Amputoearinus sharanowskiae Lindsay and Sharkey

Lindsay, Cheryl & Sharkey, Michael, 2006, Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species, Zootaxa 1329, pp. 1-27 : 21-22

Amputoearinus sharanowskiae Lindsay and Sharkey sp.n. ( Figs. 4 b, 4f, 7b)

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other species of Amputoearinus by the following characters; forewing yellow with infuscate band apically; median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially and lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly; projection of propleuron blunt.

Description: Holotype Ψ

Body length: 6.0mm. Color: body yellow except melanic as follows: head, antenna, propleuron, fore, mid, hind femur, midtibia distally, midtarsus, hind coxa, trochanter, hind tibia basally and distally, hind tarsus, posterior three terga; apex of forewing infuscate ( Fig. 4 f). Head: antenna with unknown number of flagellomeres, antennae broken off at scape, one antenna placed on point and broken after 27th flagellomere. Mesosoma: scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina (cf. Fig. 6 d); projection of propleuron blunt (cf. Fig. 6 f); median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially and lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly (cf. Fig. 7 d); propodeal sculpture reduced to small protuberance anteromedially (cf. Fig. 5 f); mesopleural suture with weak carinae; margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth lacking transverse carinae ( Fig. 7 b); carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum (cf. Fig. 6a ); length of midtibial spur 0.5mm, length of midbasitarsomere 0.6mm; midtibia with 3–4 pegs at midlength, lacking pegs apically; hind tibia with 5–7 pegs apically; forewing length 6.1mm. Metasoma: median syntergite 2+3, length 1.3mm, width 1.2mm.

Male: Unknown

Etymology: In honor of Barb Sharanowski.

Specimen Examined: HOLOTYPE. Ψ, COLOMBIA, Meta, PNN [Parque Nacional Natural] Macarena Borde Rio, quejar, 3º20’N 73º53’W, 460m, Malaise, 24–28.xii.2001, D. Campos, leg. M.2609, (head and antennae detached and placed on triangular point), (IAvH).

Figures

FIGURE 4. Lateral habiti a) A. seltmannae b) A. sharanowskiae c) A. surinen d) A. variegatus Forewings e) A. planusfunditus f) A. sharanowskiae g) A. seltmannae.

FIGURE 5. Forewings: a) A. niger b) A. pectusacutum c) A. alafumidus. Propodeal sculpture: d) ♂ A. flavocacumen e) Ψ A. galbus f) Ψ A. gloriae g) Ψ A. matamata h) Ψ A. niger.

FIGURE 6. a) A. variegatus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum b) A. galbus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum c) A. boringi dorsal view showing presence of carina on scutellar sulcus d) A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing absence of carina on scutellar sulcus e) A. pectusacutum projection of propleuron acute f) A. flavocacumen projection of propleuron blunt.

FIGURE 7. a) Ψ A. galbus margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with transverse carinae b) Ψ A. sharanowskiae margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae c) Ψ A. gloriae dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly d) ♂ A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially, lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly.