Cystomastacoides asotaphaga Quicke

Quicke, Donald L. J., Smith, M. Alex, Hrcek, Jan & Butcher, Buntika Areekul, 2013, Cystomastacoides van Achterberg (Braconidae, Rogadinae): first host record and descriptions of three new species from Thailand and Papua New Guinea, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 31, pp. 65-78 : 69-71

Cystomastacoides asotaphaga Quicke sp. n. Figs 9-15

Material examined.

Holotype female, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Yapsiei, 5.iii.04, 4°37.695'S, 141°05.839'E, 100m, PAR, CATJ085, reared ex caterpillar of Asota plana (Walker) ( Erebidae , formerly Noctuidae : Erebini ) on Ficus pachyrrhachis K. Schum. & Laut. ( Moraceae ). Voucher USNM ENT 00454146; Genbank JF271304; BOLD: ASQSP054-08) (USNM).

Paratypes, 2 females and 1 male, same data as holotype: (USNM ENT 00454262, Genbank JX034706, BOLD ASQSP050-08; USNM ENT 00454362, Genbank JX034703, BOLD ASQSP051-08; USNM ENT 00454359, Genbank JX034707, BOLD ASQSP052-08) (USNM, BMNH, USNM respectively).

Morphology.

Length of body 12 mm, of fore wing 16 mm and of antenna 14 mm.

Head. Antenna with 74 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximately twice as long laterally as wide. 3rd segment of maxillary palp and 2nd segment of labial palp with rather large flattened, triangular flange, 3rd segment 3.0 × longer than maximally wide. Face with rather strongly protruding midlongitudinal area, largely densely punctate with punctures largely confluent giving rise to transverse rugulose appearance. Frons weakly obliquely striate on lateral half only. Distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1:1.8:0.6. Vertex with strong groove running from stemmaticum to occipital carina. Occipital carina complete, distinctly wavy, produced to a point mediodorsally strongly lamelliform laterally, weak mediodorsally.

Mesosoma. Notauli very deep, almost smooth though with weak crenulation posteriorly, almost meeting just anterior to deep midposterior pit on mesoscutum. Scutellar sulcus wide with single carina medially. Mesopleuron largely smooth and shiny with moderately dense small punctures, precoxal sulcus long, moderately impressed, rather narrow, with weak rugulose sculpture. Propodeum strongly and extensively rugose, with lateral carinae distinct posteriorly and protruding.

Fore wing. Vein 2-CU1 3.6 × longer than 1-CU1. Vein 3-SR 2.1 × longer than r. Vein SR1 1.3 × longer than 3-SR.

Hind wing. Vein M+CU 1.8 × length of 1-M. Vein 2-SC+R distinctly transverse, reclivous. Vein m-cu absent.

Metasoma. 1st metasomal tergite 2.2 × longer than posteriorly wide. Metasomal tergites 1, 2 and 3 with strong midlongitudinal carina. Tergites 1-4 densely deeply punctate with punctures forming longitudinal rows separated by weak longitudinal to sublongitudinal striae. Tergite 4 densely finely punctured with little trace of striation. Tergite 5 largely smooth and shiny with few punctures. Hypopygium strongly curved ventrally.

Coloration. Antennae blackish basally becoming yellow brown gradually from near middle to apex. Body and legs largely brown yellow, posterior metasomal tergites and hypopygium somewhat darker, stemmaticum black. Wing venation and pterostigma largely black brown, fore wing veins C+SC+R and 1-R1 brown yellow, membrane uniformly hyaline.

Etymology.

Name means feeding on Asota .