Three new species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Miracinae) from India and Saudi Arabia Author Ghramh, Hamed A. Author Ahmad, Zubair Author Pandey, Kavita text ZooKeys 2019 889 37 47 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.34942 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.34942 1313-2970-889-37 B29D952D7108449C9DBEAFB4FE04CA89 97652F5F57DA58CCAE2625BB3A3049F9 Centistidea acrocercopsi Ahmad & Pandey sp. nov. Figs 1-4 Material examined. Holotype : INDIA • ♀: Uttar Pradesh, Etah, 7.VIII.2004; ex. Acrocercops phaeospora (Meyrick) on Syzygyium cuminii , Z. Ahmad leg. (ZDAMU). Paratype : 1♀, with same data as holotype (HB-138, ZDAMU). Diagnosis. Following the key to East Palearctic and Oriental species of the genus Centistidea Rohwer ( Ranjith et al. 2018 ), C. acrocercopsi sp. nov. keys near to C. rugator ( Ranjith et al. 2018 ); however, it differs in the following characters ( C. rugator in parentheses): (i) body largely yellowish (body largely yellowish except tergites 1-6 dark brown dorsally), (ii) length of eye 1.3 x long as temple in dorsal view (length of eye 2.90 x as long as temple), (iii) ovipositor sheath 0.10 x as long as fore wing length (0.20 x as long as forewing), (iv) first tergite smooth, widening medially, slightly narrowing basally and apically, 4.0 x as long as its maximum width (first tergite smooth, widening medially, distinctly narrowing basally and apically, 3.0 x as long as its maximum width). Description. Female: body length: 1.7 mm; length of fore wing: 2.1 mm; length of antenna: 1.7 mm. Head: ca. 2 x as wide as long in dorsal view; length of eye 1.3 x as long as temple in dorsal view; temple and vertex shiny with indistinct punctures; OOL: POL: AOL: OD = 6: 3: 2: 1.5; inner margin of eyes subparallel; face distinctly convex medially, flattened laterally and almost smooth and shiny; clypeus smooth and evenly convex; malar space ca. 2 x as long as basal width of mandible; antenna 14-segmented, F1 as long as F2, apical flagellomere pointed. Mesosoma: 1.4 x as long as wide; mesoscutum shiny with indistinct punctures, notauli only anteriorly impressed and finely crenulate; prescutellar furrow poorly developed without any groove; scutellum smooth and shiny, medio-posterior depression of scutellum elliptical; propodeum somewhat smooth, with a complete median longitudinal carinae and two transverse carinae posteriorly, few rugosities adjacent to median longitudinal carina; meso- and metapleuron almost smooth and shiny. Wings: Pterostigma with long and slender apical expansion, 2.7 x longer than wide, vein r issuing from its middle; vein 1-M 1.5 x longer than vein m-cu; vein 1-CU1 0.9 x as long as vein 2-CU1. Legs: Hind coxa smooth, length of femur, tibia, and basitarsus of hind leg 3.0 x , 7.1 x , and 4.0 x their maximum width, respectively; length of hind tibial spur 0.30 x as long as hind basitarsus. Hind tarsal claw large and without acute lobe. Metasoma: 1.5 x as long as wide; first tergite, smooth, widening medially, slightly narrowing basally and apically, 4.0 x as long as its maximum width; second tergite sclerotized with strong longitudinal striations; hypopygium small, membranous, desclerotized, sparsely setose at apex, not surpassing end of metasoma; ovipositor thick, setose, distinctly shorter than petiole and hind basitarsus. Color: Largely yellow except for the following: antenna (except for scapus and pedicel yellow), veins, pterostigma, and ovipositor apically brown; wings moderately infuscate apically. Figures 1-4. Centistidea acrocercopsi sp. nov. 1 mesosoma and metasoma, dorsal view 2 hypopygium 3 forewing 4 metasomal T1 and T2. Male. Unknown. Host. Acrocercops phaeospora (Meyrick). Distribution. India: Uttar Pradesh. Etymology. The new species is named after its host insect.