<documentID-CLB-Dataset="267803"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106"ID-GBIF-Dataset="f0024131-1749-426e-9fa0-f7a4b0657aea"ID-PMC="PMC10517412"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1180-67"ID-Pensoft-UUID="D6D18F1CE45D5E139A47C925E5BC69A3"ID-PubMed="37744947"ID-ZooBank="95E3D41450F4402293D5BC851E68BF85"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1180-67"checkinTime="1694791482216"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Kang, Ilgoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa, Sharkey, Michael J., Quicke, Donald L. J., Butcher, Buntika A. & Carlton, Christopher E."docDate="2023"docId="9EFF394E1D8C580E8EFA8C5DE6FA9247"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1180: 67-79"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1180"docPubDate="2023-09-15"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106"docTitle="Ophiclypeus chiangmaiensis Kang 2023, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="21A46417-2184-4469-8150-53DC9D32E5D5"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="4"id="D6D18F1CE45D5E139A47C925E5BC69A3"lastPageNumber="67"masterDocId="D6D18F1CE45D5E139A47C925E5BC69A3"masterDocTitle="Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species"masterLastPageNumber="79"masterPageNumber="67"pageNumber="67"updateTime="1732702463687"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="C9617F7C2A6EF92964637B5512695210">Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="F36D4614D2CA2AE9F44C6F627CBFE29E">Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 404 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="BDCAC6E6378F893345BD64BE7B7AE937">Department of Entomology, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37224, South Korea</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="7BD935C5A94C9C5CD9ED71F6AE6E1ADF">Department of Entomology, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37224, South Korea</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="CC181C4198B1ABA553A37FBB11EC0C74">Department of Entomology, College of Ecology and Environmental Science, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 37224, South Korea</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="61707E98A8E6BC9F5B510213CDD79D5B">Carlton, Christopher E.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="74F1F0267716FBC8A67F1B4DD3BB3108">Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 404 Life Sciences Building, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 USA</mods:affiliation>
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; iv.1997; Saowapa Sonthichai; collected in an edge of mixed deciduous lowland forest using Malaise trap. Will be deposited in Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden Entomology Collection (Chiang Mai, Thailand, QSBG).
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). Mesoscutum with stronger and larger punctures (Fig.
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). Mesopleuron with stronger punctures (Fig.
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). 3r of hind wing present basally (Fig.
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). The ratio of propodeum (median length to width) = 0.7 (Fig.
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). Propodeal areola narrow and spindle-shaped (Fig.
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). Inner space of Y-shaped suture entirely smooth (Fig.
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). Y-shaped suture entirely crenulate (Fig.
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longer than its posterior width (0.79:0.64), separated with lateral tergum by suture anteriorly and by color posteriorly; Y-shaped suture entirely crenulate; inner space of Y-shaped suture entirely smooth. T2 0.3
Body mostly black or dark brown except for the following, which are pale ivory or white: area between lateral clypeus and dorsal mandible; apical and penultimate maxillary palpomeres; glossa; apical fore femur; entire fore tibia, fore tarsus, and mid tarsus; basal mid tibia and hind tibia; tibial spurs; T1 laterally; ovipositor. Wings hyaline basally and infuscate at apical fourth. Pterostigma mostly dark except for base and apex. Body color is similar to a pattern of
sp. nov. is known from Don Pao, Mae Wang, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Fig.
<figureCitationid="A134FD7912278FF9A62A7EEF76F61CA5"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. Distribution map of Ophiclypeus species."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1180.100106.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/906073"pageId="0"pageNumber="67">4</figureCitation>
<paragraphid="B09D12AAD72DE3D75490596E31AB97AD"pageId="0"pageNumber="67">This species is named after the collecting site, "Chiang Mai Province".</paragraph>
sp. nov. collected in 2016. In the future research, molecular analyses based on newly collected specimens and portions of existing museum specimens will be helpful in placing
