Grotea perplexa Slobodchikoff 1970
Creators: name: Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián
name: Penteado-Dias, Angelica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Grotea
Grotea perplexa

description: Grotea perplexa Slobodchikoff 1970
(Figs 19–24)
Material examined: Good quality images of the Holotype of Grotea perplexa (Canadian National Collection of Insects-CNC).
Description. Female.
Head. Head in dorsal view with gena behind eyes slightly concave (Figs 22 & 23); postgenal process present, laterally distinct (gena with ventroposterior angle modified to form an inconspicuous tooth that is horizontally oriented to inside of the oral cavity, and with apex quadrate) (Fig. 19). Flagellomere I 1.07× as long as flagellomeres II and III combined. Clypeus pentagonal (Fig. 24).
Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth with setiferous punctures that are more concentrated on the sides (Figs 20, 22 & 24); scutellum in profile convex; propodeum with area basalis elongate, but not fully defined by carinae, about 2.0× as long as broad; anterior transverse carina forming a smooth arc; lateral longitudinal carina distinct only in the posterior margin (anteriorly absent); area spiracularis enclosed, posteriorly and laterally, though mesally not separated from area externa; pleural carina present; posterior transverse carina, centrally absent; area lateralis rectangular and enclosed, about 2.0× as long as broad, with posterolateral corner at right angle close to lobe surrounding coxal insertion (Fig. 22). Mesosoma 1.05× as long as tergite I (Fig. 19). Fore wing 11.0 mm long, hind wing 7.03 mm.
Metasoma. Metasoma with tergite I slender, slightly shorter than mesosoma from pronotal collar to posterior margin of propodeum (Fig. 19). Visible part of the ovipositor 1.97× as long as posterior tibia.
Coloration (Modified from Slobodchikoff, 1970) (Figs 19–24).
Head white, suffused with brown about ocelli and behind eyes; antennal flagellum black. Pronotum orange, white on anterior 0.1 and yellow along dorsoposterior margins; mesopleuron orange with yellow spot along anterodorsal margin; mesoscutum orange; metapleuron white; scutellum and postscutellum yellow; propodeum mostly orange, apical 0.1 white. Fore leg mostly white: femur with orange band on median 0.7 of posterior face. Mid coxa white; trochanter brown on anterior face, white on posterior; trochantellus white; anterior face of mid femora white, posterior face white on distal 0.6, orange on proximal 0.4; mid tibia white, suffused with orange along inner faces; middle tarsi brownish grey, white on distal 0.2. Anterior face of hind coxa white, with orange band on median 0.3; posterior face orange on proximal 0.7 and white on distal 0.3; trochanter orange, white on distal 0.4; trochantellus white; hind femur orange, white on distal 0.2; hind tibia grey, white on distal 0.2; hind tarsus brownish grey, white on distal 0.2. First tergite orange. Metasomal sternites white; metasomal tergites brown-black, tergites 2–6 each with median cuneate white spot near posterior margin. Distal tip of fore wing lacking conspicuous brown spot.
Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina: Nova Teutonia.
description: Published as part of Herrera-Flórez, Andrés Fabián & Penteado-Dias, Angelica, 2019, New species of Grotea Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Labeninae) from Brazil and Suriname, pp. 53-70 in Zootaxa 4613 (1) on page 67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3238051