Doggerella turneri Mahmood, Quicke & Papp

Mahmood, Khalid, Papp, Jeno & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2011, A new Afrotropical genus Doggerella gen. nov. of braconine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with twelve new species, Zootaxa 2927, pp. 1-37 : 12-13

Doggerella turneri Mahmood, Quicke & Papp sp. nov. ( Figs 10 a–d, 23a–f)

Female: Body length 4.0 mm, fore wing length 4.25 mm,

Head: Antenna 31 segmented, as long as head, mesosoma and fore half of metasoma, terminal segment pointed, simple (not acuminate), 1.5 times longer than wide, penultimate segment 1.33 times longer than wide, first flagellomere 1.2 and 1.3 times longer than second and third respectively. Scape 2.9 times as long as pedicel. Intertentorial distance 1.66 times tentorio-ocular distance. Face setose, almost quadrate in facial view, as wide as high, ( Figs 10 a, 23b), width of face 0.55 times width of head. Head entirely coriaceous ( Fig. 23 c), cubic in dorsal view, 1.5 times as broad as long, head considerably extended above to level of eyes. Eye height almost equal to width of face, eye glabrous in dorsal view. Temple not strongly receding behind eye. Stemmaticum with round edges, posterior ocellar line: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus to eye=4.0:1.0:4.0.

Mesosoma: Almost entirely setose ( Fig. 23 d), shiny, 1.3 times longer than maximally high. Pronotum smooth laterally. Mesoscutum setose. Notauli weakly but distinctly impressed on anterior 0.8 of mesoscutum. Mesopleural sulcus absent. Scutellar sulcus narrow and finely crenulate. Propodeum coriaceous, with sparsely distributed long setae.

Wings: Fore wing ( Figs 10 b, 23e). Ratio of length of veins SR1:3-SR:r=4.2:1.7:1.0. Ratio of length of veins 2- SR:3-SR:r-m=1.5:1.5:1.0. Veins 2-M & 3-SR, 2.6 times & 1.6 times as long as r-m, respectively. Vein 1-M straight. Vein 1-SR+M straight, distinctly less sclerotized near the origin of 1-SR. Vein cu-a interstitial to marginally post furcal. Veins 1-M and m-cu distinctly curving towards anterior wing margin. Ratio of length of veins 1-M:mcu=2.3:1.0. Vein 3-CU1 curved posteriorly. Hind wing. Evenly setose. Vein SC+R1 1.6 times length of 1r-m.Vein 1r-m 2.5 times length of R1.

Legs: Claw simple. Ratio of length of hind femur:tibia:basitarsus=1.9:2.5:1.0. Hind femur (excluding trochantellus) 3.7 times longer than maximally deep, broadest at middle rather flattened laterally, sparsely setose. Hind tibia entirely setose. Hind basitarsus 4.8 times longer than maximally deep. Outer hind tibial spur reaching approximately 0.4 of distance along basitarsus.

Metasoma: Sparsely setose and foveolate ( Figs 10 d, 23f). First tergite sparsely setose, weakly crenulated. Second tergite entirely setose, finely and weakly crenulated, 1.3 times longer medially than third. Second and third tergites transverse, second tergite 2.5 times and third tergite 2.0 times as wide apically as long medially. Second metasomal suture narrow. Third tergite sparsely setose, crenulated. Fourth and fifth tergites sparsely setose, crenulated. Hypopygium large and protruding beyond apex of tergites. Ovipositor sheath 1.08 mm long, ovipositor pointed at apex without a distinct nodus. Lower valve of ovipositor with no teeth visible at x40 magnification.

Coloration: Head, face light brown with dark brown centre, malar light brown. Temple and vertex dark brown, except light brown band between eye and antenna base, extending to vertex. Mesosoma mostly light brown, with propleuron, mesonotum, upper mesopleuron and scutellum dark brown. Wings almost clear, venation and pterostigma brownish. All legs yellow brown with apex hind tibia and hind tarsus darker than rest. Metasoma yellow brown, lateral margin of second tergite dark brown, lateral margins and apical half of third tergite dark brown, rest of metasoma dark brown. Sternites with yellow brown markings.

Etymology: Named after R. A. Turner who collected a huge amount of interesting Braconidae in South Africa during the early part of the 20th century.

Type material examined: Holotype: female, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, ii.1922, R.E. Turner, BMNH. Paratypes: female, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, xii.1922, R.E. Turner, BMNH; female, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, v.1921, R.E. Turner, BMNH; male, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, 1–14.xi.1921, R.E. Turner, BMNH; male, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, 1–13.iii.1922, R.E. Turner, BMNH; 4 males, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, 15–28.iii.1922, R.E. Turner, BMNH; 2 males, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, ii.1922, R.E. Turner, BMNH; 2 males, South Africa, Cape Province, Mossel Bay, iv.1921, R.E. Turner, BMNH; male, South Africa, Port St. John, Pondoland, v.1924, R.E. Turner, BMNH.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Doggerella turneri sp. n.; a, head, frontal aspect; b, fore wing, distal part; c, metasoma from tergite 2, dorsal aspect; d, metasoma and hind leg, lateral aspect.

FIGURE 23. Doggerella turneri sp. n.; a, habitus, lateral aspect; b, head, frontal aspect; c, head, dorsal aspect; d, mesosoma, dorsal aspect; e, fore wing, distal part; f, metasoma from tergite 2, dorsal aspect.