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<mods:title>A new gregarious parasitoid species, Microplitis idreesae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) reared from Mythimna sp. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), with a key to the species of Microplitis in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Al-Sabi, Mohammad Nafi Solaiman</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Idrees, Nabila Rayed Nashaat</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="https://zoobank.org/34DEAC3F-4B21-4A3C-94AC-7376DB57A635" authority="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae" status="sp. nov.">Microplitis idreesae Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Figs 3A-J</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. male A, G habitus A dorsal view G lateral view B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C metasoma, dorsal view D legs E antenna F, I-K head F dorsal view I lateral view J frontal view K ventral view H cocoon." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830189" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">, 4A-K</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Holotype</emphasis>
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The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. 1 Female; the Eastern Province, Al-Ahsa Oasis, Hofuf, King Faisal University student housing;
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; 154m; 18.xii.2020; Nabila Idrees leg.; reared on undetermined species of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Mythimna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mythimna" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Mythimna</emphasis>
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(
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
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:
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Noctuidae</taxonomicName>
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); caterpillar collected from the wall of the housing compound at KFU; cocoons formed on 19.xii.2020; adults emerged on 27.xii.2020, 29.xii.2020, and 30.xii.2020; PW: 12-2020; (KFU-Vet).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Paratypes</emphasis>
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.
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5 (2 females, 3 males); same data as for holotype; (KFU-Vet).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">T1 slightly elevated and rounded posteriorly; fore wing with quadrangular areolet and vein r straight; notauli strongly impressed anteriorly but disappearing gradually as they approach the scutoscutellar sulcus.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Female.</emphasis>
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Body length (head to apex of metasoma): 2.6, fore wing length: 2.45, antenna length: 3.36. Body length in females varies between 2.6 to 2.9.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Colour</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3 A, B, E</figureCitation>
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). General body coloration black except for scape, pedicel, first ten proximal antennal flagellomeres, labrum, mandibles, maxillary and labial palps, and tegula dark yellow-brown. All legs dark yellow-brown except: all claws dark brown and hind coxae with basal third dark brown, second third black, and distal third yellow-brown. T1 dark brown-black, posteriorly with a dark yellow-brown area, lateral ends of T1 dark brown; T2 completely dark yellow-brown; T3 with anterior half dark yellow-brown and posterior half black; T4 and following completely black. In lateral view, T1-T2 completely dark yellow-brown; T3 with anterior half dark yellow-brown and posterior half black, T4 and following completely black. S1-S2 dark yellow-brown, S3 with anterior half dark yellow-brown and posterior half black, and hypopygium brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Figure 3.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idressae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idressae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idressae</emphasis>
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sp. nov. female
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habitus
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mesosoma and T1, dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">C, G</emphasis>
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head
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dorsolateral view
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lateral view
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mesosoma
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dorsal view
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lateral view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">E, I</emphasis>
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metasoma
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dorsal view
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">I</emphasis>
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lateral view
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antenna
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antenna
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flagellomere
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">J, K</emphasis>
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wings
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fore
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hind.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Head</emphasis>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3A, C, G</figureCitation>
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). In frontal view, rounded with pubescence long and moderately dense. Proximal thirteen antennal flagellomeres longer than wide (0.18:0.06), last antennal flagellomere pointed and longer than penultimate (0.16:0.05, 0.12:0.05), all antennal flagellomeres setose, antenna longer than body (3.36, 2.6); scrobes shallow. Face rounded with dense fine punctations, interspaces wavy, and longitudinal median carina incomplete, visible only at the anterior third. Fronto-clypeal suture absent. Temple wide, punctate, and interspaces wavy. Inner eye margins diverge slightly at scrobes. POL shorter than OOL (0.10, 0.12). Malar suture present but long and moderately dense pubescence makes its observation difficult. Median area between lateral ocelli with a depression. Vertex, rounded in lateral view, narrow in dorsal view.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Mesosoma</emphasis>
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(Figs
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3A, B, D, H</figureCitation>
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). Mesosoma dorsoventrally convex, length: 1.4. Mesoscutum anteriorly convex and posteriorly flat with punctation distinct anteriorly, satiny posteriorly, and interspaces wavy/lacunose; medial furrow of mesoscutum incomplete, distinct only anteriorly. Notauli distinct anteriorly but disappearing gradually as they approach the scutoscutellar sulcus. Scutellum long and slender, posteriorly sloped and fused with medioposterior band of scutellum, scutellar punctation fine scattered throughout, in profile scutellum flat and on the same plane as mesoscutum, phragma of the scutellum slightly visible; medioposterior band of scutellum sculptured and overlapping slightly the medioanterior pit of metanotum; axillary trough of scutellum demilune and dorsal axillary trough of scutellum groove with complete undulate/reticulate carinae. Scutoscutellar sulcus markedly bowed with seven irregular and deep foveae, the two middle ones larger than the others, area just behind scutoscutellar sulcus smooth, shiny, and nearly at the same level as mesoscutum (flat). Anterior furrow of metanotum with setiferous lobes and not as well delineated as posterior furrow which is thick and smooth; medioanterior pit of metanotum elongated with a complete transverse carina in its third posterior, overlapping completely the medioposterior band of metanotum which is difficult to differentiate; axillary trough metanotum with few incomplete parallel carinae. Propodeum with a distinct median longitudinal carina and areolate rugose sculpturing covering its entire surface; propodeal spiracles surrounded by carina; nucha ringed by radiating carinae. In lateral view, upper pronotum with imbricate sculpture throughout, centrally with a distinct furrow of deep irregular foveae, and lower pronotum with two types of sculpture, anterior half imbricate and posterior half smooth. Propleuron finely sculptured. Metasternum convex. Mesopleuron convex, lower mesopleuron finely imbricate, centrally smooth, dorsal margin with a distinct row of foveae forming an L-shape inverted, precoxal sulcus crenulate. Epicnemial ridge truncate-pyramid shape, anteriorly convex, posteriorly truncate.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Legs</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3A, B</figureCitation>
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). Ventral margin of fore telotarsus entire, with a tiny straight seta, fore telotarsus basally narrow and apically wide, and longer than the fourth tarsomere (0.14, 0.08). Hind coxa finely punctate throughout, without outer depression; inner spur of hind tibia slightly longer than outer spur (0.13, 0.12); entire surface of hind tibia with dense strong spines uniform by color and length; hind telotarsus longer than the fourth tarsomere (0.17, 0.09); hind femur length:wide (0.70:0.17), hind tibia length (0.42), hind basitarsus length (0.13).
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Wings</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3J, K</figureCitation>
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). Fore wing: length 2.45; stigma dark brown but paler at base; quadrangular areolet, vein r-m spectral; vein 3-SR shorter than vein r-m, both veins forming an angle at their junction; vein 2-SR curved and longer than 3-SR; vein 2-M straight and swollen; r vein straight; 1-R1 length 0.58; vein 1-M straight; vein 1-SR+M slightly curved; vein 2-SR+M spectral; vein 3CU1 tubular; vein CU1a mostly spectral but a small anterior portion absent; vein CU1b absent; vein 2-1A tubular; vein cu-a slightly curved, reaching the edge of 1-1A vein, anterior half tubular, and posterior half spectral. Hind wing (length 2.0) with vannal lobe narrow, convex, with long setae.
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Metasoma</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. female A habitus B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C, G head C dorsolateral view G lateral view D, H mesosoma D dorsal view H lateral view E, I metasoma E dorsal view I lateral view F, L antenna F antenna L flagellomere J, K wings J fore K hind." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830188" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">3A, E, I</figureCitation>
|
||
). T1 virtually parallel-sided (barrel-shaped) over most of its length but narrowing over the posterior 1/3 (length 0.41; maximum width 0.2; minimum width 0.13), distally rounded, slightly elevated medially, almost nitid with scarce sculpturing laterally and scattered pubescence in the posterior third. Median area on T2 polished, truncate-trapezoidal, slightly wider than longer (length 0.16, maximum width 0.17; minimum width 0.12); lateral grooves delimiting the median area clearly defined and not reaching the posterior edge (length median area 0.17, length T2 0.2); T3 smooth, as long as T2 (0.2, 0.2). Pubescence on the hypopygium scattered.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Cocoons" lsidName="Cocoons" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Cocoons</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. male A, G habitus A dorsal view G lateral view B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C metasoma, dorsal view D legs E antenna F, I-K head F dorsal view I lateral view J frontal view K ventral view H cocoon." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830189" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">4H</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Cocoons" lsidName="Cocoons" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="genus">Cocoons</taxonomicName>
|
||
are oval with light olive drab coloration, lacking any kind of remarkable ornament, and the silk fibers looking disordered and fluffy.
|
||
<taxonomicName genus="Cocoons" lsidName="Cocoons" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="genus">Cocoons</taxonomicName>
|
||
are located both on the anterior part of the back and lateral sides of the alive host caterpillar.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption doi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830189" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Figure 4.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idressae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idressae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idressae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. nov. male
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">A, G</emphasis>
|
||
habitus
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">A</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">G</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">B</emphasis>
|
||
mesosoma and T1, dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">C</emphasis>
|
||
metasoma, dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">D</emphasis>
|
||
legs
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">E</emphasis>
|
||
antenna
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">F, I-K</emphasis>
|
||
head
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">F</emphasis>
|
||
dorsal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">I</emphasis>
|
||
lateral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">J</emphasis>
|
||
frontal view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">K</emphasis>
|
||
ventral view
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">H</emphasis>
|
||
cocoon.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
Male (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Microplitis idressae sp. nov. male A, G habitus A dorsal view G lateral view B mesosoma and T 1, dorsal view C metasoma, dorsal view D legs E antenna F, I-K head F dorsal view I lateral view J frontal view K ventral view H cocoon." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830189" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">4A-K</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Similar to female except T2 with lateral areas dark yellow-brown and T3 completely dark brown. Body length varies between 2.5 to 2.8.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">This species is named in honor of Nabila Rayed Nashaat Idrees who found the infested caterpillar. She is a bachelor student from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, KSA.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Eastern Province, Hofuf.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Biology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
Gregarious larval endoparasitoid wasp. Essentially all but one of the larvae successfully spun their cocoons (15 out of 16), out of which emerged 8 females and 7 male adults. The adults obtained from pupae incubated at room temperature (n=8) eclosed on the eighth day after pupation, whereas those incubated in the environmental chamber (n=7) took one to two days longer to emerge. It is worth mentioning that in nature, eclosion is tied to both internal physiological processes and externally received cues (e.g., evaporative cooling, heat retention by moist litter, -
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Janzen, DH" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Hymenoptera Research" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="42 - 76" refId="B16" refString="Janzen, DH, Walker, AK, Whitfield, JB, Delvare, G, Gauld, ID, 2003. Host-specific and hyperparasitoids of three new Costa Rican species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), parasitoids of sphingid caterpillars. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 12 (1): 42 - 76" title="Host-specific and hyperparasitoids of three new Costa Rican species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), parasitoids of sphingid caterpillars." volume="12" year="2003">Janzen et al. 2003</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). This may suggest the adaptation of the wasps to different environmental conditions and suggest the existence of different habits related to the ambient conditions.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="host">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Hosts</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
(Figs
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Lepidoptera host (Mythimna sp., Noctuidae: Hadeninae, Leucaniini) and parasitoid wasps (cocoons and adults of Microplitis idreesae sp. nov.) A living caterpillar of Mythimna sp. in its last instar larval B wasp cocoons attached to the back and sides of the living caterpillar C Adult wasps emerged after their incubation at room temperature." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830186" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">1</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Dead caterpillar of Lepidoptera host (Mythimna sp., Noctuidae: Hadeninae, Leucaniini) showing exit holes (black circles) from which larvae of Microplitis idreesae sp. nov. have emerged A ventral side B lateral side C dorsal side." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830187" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">2</figureCitation>
|
||
). Undetermined species of the oriental armyworm
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Mythimna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mythimna" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Mythimna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Ochsenheimer (
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Noctuidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Guenee" authorityYear="1837" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Hadeninae">Hadeninae</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Guenee" authorityYear="1837" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="tribe" tribe="Leucaniini">Leucaniini</taxonomicName>
|
||
). The living caterpillar was collected in the fifth instar. It took four days for
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Mythimna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mythimna" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Mythimna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
to die after the cocoons were detached from its body. In the living
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Noctuidae" genus="Mythimna" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Mythimna" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Mythimna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
caterpillar, the cocoons of
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
were more clustered in the central part of the caterpillar body forming a dorsal band and a few were in the latero-posterior side (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Lepidoptera host (Mythimna sp., Noctuidae: Hadeninae, Leucaniini) and parasitoid wasps (cocoons and adults of Microplitis idreesae sp. nov.) A living caterpillar of Mythimna sp. in its last instar larval B wasp cocoons attached to the back and sides of the living caterpillar C Adult wasps emerged after their incubation at room temperature." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830186" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">1B</figureCitation>
|
||
). In the dead caterpillar, the holes were observed in the dorsal, ventral, and lateral sides of the body (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Dead caterpillar of Lepidoptera host (Mythimna sp., Noctuidae: Hadeninae, Leucaniini) showing exit holes (black circles) from which larvae of Microplitis idreesae sp. nov. have emerged A ventral side B lateral side C dorsal side." figureDoi="10.3897/jhr.96.99114.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/830187" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">2</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
Three potential food plant species were identified in the vicinity of the collected caterpillar,
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Convolvulaceae" genus="Ipomoea" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Ipomoea pes-caprae" order="Solanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pes-caprae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Ipomoea pes-caprae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Convolvulaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Solanales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Convolvulaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, bay-hops),
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" genus="Euphorbia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Euphorbia serpens" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="serpens">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Euphorbia serpens</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Euphorbiaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Malpighiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Euphorbiaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, matted sandmat), and
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Cynodon" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Cynodon dactylon" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dactylon">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Cynodon dactylon</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Poaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
, bermudagrass).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="molecular data">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Molecular data.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">The partial nucleotide sequence of Cyt-b gene (381 bp) is available in the GenBank database, accession number: OP485682.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="remarks">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Remarks.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
Morphological and distributional data that allow the separation of all the
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species reported in the KSA is listed in Table
|
||
<tableCitation captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. All Microplitis species from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia displaying their morphological differences and distributional data." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/BE0C864DA6DA14EDFA04540C36F2B77D" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" tableUuid="BE0C864DA6DA14EDFA04540C36F2B77D">1</tableCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption ID-Table-UUID="BE0C864DA6DA14EDFA04540C36F2B77D" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/BE0C864DA6DA14EDFA04540C36F2B77D" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" start="Table 1" startId="T1">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Table 1.</emphasis>
|
||
All
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia displaying their morphological differences and distributional data.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<table pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<th colspan="1" isEmpty="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">-</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. faifaicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="faifaicus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. faifaicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Ghramh & Ahmad, 2020
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi, sp. nov.
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. khamisicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="khamisicus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. khamisicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Ghramh & Ahmad, 2020
|
||
</th>
|
||
<th colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. tihamicus" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="tihamicus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. tihamicus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Ghramh & Ahmad, 2020
|
||
</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Body size</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">2.5 mm</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">2.59 mm</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">3.0-3.1 mm</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">2.1-2.2 mm</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Colour on body</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Body generally black, T1 brown, palps and hind tibial spurs yellow, legs yellow except hind coxae</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Body generally black, all legs dark yellow-brown except all claws dark brown and hind coxae with basal third dark brown, second third black, and distal third yellow-brown, T2 and anterior half of T3 yellow-brown</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Body entirely dark brown to black excluding all legs and laterotergites dorsolaterally yellowish</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Body entirely dark brown to black excluding yellowish legs</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Colour on wings</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Infuscate</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Hyaline</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Infuscate</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Hyaline but slightly infuscate distally</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Areolet shape</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Quadrangular</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Triangular</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Shape of T1 posteriorly</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Rounded/convex</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Slightly elevated, rounded/convex</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">With a median knob</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Truncate</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Notauli</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Weakly impressed, indicated only by narrow depressions postero-laterally</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Well defined anteriorly but indistinct posteriorly</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Well defined throughout</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Weakly impressed, indicated only by narrow depressions postero-laterally</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Medial furrow of mesoscutum</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Present and incomplete</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Present and complete</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Setae in head and mesosoma</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Moderately to sparsely setose</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Moderately to sparsely setose</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Densely setose</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Moderately to sparsely setose</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Distribution in the KSA</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Faifa (Jazan Province)</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Hofuf (Eastern Province)</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Khamis Mushyat (Asir Province)</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Abha, Almanaf (Asir Province)</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">Elevation (m)</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">906</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">154</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">1988</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">2226</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species to which it most resembles
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hova" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hova">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hova</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Granger, 1949) from Madagascar
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Abdinbekova, 1969)
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Marshall 1898),
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Thomson 1895), and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Haliday, 1834) from the Palaeartic
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. bambusanus" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="bambusanus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. bambusanus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(de Saeger, 1944) from Congo and Rwanda
|
||
</td>
|
||
<td colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rowspan="1">
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. isis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="isis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. isis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(de Saeger, 1944) from Congo
|
||
</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is closely related to Palaeartic species that exhibit the T1 barrel-shaped with scarce sculpturing; the legs with a light coloration (at least moderately, as it can be variable) except the hind coxa; and the fore wing with pterostigma bicoloured (dark with a pale basal spot). Considering this, four
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species look similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In alphabetic order, these are
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Abdinbekova,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Marshall,
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Thomson, and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Haliday. Similarities and differences between
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from these species are listed below.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis." pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis.">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
In both species the wings are hyaline, the fore wing with the 1-R1 vein short, half as long as the pterostigma, the position of the r vein is oblique concerning the pterostigma, and the r vein is only somewhat shorter than the 2-SR vein.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the following characters: 1) length of the T1: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is 1.6-1.7 times as long as broad, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is 2.0 times as long as broad; 2) the colour on the tegula: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albipennis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is black, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is dark yellow-brown; 3) in the hind wings, the length of the 1-SR and 2M veins: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. albippenis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="albippenis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. albippenis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the 2-M vein hardly is 1.5 times longer than 1-SR, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the 2-M vein is 1.7 times longer than 1-SR.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Abdinbekova" authorityYear="1969" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis albipennis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="albipennis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis albipennis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been reported in Azerbaijan, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, and Turkey (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" author="Fernandez-Triana, J" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 1089" refId="B11" refString="Fernandez-Triana, J, Shaw, MR, Boudreault, C, Beaudin, M, Broad, GR, 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920: 1 - 1089, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" title="Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" volume="920" year="2020">Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
|
||
); and its lifestyle is unknown. Black/white line drawings of some structures are available on
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Papp, J" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Abhandlungen" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="95 - 140" refId="B24" refString="Papp, J, 1984. Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 47: 95 - 140" title="Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)." volume="47" year="1984">Papp 1984</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(fig. 73, p. 123; figs 146, 147, p. 129).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis." pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis.">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
In both species the first antennal flagellomere is thrice longer than broad, further flagellomeres gradually shorten so that the penultimate is twice longer than broad; the precoxal sulcus is crenulate; and with gregarious lifestyle.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by the following characters: 1) female body size: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the length is 3 mm, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is 2.6-2.9 mm; 2) position of the r vein concerning the pterostigma: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the vein r is perpendicular to the pterostigma, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the vein r is oblique to the pterostigma; 3) colour on the body: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is completely black, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, females with T2 completely pale and T3 bicoloured (half anterior pale, half posterior dark), contrasting with the colour on the males, where the pale coloration is confined only to a small area, anterior corners of T2; 4) colour on the wings: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is weakly smoky (famous), whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is hyaline; 5) colour on the legs: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is black although, in males, the legs show a light pattern and more infuscation, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the legs are completely dark yellow-brown, except the hind coxa with basal third dark brown, second third black, and distal third yellow-brown; 6) and in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. hispalensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the antenna is as long as the body, while in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is antenna is longer than the body.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Marshall" authorityYear="1898" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis hispalensis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hispalensis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis hispalensis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been reported in France and Spain (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" author="Fernandez-Triana, J" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 1089" refId="B11" refString="Fernandez-Triana, J, Shaw, MR, Boudreault, C, Beaudin, M, Broad, GR, 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920: 1 - 1089, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" title="Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" volume="920" year="2020">Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Black/white line drawings of some structures are available on
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Papp, J" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Abhandlungen" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="95 - 140" refId="B24" refString="Papp, J, 1984. Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 47: 95 - 140" title="Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)." volume="47" year="1984">Papp 1984</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(figs 141-144, p. 129).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
In both species, the fore and middle coxae are entirely yellow, and the hind coxa is frequently splashed with yellow, and with gregarious lifestyle.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
can be separated from
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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by the following characters: 1) colour on T2 and T3: in
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, sometimes the females display the T2 and the T3 very marked with yellow, whereas in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreeasae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreeasae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreeasae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, the females with the T2 completely pale and the T3 bicoloured (half anterior pale, half posterior dark); 2) colour on the male antennal flagellomeres: in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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they are pale throughout though this is sometimes more obvious on the underside, whereas in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
the pale colouration (yellow-brown) is clear in the first eight proximal antennal flagellomeres and gets gradually darker in the next two flagellomeres (9th and 10th) and become dark (dark brown or black) in the remaining flagellomeres; 3) the body length: in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. mandibularis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
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||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. mandibularis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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, specimens are variable in size (2.4-3.2 mm), whereas in
|
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<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
is 2.5-2.9 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
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<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Thomson" baseAuthorityYear="1895" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis mandibularis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mandibularis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis mandibularis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been reported in 19 countries from the Palaeartic and one country (Greenland) from the Nearctic region (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" author="Fernandez-Triana, J" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 1089" refId="B11" refString="Fernandez-Triana, J, Shaw, MR, Boudreault, C, Beaudin, M, Broad, GR, 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920: 1 - 1089, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" title="Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" volume="920" year="2020">Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). A black/white line drawing of the T1 is available in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Nixon, GEJ" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 30" refId="B23" refString="Nixon, GEJ, 1970. A revision of the N.W. European species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series 25 (1): 1 - 30" title="A revision of the N. W. European species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)." volume="25" year="1970">Nixon 1970</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(fig. 1, p. 6).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Arias-Penna & Al-Sabi" authorityYear="2023" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis idreesae" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
. In both species the wings are often almost uniformly hyaline; the scutellum becoming strongly shining over most of its median surface and only vaguely sculptured; on the hind wing, the vannal lobe is small; the hind tibia without apical infuscation; gregarious lifestyle; the cocoon is oval, lacking any kind of remarkable ornament, the silk fibers look disordered and fluffy, the body length in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
ranges between 2.6 to 2.8 mm, and in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is between 2.5 to 2.9 mm; and setae of the metasoma somewhat inconspicuous, often restricted to a single row on the tergites.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
The two species can be separated by the following characters: 1) colour on the tegula: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is yellow, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is dark yellow-brown, 2) antennal flagellomeres length: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are rather thick and somewhat smooth looking towards apex, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are longer than wider and the pubescence are present along its entire surface; 3) length of the penultimate antennal flagellomere: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
it varies from one and one third to one and a half times longer than wide, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is at least 2 times longer than wide, 4) antennal flagellomeres in the males: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
they are apparently always at least slightly paler beneath, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the pale colouration (yellow-brown) is clear in the first eight proximal antennal flagellomeres and gets gradually darker in the next two flagellomeres (9th and 10th) and become dark (dark brown or black) in the remaining flagellomeres; 4) apex of the hind tibia: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, seen from the side the hind tibia is a little broaden before apex, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the apex is not broaden, and 5) position of the r vein concerning the pterostigma: in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. spectabilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the r is perpendicular to the pterostigma, whereas in
|
||
<taxonomicName lsidName="M. idreesae" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" rank="species" species="idreesae">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">M. idreesae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the r is oblique to the pterostigma.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Haliday" baseAuthorityYear="1834" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis spectabilis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spectabilis">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis spectabilis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been reported in 36 countries from the Palaeartic region and there is also been recorded in the Oriental region (Pakistan) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" author="Fernandez-Triana, J" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 1089" refId="B11" refString="Fernandez-Triana, J, Shaw, MR, Boudreault, C, Beaudin, M, Broad, GR, 2020. Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 920: 1 - 1089, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" title="Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128" volume="920" year="2020">Fernandez-Triana et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Black/white line drawings of some structures are available in
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Nixon, GEJ" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="1 - 30" refId="B23" refString="Nixon, GEJ, 1970. A revision of the N.W. European species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Series 25 (1): 1 - 30" title="A revision of the N. W. European species of Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)." volume="25" year="1970">Nixon 1970</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(fig. 11, p. 9; fig. 25, p. 11) and
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Papp, J" journalOrPublisher="Entomologische Abhandlungen" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="95 - 140" refId="B24" refString="Papp, J, 1984. Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 47: 95 - 140" title="Palaearctic species of Microgaster Latreille (= Microplitis Foerster) with description of seven new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae)." volume="47" year="1984">Papp 1984</bibRefCitation>
|
||
(figs 64-67, p. 123).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="101" type="comments">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Comments.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="101">
|
||
As mentioned before, in 2017 one morpho-species was reported in the KSA (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Fernandez-Triana, J" journalOrPublisher="Arthropod fauna of the UAE" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" pagination="275 - 321" refId="B9" refString="Fernandez-Triana, J, van Achterberg, C, 2017. Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Arabian Peninsula. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 6: 275 - 321" title="Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Arabian Peninsula." volume="6" year="2017">Fernandez-Triana and van Achterberg 2017</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), but the only data associated were morpho-species number (
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Foerster" authorityYear="1863" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Microplitis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="101" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="101">Microplitis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
sp. 6), numbers of females and males (2 females, 1 male), the collecting date (only the year, 1959), and the collecting site (Riyadh, the administrational center of Riyadh Province, located in the center of the country). Specimens are old, and not in particularly look conditions, without molecular data, and are currently deposited in the Canadian National Collection of Insects (CNC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Fernandez-Triana, pers. commun.).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</subSection>
|
||
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