Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species
Author
Rousse, Pascal
Author
Gupta, Ankita
text
Zootaxa
2013
3616
6
501
547
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3616.6.1
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Dolichogenidea villemantae
Rousse
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 13
a–b)
Diagnosis.
Hind
coxa polished. Legs entirely yellow. Propodeal areola not defined basally to costulae. Tergum 2 with a transverse median row of punctures. Ovipositor 0.2x longer than hind tibia.
Description.
FEMALE (
2 specimens
). B: 2.0; A: 2.1; L: 2.2 (1.9–2.2).
Head
. Moderately setose. Clypeus hardly separated from face dorsally, its ventral margin truncate. Face and clypeus shallowly and densely punctate. H i: 0.9; EH i: 0.6; C i: 3.0; Fl
1i
: 3.0; Fl
2i
: 3.0; FL1–
2
i: 1.0; Fl
15i
: 2.5; Fl
16i
: 2.5; OO i: 2.0; IO i: 1.0.
Mesosoma
.
Moderately setose on punctate areas. Pronotum polished, upper and lower furrows deep and crenulate. Anterior half of mesopleuron densely punctate, posterior half polished, sternaulus sharply impressed on posterior half. Metapleuron polished but posteriorly rugose, anterior pit moderately deep. Mesoscutum punctoreticulate, puncture somewhat larger posteriorly. Scuto-scutellar suture thin and shallow, crenulate. Scutellum polished with some shallow punctures laterally. MSC i: 0.6. Propodeum rugose, areola apically truncate, not defined basally to costulae, costulae strong. Fore wing. R1/Pl i: 1.3; r/Pw i: 0.9; r/2Rs i: 1.6.
Hind
wing
. Vannal lobe regularly rounded and setose.
Legs.
Hind
coxa polished with fine sparse punctures.
Hind
femur short and stout. Cx/T
1i
: 1.5; F i: 3.1.
Metasoma
. Tergum 1 slightly curved in profile view, in dorsal view sub-rectangular with lateral margins parallel, apical margin slightly concave, surface shallowly rugose with a smooth triangle along apical margin. Tergum 2 trapezoidal, slightly widened apically, centrally smooth and laterally rugose, with a mid-transverse row of punctures. Hypopygium ventro-medially desclerotised, ovipositor straight and short, sheath setose all along. T1a i: 1.4; T1b i: 1.6; T1/T
2i
: 2.6; T2a i: 0.4; T2b i: 0.4; T2/T
3i
: 1.1; OT i: 0.2.
Color
. Head and
mesosoma
black with reddish gleams, but palpi pale yellow, and antenna, labrum and mandible yellowish orange. Legs entirely yellowish. Tergum 1 dark reddish to testaceous, laterotergite 1 pale yellow, the following tergites testaceous. Wing hyaline, venation pale brown.
MALE (
1 specimen
) B: 2.4; A: 2.5; L: 2.5. Similar to female.
Material examined.
HOLOTYPE
Ƥ (MNHN EY8816) Verbatim label data:
La Réunion
ML 15
320 m
Saint Philippe, Mare Longue, plantation ONF piège Malaise au sol site 2,
14–20.II.2001
, Attié Marc leg.; middle right leg broken.
PARATYPES
(MNHN EY8817) 13 same location,
XII.2001
, leg. Cirad; 1Ƥ Bras Panon / La Caroline, alt.
230m
,
X.2010
, leg. Cirad.
Etymology.
Named for Claire Villemant, entomologist and Curator of the hymenopteran collections of MNHN, for her invaluable support.
Distribution records.
Reunion
.
Genus
Exoryza
Mason
(Mason 1981, Valerio
et al.
2004)
The description of
Dolichogenidea
is similar to
Exoryza
, but with the following differences. Propodeum coarsely rugose with an areola sometimes hardly defined laterally. Terga 1 and 2 broad, covering the membranous lateroterga in dorsal view. Terga 1 and 2, and usually tergum 3, coarsely rugose. Tergum 2 rectangular or nearly so, as long to barely longer than tergum 3.
This is a small genus, with four species described up to now. It appears to parasitise Pyraloidea stem borers. It is rarely collected but appears to be broadly distributed. This is the first record from Southern Hemisphere. It is considered as a distinct genus with four recognized species based on the peculiar structure of the metasomal terga (Song and Chen 2003; Valerio
et al.
2004). It nevertheless matches a wide definition of
Dolichogenidea
/
Apanteles
and is sometimes considered as a subgenus of
Apanteles
. One new species is decribed here.