Phaenocarpa tacita Stelfox 1941
Creators: name: Sohn, Ju-Hyeong
name: van Achterberg, Cornelis
name: Kim, Sangjin
name: Kim, Hyojoong
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Phaenocarpa
Phaenocarpa tacita

description: Phaenocarpa tacita Stelfox, 1941
Fig. 6
Type material.
Holotype • (NIBR), South Korea, Mt. Kalbongsan, Gyeongban-ri, Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, 37°51'10.9"N, 127°26'27.4"E, 05.VI.2020, Sohn. GenBank accession no. PP 587256.
Comparative diagnosis.
According to the East Palaearctic key of Belokobylskij (1998), mandible (Fig. 6 K) expanded towards the apical. Propodeum smooth, longitudinal carina present half of the propodeum. First metasomal tergite (Fig. 6 H) 1.5 × longer than its apical width (1.4–1.6 × in Belokobylskij 1998). The Korean species ovipositor sheath 0.9 × as long as hind tibia (1.1–1.2 × in Belokobylskij 1998), but according to Belokobylskij (1998), it rarely equals to hind tibia.
Description.
♀. Body 1.9 mm in lateral view, fore wing 2.1 mm, ovipositor sheath 0.9 mm, antenna 2.6 mm (apical parts missing).
Head: Width of head 1.8 × its median length in dorsal view (Fig. 6 D). Antenna with 17 antennomeres (apical parts missing), first flagellomere 5.1 × longer than wide (Fig. 6 K), second flagellomere 1.2 × longer than first and 6.1 × longer than wide. Medial antennal segments 4.6 × longer than wide. Eye slightly oval, in lateral view 1.1 × as long as wide. Minimum width of face (Fig. 6 E) 1.4 × its height; face setose, upper part of clypeus rugose. Eye in dorsal view 2.3 × as long as temple. Ocello-ocular line (OOL) 4.6 × longer than diameter of anterior ocellus; OOL: antero-posterior ocellar line (AOL): postero-ocellar line (POL) = 22: 6: 7. Vertex smooth and glabrous, with distinct longitudinal groove. Width of clypeus 2.7 × its maximum length. Mandible (Fig. 6 L) 1.6 × longer than wide, wide with first tooth curved upward; second tooth narrow and long, 1.3 × longer than first tooth, tip of second tooth dark brown; third tooth as long as first tooth.
Mesosoma: In dorsal view mesosoma 2.0 × longer than wide and 1.3 × longer than high in lateral view. Mesoscutum (Fig. 6 F) with small and round medio-posterior depression and glabrous; notauli impressed anteriorly, not reaching medio-posterior depression; mesoscutum without setae; scutellar sulcus with one carina; apical part of mesopleuron with few setae, posterior mesopleuron groove sculptured. Precoxal sulcus distinct, but not reaching anterior and posterior edge of mesopleuron. Maximum length of propodeum (Fig. 6 F) 0.5 × its width; longitudinal carina present half of propodeum, posterior part of propodeum with areola, reach to half of propodeum. In lateral view, anterior part of metanotum curved medio-dorsally (Fig. 6 G). Fore wing (Fig. 6 C) 2.3 × as long as wide; pterostigma hardly widened medially and nearly as wide as vein 1 - R 1; vein r of fore wing 3.0 × longer than wide; vein SR 1 1.7 × longer than vein 3 - SR; vein 3 - SR 2.2 × longer than 2 - SR; second submarginal cell 3.3 × longer than its medium length; 3 - SR: r: SR 1 = 8: 1: 14; first discal cell of fore wing as long as wide medially. Hind wing: vein M + CU + 1 - M: vein 1 r-m = 4: 1.
Leg: Hind femur 4.6 × longer than wide and 0.7 × as long as hind tibia; hind tibia 15 × longer than wide; hind tibia as long as hind tarsus.
Metasoma: First tergite (Fig. 6 H) medially rugose 1.5 × longer than its apical width. Setose part of ovipositor sheath (Fig. 6 I) 0.9 × as long as mesosoma and 0.9 × as long as hind tibia.
Color: Body (Fig. 6 A) dark brown; head dark brown; first tergite reddish brown, metasoma brown; antenna brown, apical parts pale brown; legs pale yellowish brown.
Male. Unknown.
Biology.
Unknown.
Host.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Austria (Fischer 1970), Czechoslovakia (Lozan 2004), Hungary (Papp 2008), Ireland (Fischer 1970), Netherlands (van Achterberg 1988), Russia (Belokobylskij 1998), United Kingdom (Kloet and Hincks 1945), new to South Korea.
description: Published as part of Sohn, Ju-Hyeong, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Kim, Sangjin & Kim, Hyojoong, 2024, Five new species and one new record of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea, pp. 173-193 in ZooKeys 1217 on pages 173-193, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1217.129916