Capitonius senlura Braet & Achterberg 2001
Creators: name: Pitz, Kevin M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Capitonius
Capitonius senlura

description: Capitonius senlura (Braet & Achterberg, 2001)
(Figs. 29, 30 A–G)
Braet & Achterberg. 2001. Holotype. Ψ Faculté Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, Gembloux, Belgium [examined].
Diagnosis: Distinguishable from other species in the subgenus by having the second median metasomal tergite melanic with basal portion testaceous to rufous.
Length: 8.6 mm.
Color: melanic except: fore coxa, mid and hind coxa, trochanter and femur, t1, base of second median metasomal tergite intermediate between testaceous and rufous; wings slightly infuscate (Fig. 30 G).
Head (Fig. 30 A–C): antenna with 37 flagellomeres, each with 2–5 rows of longitudinal placodes; vertex smooth with sparse setae; occipital carina with evenly spaced setae over its entirety; lateral carina bordering antennal scrobe incomplete; median lamella of antennal scrobe flattened anteriorly, acute posteriorly; face and clypeus with dense punctures; ventral margin of clypeus with three blunt tubercles.
Mesosoma (Fig. 30 D–E): anterior margin of pronotum protruding posteriorly as curl of cuticle; pronotum rugosopunctate anteriorly, with moderately dense fovea medianly, crenulate posteriorly; anterior face of mesoscutum with sparse punctures and setae laterally; median lobe of mesoscutum triangular; mesoscutum with sparse setae and punctures, carinate anterolaterally, lateral lobe smooth with sparse setae; notauli meeting in anterior half of mesoscutum, with transverse carinae that create large oval and rectangular fovea; transscutal articulation slightly grooved medianly; scutellar disc smooth with moderate setae; scutellar sulcus with 6 fovea; propleuron foveate anteriorly and posteriorly, punctate medianly, with dense setae; mesopleuron with perpendicular carinae in episternal area, pleural sulcus rugose ventrally with few perpendicular carinae dorsally, otherwise mesopleuron with few fovea, with dense setae anteriorly and posteroventrally; sternaulus complete, restricted to single row of ovoid fovea; propodeum and metapleuron irregularly areolate with moderately dense to dense setae; hind coxa lacking distinct groove or depression on median face; tarsal claw with basal lobe absent.
Metasoma (Fig. 30 F): t1 smooth with sparse setae; t4–t7 with dense, small pits posteroventrally near spiracles; first valvula of ovipositor with serrations apically; second valvula lacking subapical serration; ratio of length:width of t1 3.6; ratio of ovipositor:forewing 2.6; ratio of M+CU:1M vein of hind wing 2.3.
Variation: unknown.
Notes: right trochanter missing, right flagellum incomplete.
Biology: unknown.
Male: unknown.
Material examined: Holotype. Ψ [first label] F., Guyana français, Degrad Laurens, Crique Sapokaï, (95m), (P Malaise.), 24.x–30.x.1998, leg.: A.E.I. guyane [second label] Holotype female, Foenomorpha senlura sp. n., Det. Braet & v. Achterberg 1999 (FUSAGx).
description: Published as part of Pitz, Kevin M., 2010, New taxonomic status of Foenomorpha Szépligeti as a subgenus of Capitonius Brullé (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cenocoeliinae) including a revision of species, pp. 1-54 in Zootaxa 2607 on pages 38-39, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.275994