Sania marjoriae Mason 1983
Creators: name: Sharkey, Michael
name: van Noort, Simon
name: Whitfield, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Sania
Sania marjoriae

description: <i>Sania marjoriae</i> Mason, 1983 <b>Holotype female.</b> Body Length. 4.0 mm &lt;3.4 – 4.0 mm.&gt;. Color. Mostly dark brown to black; mottled black or dark brown and pale brown except laterotergite 1 and margins of most metasomal sclerites whitish, left and right sides of the holotype vary considerably with the right side much lighter (Fig. 24), &lt;the extent of pale brown color varies considerably but dark brown to black always predominates in the examined specimens&gt;. Forewing mostly weakly infuscate but less so anterobasally and at midlength (Fig. 25E), or clear basally, infuscate in apical half. Head. Number of flagellomeres 28 &lt;24 – 28&gt;. Scape flared apicoanteriorly with expanded apical surface (Figs. 3A, 25B). Antennal scrobe shallow (Figs. 3A, 25B), or flat; mostly smooth lacking punctures and microsetae, with very weak irregular sculpture laterally. Clypeus mostly smooth with weak punctures (Fig. 25A); without median tooth (Fig. 25A). Gena with weak rugose microsculpture (Fig. 25A). Face mostly punctate with some weak rugae especially dorsally (Fig. 25A). Area between antennal scrobe and inner orbit of eye without protuberance (Fig. 25A). Vertex with weak punctures (Fig. 24A). Posterior orbit of eye with distinct crenulate margin, or lacking distinct crenulate margin (Fig. 25B). Mesosoma. Middle lobe of scutum entirely smooth with punctures (Fig. 25C). Notauli entirely crenulate (Fig. 25C). Mesopleuron at least partly smooth with punctures (Figs. 3E, 24C). Sternaulus long, occupying most of length of mesopleuron (Figs. 3E, 24C). Discrimen (median longitudinal ventral sulcus between mesopleura) crenulate. Metapleuron mostly rugose, lacking a large smooth lightly punctate area (Fig. 24C). Propodeum mostly rugose with smooth area posterolaterally (Fig. 25C). Metasoma. Median tergite 1 distinctly narrowed posteriorly (Figs. 2C, 25D) completely rugose (Figs. 2C, 25D). Hypopygium subequal to half length of metasoma (Figs. 1A, 24B); extending past apical tergum (Figs. 1A, 24B). Ovipositor more than half as long as metasoma (Figs. 1A, 24B). Setae of ovipositor sheath 1 to 2× as long as sheath width (Figs. 1A, 24B). <b>Male.</b> Antenna slightly sexually dimorphic with the female antennae shorter and tapering slightly more rapidly than those of male. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Scape flared apicoanteriorly with expanded apical surface; median tergite 1 distinctly narrowed posteriorly and completely rugose (Fig. 25D). <b>Material Examined.</b> Holotype female: South Africa: Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, 33°57’33.74”S, 18°55’10.23”E, 227m, 18.XII.1970, V. Whitehead (AEI) <b>Other specimens.</b> 5 females, 9 males, South Africa: Western Cape, 10 km S. Clanwilliam, Malaise on sandy hill, 32°13’39”S, 18°50’50”E, 140m, 5–25.X.2004, ME Irwin, FD Parker, M Hauser (SAMC, HIC, INHS). <b>Distribution.</b> Distribution map is available at http://sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/ Misc/generalmapper.php?table= khoikhoiinae &amp;genus= Sania &amp;species=marjoriae. <b>Etymology.</b> “Dedicated to Marjorie Townes, whose quiet labors over many years have contributed so greatly to the production of the ‘Townes and Townes’ team.” (Mason 1983: p. 51). <b>Note.</b> This species is referred to as <i>Sania</i> sp. n. 4 in the molecular study by Murphy et al. (2008).
description: Published as part of <i>Sharkey, Michael, van Noort, Simon &amp; Whitfield, James, 2009, Revision of Khoikhoiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), pp. 299-348 in ZooKeys 20 (20)</i> on page 337, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.20.108, http://zenodo.org/record/576519
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