Aleiodes stibbonsi, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 200-201

Aleiodes stibbonsi sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Nan Province, Doi Phu Kha NP, office 15, 22.xiii.2007, 19° 12.133' N, 101° 4.750' E, 1310m, Charoen & Nikom (voucher BCLDQ01606, Genbank JN278340 ) ( QSBG).

Body length 4.8 mm and fore wing length 4.7 mm.

Antenna broken in holotype. Median flagellomeres approximately 1.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina broadly absent mediodorsally, ventrally joining hypostomal carina. Mesopleuron largely aciculate, anteriorly and dorsally with faint rather concentric rugulosity, precoxal sulcus very weak with weak rugulosity on aciculate background, with narrow speculum. Midlongitudial propodeal carina complete. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.75 x 1- CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell with distinct glabrous lozenge-shaped zone. Fore wing vein 3-SR 1.9 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 0.95 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.5 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.7 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Hind wing vein m-cu weak, pigmented and interstitial. Hind tibia with comb of adpressed setae apicomedially and ventrally. Claws with pecten of 7 or 8 long, fine, pale brown teeth on basal lobe, these splaying and distinctly separated, and the penultimate ones longest. Basal lobe of 1 st tergite weakly produced, rounded. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite weakly distinguishable, complete.

Etymology. Named after the character Ponder Stibbons from the Terry Pratchett Discworld novels.

Figures

FIGURE 166. A. stibbonsi sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head, dorsal view; E, fore wing; F, mesosoma, dorsal view; G, metasoma and hind femora.