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<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.919.39642" ID-GBIF-Dataset="6b51522f-80c7-403b-a40a-d41899f71bdf" ID-PMC="PMC7197265" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-919-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="CBA7303BD1B65E07A4DC591C877727BA" ID-PubMed="32390739" ID-ZooBank="0CC5169A232541AD938F179FCB056381" ModsDocID="1313-2970-919-1" checkinTime="1584460958039" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="van Achterberg, Cornelis, Shaw, Mark R. &amp; Quicke, Donald L. J." docDate="2020" docId="3EAD392B258652599C5BB2EEDA721EB6" docLanguage="en" docName="ZooKeys 919: 1-259" docOrigin="ZooKeys 919" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.919.39642" docTitle="Aleiodes improvisus van Achterberg &amp; Shaw 2020, sp. nov." docType="treatment" docUuid="BA464FC8-D95C-4CF8-A27F-788BB7D2D3C4" docUuidSource="ZooBank" docVersion="4" id="CBA7303BD1B65E07A4DC591C877727BA" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="CBA7303BD1B65E07A4DC591C877727BA" masterDocTitle="Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 2: Revision of the A. apicalis group" masterLastPageNumber="259" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1668168574942" updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
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<mods:title>Revision of the western Palaearctic species of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae). Part 2: Revision of the A. apicalis group</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>van Achterberg, Cornelis</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>Shaw, Mark R.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="3EAD392B-2586-5259-9C5B-B2EEDA721EB6" authority="van Achterberg &amp; Shaw" authorityName="van Achterberg &amp; Shaw" authorityYear="2020" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Aleiodes" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Aleiodes improvisus" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="improvisus" status="sp. nov.">Aleiodes improvisus van Achterberg &amp; Shaw</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 428431" captionStartId="F64" captionText="Figures 428 - 431. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 428 habitus lateral 429 ovipositor sheath lateral 430 right fore femur lateral 431 right hind femur lateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures428-431" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390108" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 428-431</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 432-444</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 445452" captionStartId="F66" captionText="Figures 445 - 452. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♂, paratype, Switzerland (Arolla) 445 habitus lateral 446 fore femur lateral 447 hind femur lateral 448 base of antenna 449 head dorsal 450 4 th- 7 th metasomal tergites dorsal 451 apex of antenna 452 4 th- 7 th metasomal tergites lateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures445-452" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390110" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 445-452</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type material.</paragraph>
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Holotype, ♀ (ZJUH), &quot;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Austria</emphasis>
: Tirol, Obergurgl, 2000 m, vii.[19]81, Day &amp; Fitton&quot;. Paratypes: 1 ♂ (NMS), &quot;
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Switzerland</emphasis>
: Valais, Aletschwald, 6000-7000 ft, 7-17.vi.1959, J.E. &amp; R.B. Benson&quot;; 1 ♂ (ZJUH), &quot;Switzerland: Valais, J.E. &amp; R.B. Benson, B.M. 1935-581&quot;, &quot;Arolla, 6500 ft, 12.vi.1935&quot;; 3 ♂ (ZJUH, NMS), &quot;Austria: Tirol Vent., 1860 m, vii.1981, Fitton &amp; Day&quot;; 1 ♂ (ZJUH), &quot;Austria: Tirol Vent (Winterstallen), 1750 m. vii.1981, Fitton &amp; Day&quot;.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="molecular data">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Molecular data.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">None.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Biology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Unknown. Collected above the tree line in the Alps in June-July, and presumably univoltine.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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Maximum width of hypoclypeal depression 0.4-0.5
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minimum width of face (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">439</figureCitation>
); OOL of ♀ 1.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
as long as diameter of posterior ocellus and densely rugose (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">440</figureCitation>
); antenna of ♀ as long as fore wing; clypeus thick apically and not protruding anteriorly in lateral view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">441</figureCitation>
); lobes of mesoscutum densely punctate, interspaces largely finely coriaceous and with satin sheen; precoxal area coarsely vermiculate-rugose medially; marginal cell of fore wing of ♀ ending rather removed from wing apex (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">432</figureCitation>
); vein 1-CU1 of fore wing 0.3-0.6
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as long as vein 2-CU1; fore femur subparallel-sided (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">437</figureCitation>
); hind tarsal claws yellowish or brownish bristly setose and with few dark brown or brown pectinal teeth submedially (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">442</figureCitation>
); 3rd tergite longitudinally rugulose basally, without curved sculptural elements (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">436</figureCitation>
); head of ♀ black; inner side of hind tibia of ♀ dark brown ventrally; palpi dark brown or blackish; hind trochanter and trochantellus largely dark brown; 2nd metasomal tergite of both sexes orange or dark reddish brown; 4th and 5th tergites black.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 5.5 mm, of body 7.7 mm.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Head.</emphasis>
Antennal segments of ♀ 41, antenna as long as fore wing, its subbasal and subapical segments rather robust (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">444</figureCitation>
); frons with curved rugae; OOL 1.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
diameter of posterior ocellus, densely rugose and with satin sheen; vertex densely rugose (also behind stemmaticum), with satin sheen; clypeus transversely rugulose; ventral margin of clypeus thick and not protruding forwards (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">441</figureCitation>
); width of hypoclypeal depression 0.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
minimum width of face (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">439</figureCitation>
); eye as long as temple in dorsal view (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">440</figureCitation>
); clypeus below lower level of eyes; length of malar space 0.55
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
length of eye in lateral view; temple striate near eye, and remainder rugose; head with long setae.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Mesosoma.</emphasis>
Mesoscutal lobes densely punctate, interspaces largely finely coriaceous and with satin sheen; precoxal area of mesopleuron coarsely vermiculate-rugose medially, but posteriorly rugose; mesopleuron remotely punctate and shiny medially; metapleuron densely rugose and rather dull; scutellum largely smooth (except for spaced punctures), shiny and nearly flat, with lateral carina; propodeum coarsely rugose but antero-laterally rugulose, laterally dorsal face longer than posterior one, somewhat angulate laterally but without tubercles, and with complete medio-longitudinal carina.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Wings.</emphasis>
Fore wing: r 0.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3-SR; marginal cell fairly short (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">432</figureCitation>
); 1-CU1 horizontal, 0.3
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
2-CU1; r-m 0.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
3-SR; 2nd submarginal cell medium-sized (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">432</figureCitation>
); cu-a vertical, straight; 1-M slightly curved posteriorly; 1-SR wider than 1-M; surroundings of M+CU1, 1-M and 1-CU1 largely setose. Hind wing: marginal cell linearly widened, its apical width 2.1
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
width at level of hamuli (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">433</figureCitation>
); 2-SC+R quadrate; m-cu narrowly pigmented; M+CU:1-M = 30:21; 1r-m 0.7
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
1-M.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Legs.</emphasis>
Tarsal claws mainly setose but submedially with four rather short and dark brown pectinal teeth (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">442</figureCitation>
); fore femur largely parallel-sided and rather slender (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">437</figureCitation>
); hind coxa punctate and shiny, but dorsally mainly rugose; hind trochantellus rather robust; length of hind femur and basitarsus 3.3 and 5.7
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
their width, respectively; length of inner hind spur 0.4
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
hind basitarsus.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Metasoma.</emphasis>
First tergite distinctly convex medially, its length 0.8
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
apical width, robust and irregularly longitudinally rugose as 2nd tergite; both tergites with medio-longitudinal carina; medio-basal area of 2nd tergite triangular and small (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 432444" captionStartId="F65" captionText="Figures 432 - 444. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 432 fore wing 433 hind wing 434 mesosoma lateral 435 mesosoma dorsal 436 propodeum and 1 st - 3 rd metasomal tergites dorsal 437 left fore femur lateral 438 left hind femur lateral 439 head anterior 440 head dorsal 441 head lateral 442 inner hind tarsal claw 443 base of antenna 444 apex of antenna." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures432-444" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390109" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">436</figureCitation>
); 2nd suture moderately deep and crenulate; basal half of 3rd tergite largely longitudinally striate, remainder of metasoma superficially micro-sculptured or smooth; 4th and apical half of 3rd tergite without sharp lateral crease; ovipositor sheath wide medially, with long setae and apically truncate (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 428431" captionStartId="F64" captionText="Figures 428 - 431. Aleiodes improvisus sp. nov., ♀, holotype 428 habitus lateral 429 ovipositor sheath lateral 430 right fore femur lateral 431 right hind femur lateral." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.919.39642.figures428-431" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/390108" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">429</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Colour.</emphasis>
Black; antenna (but only scapus partly yellowish), right fore coxa, trochanter, trochantellus, and femur (but left all yellowish brown except dark base of coxa and infuscated apex of femur), middle femur dorso-apically, middle coxa basally, hind trochanter, trochantellus and femur (but dorso-basally yellowish and left femur also ventrally), apical third of hind tibia (but left tibia yellowish ventrally), tegulae, pterostigma, veins largely, and metasoma ventrally largely dark brown; dorsal part of scutellum, 1st tergite laterally and narrowly medially and posteriorly, 2nd tergite and antero-laterally 3rd tergite orange brown; right fore tibia (except basally and left one yellowish brown) and tarsi more or less infuscate (but left fore tarsus only telotarsus dark brown); fore wing membrane somewhat infuscate, but hind wing nearly subhyaline.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Variation.</emphasis>
Eye of ♀ as long as temple in dorsal view (of ♂ 1.0-1.4
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); length of malar space 0.5-0.6
<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
length of eye in lateral view; palpi black or largely dark brown; 1-CU1 0.3-0.6
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2-CU1; length of fore wing 4.0-6.5 mm. Antennal segments: ♀ 41(1); ♂ 44(2), 49(2), 51(2). Male often has much darker legs (largely dark brown with coxae black as right legs of holotype, but legs are more extensively orange, including basal half of hind femur, in two paratypes) than female and scutellum black; metasoma similarly sculptured and coloured or also basal half of 3rd tergite orange brown or 1st tergite only posteriorly orange or only 2nd and 3rd tergites (except posteriorly) dark reddish brown; in the largest male paratype (Winterstallen) traces of inwardly curved sculpture are discernible posteriorly on the almost completely longitudinally rugose 3rd tergite; marginal cell of fore wing similar to ♀, with apical tergites type 1 and fringe not observed (Figs
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,
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).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Austria, Switzerland.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Etymology.</paragraph>
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is Latin for unexpected, unforeseen, because at first sight the specimens were expected to belong to
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or
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.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Notes.</paragraph>
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As suggested by its name this species can be easily confused with
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or
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. It differs from
<taxonomicName lsidName="A. gasterator" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="gasterator">
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mainly by being darker (subbasal antennal segments of ♀, hind trochanter and trochantellus, inner and dorsal side of hind tibia, parastigma) and somewhat higher number of antennal segments of ♀ (41
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29-39).
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has an inflated fore femur (hardly or not inflated in
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), antenna of ♀ medium-sized (1.0-1.2
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fore wing
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0.8-0.9
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) and head of ♀ at least partly reddish brown.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 428-431.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., ♀, holotype
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habitus lateral
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ovipositor sheath lateral
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right fore femur lateral
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right hind femur lateral.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 432-444.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., ♀, holotype
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fore wing
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hind wing
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mesosoma lateral
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mesosoma dorsal
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propodeum and 1st -3rd metasomal tergites dorsal
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left fore femur lateral
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left hind femur lateral
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head anterior
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head dorsal
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head lateral
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inner hind tarsal claw
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base of antenna
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apex of antenna.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figures 445-452.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., ♂, paratype, Switzerland (Arolla)
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habitus lateral
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fore femur lateral
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hind femur lateral
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base of antenna
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head dorsal
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4th-7th metasomal tergites dorsal
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apex of antenna
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4th-7th metasomal tergites lateral.
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