Andesipolis whartoni Whitfield & Choi, n. sp.
Creators: name: Whitfield, James B.
name: Choi, Won-Young
name: Suh, Kyong-In
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Andesipolis
Andesipolis whartoni

description: Andesipolis whartoni, Whitfield & Choi, n. sp. (Fig. 2, 14–19, 26)
Female Body length 2.8–2.9 mm; forewing length 4.0– 4.1 mm.
Head 1.0–1.1X wider than mesoscutum. Face 1.5–1.7X as broad at midheight as long medially, smooth and polished with scattered setae. Clypeus 2.1–3.0X as broad as its height. Malar space 0.3–0.4X eye height in frontal view. Eye 1.4X higher than width; eye 1.5X longer than temple in lateral view. Vertex smooth and polished with scattered setae. Occipital and hypostomal carinae remaining separate to mandibular base. Antennae slightly longer than forewing; 33–34 segmented; first flagellomere about 6.0X longer than mid­width. Maxillary palps 6­segmented; labial palps 3­segmented.
Mesosoma 1.5X longer than high; 2.1–2.2X longer than width between tegulae. Pronotum small; rugose dorsally; largely polished laterally except weakly rugulose anterior portion. Mesonotum weakly punctate with scattered setae; notauli short and shallow, presenting only anterior half of mesonotum; midpit shallow and narrowly elliptical, 0.4X as long as mesonotum. Scutellum 1.1–1.2X as long as width, smooth to weakly punctate and polished; scutellar sulcus 0.4X as long as width, with one longitudinal carina. Mesopleuron mostly smooth and polished. Propodeum with weak but distinct irregular median carina; without distinct areola; mostly polished, smooth to granulate. Hind coxa 2.0X as long as width, smooth to granulate, 1.0X as long as tergite I; hind femur 4.6X as long as width; hind tibia 10.3X as long as width; hind tibial spur short, 0.26X as long as basitarsus; hind tarsal claw with prominent basal lobe.
Wings Forewing: Stigma 4.2X longer than broad. Vein r arising from middle of stigma; vein r 0.5–0.6X as long as vein 3RSa. Vein 2RS 1.0– 11X as long as vein 3RSa. Vein 3RSa 0.4X as long as vein 3RSb. Vein 3RSa 1.5X as long as vein r­m. Vein 1Cub 2.2X as long as vein 1CUa. Vein (RS+M)b present. Vein 1­1AC 0.4X as long as vein 2­ 1A. Hindwing: Vein M+CU 1.9–2.0X as long as vein 1M. Vein cu­a 0.7X as long as vein 1M, slightly curved. Vein r­m 0.5X as long as vein 1M.
Metasoma Length of tergite I 1.1X its apical width, sclerotized, striate­rugose except smooth to granulate posterior­lateral margin; dorsal carina converging and jointed; dorsope rather large and deep. Tergite II and III smooth and polished, tergite II 1.2X as long as tergite III. Hypopigium small. Ovipositor 2.0X longer than hind tibia, curved upward; ovipositor sheath 0.7X shorter than ovipositor.
Color Body generally brown; legs orange­yellow; maxillary palps, labial palps, lateral pronotum, scutellum and mesopleuron orange­brown except slightly darker apex of tibia and tarsus; metasoma orange­brown except brown tergite I; ovipositor sheath dark brown.
Male Unknown.
Biology Unknown.
Diagnosis This species differs from Andesipolis masoni and A. framea due to the long and curved ovipositor and the indistinct areola on the propodeum.
Material examined. Holotype. Female: Chile: Pichinahuel, Cord, Nahuelbuta Arauco, 12.ii.1953, 11– 1400m, L. Peña (CNC). Paratypes. 3 females, same data as holotype (CNC).
Etymology This species is named for R. A. Wharton, who originally planned to describe this genus and helped characterize it.
description: Published as part of Whitfield, James B., Choi, Won-Young & Suh, Kyong-In, 2004, Andesipolis, a puzzling new genus of cyclostome Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the Chilean Andes, with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 438 on pages 5-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157242