A new species in the newly recorded genus Trachyusa (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) from China
Author
Yao, Junli
Author
Kula, Robert R.
Author
Chen, Jiahua
text
Zootaxa
2015
3931
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579
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3931.4.7
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1175-5326
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Trachyusa
Ruthe
Trachyusa
Ruthe, 1854
: 351
.
Type
species:
Trachyusa nigriceps
Ruthe, 1854
: 352
(monobasic and original designation).
Cosmiocarpa
Förster, 1862
: 264
.
Type
species:
Alysia aurora
Haliday, 1838
: 217
. Synonymized by Reinhard in
Taschenberg (1866: 90)
by transfer of
type
species, but synonymy already indicated by
Förster (1862: 283)
.
Diagnosis.
Antenna not widened, with 26–28 flagellomeres, first flagellomere slightly longer than second (
Fig. 2
); maxillary and labial palpi with 6 and 4 palpomeres, respectively; eyes glabrous (
Fig. 3
); ventral margin of clypeus convex (
Fig. 3
); anterior tentorial pits medium-sized (
Fig. 3
); third tooth of mandible without ventral protuberance (
Fig. 5
), upper margin of second tooth with orthogonal protuberance, base of mandible with very long pubescence (
Fig. 5
); pronope absent (
Fig. 4
); notauli wide and long, with medio-longitudinal midpit posteriorly (
Figs 4
,
7
); sternaulus present medially (
Fig. 6
); metanotum protruding dorsally (
Fig. 6
); vein 2RS of fore wing longer than vein 3RSa (
Fig. 1
); vein 1m-cu of fore wing (sub)interstitial (
Fig. 1
); vein 2cu-a of fore wing absent, first subdiscal cell open (
Fig. 1
); pterostigma of female elliptical (
Fig. 1
); veins cu-a of hind wing and (RS+M)a of fore wing present (
Fig. 1
); vein M+CU of hind wing subequal to vein 1M or shorter (
Fig. 1
); tarsal claws medium-sized, simple and without lobe; dorsope of first metasomal tergum absent (
Fig. 8
); second metasomal tergum and basal half of third granulate (
Fig. 8
); second and third metasomal terga with sharp lateral crease (
Fig. 9
); ovipositor sheath short, slightly protruding beyond apex of metasoma, setose (
Fig. 9
); ovipositor slender, without notch and somewhat curved ventrad.
Distribution
. Palaearctic (
Yu
et al.
2012
).
Biology
. Unknown.