal guard setae typical; face minutely punctate, smooth and shiny; head 0.87 × longer than high; HW/HH 0.8; FH/FW 0.59; EH/HH 0.71; EH/FW 1.04; EW/EH 0.77; ITD 1.8 × TOD; MS 0.3 × EH; third segment of maxillary palpus 3.3 × longer than wide; LMC 0.4 × HH.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.7 × height; smooth and shiny; notauli smooth; propodeum smooth, spiracle large, 0.56 × diameter of median ocellus.

Wings. Length of fore wing: 1.0 × body length; PL/LRC 0.8; PW/PL 0.25; length of vein 3RSb 0.88 × combined length of r-rs and 3RSa; length of vein 1M 0.7 × length of (RS+M)a; vein 3RSa reaching anterior wing margin 0.71 × distance between apex of pterostigma and wing tip. Hind wing: uniformly setose; apex of vein C+SC+R with two basal hamules.

Legs. Claw with pointed basal lobe.

Metasoma. First tergite 1.1 × longer than posteriorly wide; raised median area oval, rugulose, with a median longitudinal ridge posteriorly, surrounding area smooth and shiny; dorso-lateral carina laminate, area below smooth and shiny, carina absent above spiracle; T II 1.75 × wider than medially long, longitudinally striate, basal areas smooth and shiny, oblique furrows impressed, striate; T III 1.9 × wider than medially long, longitudinally striate except apex smooth, anterolateral area smooth; all metasomal spiracles large, those of T III 0.57 × the diameter of median ocellus; T IV with short longitudinal striae at base and posterior to anterolateral area, remainder of tergum, smooth and shiny; T V-VII smooth and shiny, mostly retracted; hypopygium barely extending beyond apex of metasoma (Fig. 10B ); ovipositor 0.54 × body length.

Colour. Reddish yellow, except head, including mouthparts and antenna, legs and ovipositor sheath black. Wings black.

Variation.

Paratype males (N = 10) as in female, except body length 7.5-7.9 mm; FWL/BL 0.76-0.83; AL/BL 0.8-0.95; HL/HH 0.8-0.85; EH/HH 0.59-0.62; FH/FW 0.76; EH/FW 0.0.87-0.90; EW/EH 0.75-0.77; ITD 1.64-1.79 × TOD; MS 0.38 × EH; first five flagellomeres 1.8-3.4 × longer than wide; remaining flagellomeres 1.2-1.4 × longer than wide; terminal flagellomere acutely pointed; face smooth and shiny, yellowish white with a black spot above clypeus; third segment of maxillary palpus swollen, 1.9-2.1 × longer than wide; T II-V densely longitudinally striate, striations sometimes absent on posterior part of T V; spiracle of T III of males 0.6-1.0 × the diameter of median ocellus; T VI minutely punctate. Paratype female (N = 1) with terminal flagellomere acutely pointed.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution and seasonality.

Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Recorded flying from February through August in Costa Rica, November in Honduras and Panama, and October in Nicaragua. May occur sympatrically with V. hansoni sp. nov. (in one case, specimens of both species were taken from the same Malaise trap sample).

Comments.

Vipio godoyi is apparently closely related to V. hansoni sp. nov. based on similar body colour, stout antennae, smooth and shiny propodeum, lamelliform dorsolateral carinae of T I, deeply impressed oblique furrows, oval and posteriorly narrowed raised median area of T I, short hypopygium, and short ovipositors in both species. Females of V. godoyi sp. nov. can be separated from those of V. hansoni sp. nov. by the presence of a pointed basal lobe on claw (absent in hansoni ), and the setosity of ovipositor sheath (Fig. 10B ). Males of V. godoyi have visibly larger and broader spiracles on metasomal T I-III as compared with those of other species. The diameter of spiracle on T III in males of V. godoyi is 0.6-1.0 × the diameter of median ocellus (0.35 × in hansoni ).

Etymology.

Vipio godoyi is named after Ms. Carolina Godoy, currently of the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio), who assisted with collection of the holotype specimen.

Figures

Figure 9. Montaged light micrographs of Vipio godoyi sp. nov. A Habitus lateral view B face C head and anterior mesosoma, postero-lateral view D head, dorsal view E anterior mesosoma, dorsal view F mesosoma, lateral view.

Figure 10. Montaged light micrographs of Vipio godoyi sp. nov. A Propodeum, oblique dorsal view B metasoma, lateral view C metasomal tergites II-III, dorso-lateral view D metasomal tergite I, dorso-lateral view E metasomal tergites III-IV, postero-dorsal view F male paratype, lateral habitus G holotype labels H labels.