Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species
Author
Rousse, Pascal
Author
Villemant, Claire
text
Zootaxa
2012
3278
1
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.214150
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1175-5326
214150
Xanthocampoplex huberti
Rousse et Villemant
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 10
)
Diagnosis
. Yellow orange medium sized species, with black flagellum and ocellar triangle and sometimes a darker median stripe on mesoscutum. It is readily recognizable by its small areolet, the strongly rugose propodeum and the strong ventral flange on mandible.
Description.
FEMALE (
3 specimens
). Fore wing length
5.6–6.2 mm
.
Head
. Temples moderately long, almost smooth; head strongly constricted behind eyes; occipital carina complete; ocellar triangle equilateral; OOi = 0.5, IOi = 1; frons and vertex finely granulate; face and clypeus rugose, the rugosity somewhat organized in semi-circular striations on lower face; clypeus distinctly convex in profile view, its apical margin impressed, Ci = 1.7; clypeal fovea wide, oval, its greatest diameter as long as malar space; MLMi = 0.4; mandibles stout with a strong ventral flange narrowing gradually toward apex, upper tooth barely longer than lower; antenna with 35–37 flagellomeres; FLi1 = FLi2 = 2.5.
Mesosoma
. Pronotum rather smooth centrally, epomia strong medially; mesopleuron mat, deeply and densely rugose punctate, with an oblique concave and striate impression below speculum, speculum almost smooth, barely shining; metapleuron rugose with punctuation posteriorly merging into vertical wrinkles; mesoscutum coarsely shagreened punctate, with short inter-punctures finely granulate; notaulus indistinct; scuto-scutellar groove deep with high lateral flanges; scutellum convex, rugose reticulate, with lateral carinae at extreme base; propodeum coarsely rugose, the roughness hiding posterior carination; lateral transverse carina strong delimiting a small triangular area basalis; area superomedia and petiolaris forming a deep furrow striated posteriorly. Coxae 1–2 almost smooth, hind coxa shagreened punctate; hind tarsomeres 1–4 with a weak longitudinal row of densely spaced hairs; tarsal claws strongly pectinate. Fore wing with areolet minute, triangular oblique and strongly petiolate, 2Rs-m 0.5x as long as 3Rs-m; cu-a barely distad to Rs&M; hind wing with distal abscissa of Cu1 present but faint and not connected to vertical 1/Cu&cua; M+Cu medially angled.
Metasoma
. Metasomal tergites almost smooth with moderately dense hairs; tergite I with glymma short but distinct; tergite II with thyridium oval and shallowly impressed, distant from anterior margin of tergite by its greatest diameter and from lateral margin by its shortest diameter; OTi = 0.3; ovipositor straight.
Color.
Overall yellowish orange with head generally more yellow and ocellar triangle black, mesoscutum somewhat brownish anteriorly or with a distinct median dark stripe and a scuto-scutellar groove dark brown anteriorly; scape and pedicel orange with a narrow stripe on outer side; flagellum black brown, clearer at apex; ovipositor sheath dark brown.
FIGURE 10.
Xanthocampoplex huberti
sp. nov.
a: habitus, profile. b: head, face. c: propodeum, dorsal.
MALE (
2 specimens
). Fore wing length 5.5–6.0mm. Same color as female. Darker specimens have metasomal tergites basally infuscate, scuto-scutellar groove and two black brown basal maculae on propodeum.
Etymology.
Named for Thierry Hubert, organic farmer in La Caroline.
Distribution records
.
Reunion
.
Type
material.
HOLOTYPE
Ƥ (
MNHN
EY
6429) Verbatim label data:
La Réunion
, Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt.
230m
, exploitation AB (Thierry Hubert), piège Malaise, 01/2011, leg. P. Rousse, complete.
PARATYPES
(
MNHN
EY
6430–6431) 13 same locality, same date, leg. P. Rousse; 1Ƥ St Paul / Tan Rouge, alt.
800m
,
I.2011
, leg. Cirad.
Other material
2Ƥ Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt.
230m
,
I.2011
, leg. P. Rousse.