Aleiodes (Athacryvac) tico Shimbori & Shaw, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio
name: Shaw, Scott Richard
name: Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De
name: Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Aleiodes
Aleiodes tico

description: Aleiodes (Athacryvac) tico Shimbori & Shaw sp. nov.
(Figs 52–57, 78)
Diagnosis. Body mostly dark brown except: pronotum and propleuron, and apex of metasoma beyond tergum 3 whitish and apical metasomal terga including fourth, gena, clypeus and legs pale yellow except hind leg apically brown; female antenna dark brown basally, apical 1/3 white; occiput concave dorsally; occipital carina complete dorsally, ventrally reaching hypostomal carina; frons elevated anteriorly; small eyes, in dorsal view less than 2 times longer than temple; female flagellomeres compact, middle flagellomere about as long as wide; fore wing vein 1-CU1 as long as vein cu-a; hind wing vein m-cu present and pigmented, vein RS gently curved downward on basal 1/3; dorsal carina forming semicircular area at base of petiole.
Description of holotype. ♀, body length 3.4 mm, fore wing length 2.5 mm, antenna length 3.8 mm.
Head. Antennal segments 35, antenna relatively short, 1.5 times as long as fore wing, third segment 0.9 times as long as fourth segment, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennal segments 2.1, 1.8 and 1.5 times their width, respectively, scapus large; length of maxillary palpi 1.1 times height of head; eyes small, length of eye in dorsal view 1.6 times temple; head sculpturing shining granulate, face and temples smoother; occipital carina complete dorsally and ventrally, convex dorsally; POL:OD:OOL = 3:3:7; face with weak median crest; clypeus slightly protruding in lateral view; oral opening 0.3 times width of face; malar space large, 2.0 times longer than basal width of mandibles and 0.65 times eye height in frontal view; frons without lateral carina; eyes with inner margin weakly indented; torulli elevated (as in Diapriidae).
Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.4 times its height; surface sculpturing mostly granulate; pronotum crenulate anterior-dorsally; mesopleuron rugose anteriorly; precoxal sulcus rugose, shallow and wide anteriorly; middle lobe of mesoscutum without distinct antescutal depression, pronotal collar very short with a transverse rugosity; notauli deep and crenualte anteriorlly, meeting posteriorly in almost flat area with few rugosity; scutellar sulcus granulate anteriorly, with complete mid-longitudinal carina; scutellum granulate; propodeum granulate anteriorly to rugose posteriorly, longitudinal carina complete, although irregular posteriorly; ventral midline of mesopleuron set within deep and smooth sulcus.
Wings. Fore wing: vein r-m present, second submarginal cell short, trapezoidal, vein 3-SR 0.8 times longer than 2M; r:3-SR:SR1:2-SR:2-SR+M = 14:13:51:13:9; vein 1-SR+M straight; 1-M slightly and evenly curved; 1- CU1:2-CU1:cu-a = 4:21:4. Hind wing: vein cu-a short and reclivous; M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 10:33:9; vein RS gently curved downward on basal 1/3, then gradually away from wing margin; vein m-cu present and just antefurcal to vein r-m.
Legs. Tarsal claws not pectinate, with several setae basally, its apical tooth angularly bent; hind coxa granulate, with few weak rugosity dorso-apically; femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 6.4, 10.0 and 6.2 times their width, respectively; length of inner hind tibial spurs 0.28 times hind basitarsus; hind tarsi 1.2 times as long as hind tibia.
Metasoma. Petiole narrow basally, apical width 2.0 times longer than basal width, length of first tergite 1.5 times its apical width; first tergite rugose, mid-longitudinal carina barely indicated at some point and extremely irregular; second tergite very finely areolate-rugulose (appearing granulate without proper light and magnification), mid-longitudinal carina present only centrally and very weak; third tergite shining coriaceous, with convex outline; remaining tergites largely smooth; length of second tergite 1.3 times median length of third tergite; ovipositor sheaths very short, shorter than hind tarsomere II, with short acute apical projection present; dorsal carina forming semicircular area at base of petiole; base of petiole with lamelliform lateral flanges.
Color. Head mostly brown, lighter around eyes, face and temples honey yellow, gena and clypeus light yellow, palpi whitish; scapus and pedicel light pale brown, flagellum brown on basal 3/5, apical 2/5 whitish. Mesosoma mostly dark brown, pronotum light brown dorsally, ventrally whitish as propleuron. Metasomal terga 1–2 dark brown, apex honey brown; tergite 3 brown basally, apically honey yellow; remaining terga light yellow. Legs yellowish, but coxa, trochanter and trochantellus whitish. Wings only weakly infuscate, veins brown.
Variation. Antennomeres 34–37; longitudinal carina on first and second tergite better defined in the paratypes.
Male. Similar to female. Body color darker, metasomal terga 1–3 and flagellum entirely dark brown; body size 2.8–3.0 mm; eyes larger, malar space 1.7 times eye height in frontal view, and eye 2.1 times temple in dorsal view.
Distribution. Costa Rica to Southern Mexico.
Type material. Type-locality: COSTA RICA, Puntarenas Province, Reserva Florestal Golfo Dulce, 200m. Tropical rainforest. March 1993. Type-specimen: HOLOTYPE ♀ (UWIM), point mounted. Top label: “ Costa Rica: Puntarenas / R. F. Golfo Dulce, 24 km. W / Piedras Blancas, 200m / III.1993, P. Hanson”. PARATYPES (6♀ and 6Ƌs). COSTA RICA. PUNTARENAS Province: Est. Biol. Las Alturas: 1♀ (INBIO #354184), 1500m, October 1991, M. Ramirez col; 1♀, (INBIO #547240), 1350m, January 1992, M. Ramirez col; 1♀ (CNC), 1500m, P. Hanson col; 1Ƌ (INBIO #402376), 1350m, January 1992, M. Zumbado col.; 3Ƌ (INBIO: #394187, #394000, #393987)), Parque Internacional La Amistad, Est. Las Mellizas, Fca. Cafrosa, 1300m, V.1991, M. Ramirez; 1 Ƌ, San Jose, San Gerardo under C. Chiripo, 1400m, 1.IX.1986, sweeping, L. Masner col.; 1Ƌ, same data except 2.IX.1986, cloud forest (CNC); 1♀ (UWIM), San Vito, Las Cruces, 1200m, VIII–IX.1988, Malaise Trap, P. Hanson. HONDURAS. 1♀ (CNC), Atlantida, 5mi. S of La Ceiba, 100m, 16.IX.1972, J. Helava. MEXICO. 1♀ (CNC), Monte Bello, 14–31.VII.1969, Malaise trap, W. Mason col.
Discussion. Aleiodes (Athacryvac) tico sp. nov. has several diagnostic characters in common with A. amazonensis sp. nov. and A. braeti sp. nov. including the vein m-cu of hind wing being present, dorsally concave occiput, and relatively compact and short antenna. A. tico sp. nov. is most similar to A. gonzalezi sp. nov. These species are the only two in the subgenus in which the occipital carina meets the hypostomal carina. Color features are very similar, however A gonzalezi sp. nov. has a dark brown spot centrally on face, which is absent in A. tico sp. nov. The posterior region of mesoscutum where notauli meet has a mid-longitudinal short carina in A. tico sp. nov., as compared with strongly rugose and without carina in A. gonzalezi sp. nov. The hind wing basal cell is narrower in A. tico sp. nov., in which the vein 1M is 2.5 to 3.0 times longer than vein r-m, as compared with less than 1.8 times in A. gonzalezi sp. nov.. Also, A. tico sp. nov. has fewer flagellomeres (34–37) than A. gonzalezi sp. nov. (39–40)
Etymology. The word “ tico ” is a nice short name, which is the affectionate term that Costa Ricans use for themselves.
description: Published as part of Shimbori, Eduardo Mitio, Shaw, Scott Richard, Almeida, Luis Felipe Ventura De & Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria, 2016, Eleven new species of Athacryvac Braet & van Achterberg from the Neotropical Region (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), pp. 83-117 in Zootaxa 4138 (1) on pages 107-110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/255331