A taxonomic review of the parasitoid wasp genera Furcidentia Zettel and Pseudophanerotoma Zettel (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae) from the Neotropics with the description of four new species Author Kittel, Rebecca N. text Zootaxa 2018 2018-09-27 4486 2 146 160 journal article 29548 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.4 4f9269d2-8566-473d-b29c-f01db41b5e34 1175-5326 1436697 AB64D470-D117-45C4-9FCD-ACF4A9CBD1C9 Furcidentia jenningsi sp. nov. ( Fig1 a–c , 9 ) Holotype . FRENCH GUIANA : ♀ , “ French Guiana , Mt. Chevoux, 4.722627, -52.41261, Rec: SEAG , MT, 1-7 viii 2001 ” ( MNHN ). Diagnosis. This species differs from all other members of the genus in lacking clypeal teeth, having a body length smaller than 3.0 mm, length of eye to length of temple ratio less than 2.0, and the face, frons, and vertex strigose. Description (female) . Body measurements. Length of body 2.8 mm ; ratio of length of fore wing to body 0.9; ratio of metasoma to mesosoma 1.1. Head. Antenna incomplete with 26 antennomeres; ratio of length of third antennomere to fourth 1.3; ratio of length of third and fourth antennomere to width 4.0 and 3.0, respectively; ratio of width of face to its height in frontal view 1.4; ratio of width of clypeus to its height 1.0; clypeus convex and finely rugose; without clypeal teeth; ratio of malar space to base of mandible 1.6; face straight in lateral view and strigose; frons and vertex strigose; ratio of length of eye to temple in dorsal view 1.9; ratio of ocelli:LOL:POL:OOL 1.0:1.0:0.8:2.8. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum rugose; notauli present; anterior mesopleuron rugose, posterior mesopleuron strigose; scutellar sulcus present and strongly rugose; mesoscutellum flat and rugose; propodeum areolate; propodeal tubercles absent; ratio of mesosoma height to its length 0.7; ratio of hind tibia to hind tarsus 1.1; ratio of length to width of hind coxa, hind femur, hind tibia, and hind tarsus 1.8, 4.5, 4.6, and 13.6, respectively; ratio of posterior spur to hind basitarsus 0.2; fore wing: SR-1 straight; 2-R1 present, ratio of length of 1-R1 to length of 2-R1 9.4; ratio of length of 1-R1 to length of pterostigma 1.1; ratio of width to length of pterostigma 4.1; ratio of r:3-SR:SR- 1 1.0:0.8:5.7; ratio r:r-m:2-SR 1.0:0.9:2.2. Metasoma. Oval in dorsal view; ratio of metasomal width to length 0.6; tergites costate; ratio of length of the three metasomal tergites 1.0:1.0:1.2. Colour. Head reddish orange, interocellar area reddish brown; base of antenna beige, gradually more light brown towards the tip; mesosoma reddish brown; wings golden infused with vertical aligned hyaline stripe beneath parastigma; wing venation, parastigma and pterostigma light brown; fore and mid legs with white coxae, otherwise beige; hind leg with white coxae, brown femora, and tibiae base white otherwise brown; first metasomal tergite beige; second metasomal tergite with beige mark anteriorly, otherwise brown; third metasomal tergite brown. Male. Unknown. Distribution. This species is only known from the type locality, Mt. Chevoux, French Guiana . FIGURE 1. Furcidentia jenningsi sp. nov. , holotype, female, a—habitus lateral; b—head frontal; c—fore wing; scale bars a = 1.0 mm, b = 0.25 mm, c = 0.5 mm. Etymology. The species is named in honour of John Jennings, a specialist on Evanioidea, now retired from The University of Adelaide. Biology . Unknown. Sequence data . GenBank accession numbers for this species are CO1 KJ472560 , Ef1α KJ472613 , 28S KJ472682 .