Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019

Pos, Davide Dal, Broad, Gavin R. & Martens, Abigail P., 2024, Small jewels: two new species of the rare genus Masona van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae), with a catalogue of world species and comments on the peculiar morphology of the genus, European Journal of Taxonomy 925 (1), pp. 135-160 : 146-149

Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019

Figs 2A , 6A , 7–9

Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul in Quicke et al., 2019a: 588–592 (description, key, distribution, images).

Differential diagnosis

Masona popeye can be easily distinguished from all the other species of the genus by the following morphological features: (1) scutellum present (absent in M. infuscata , M. prognatha , M. similis and M. wow sp.nov.); (2) strong anterior flange of pronotum (absent in M. bulbofemoralis and M. neon sp. nov.); (3) bulbous propodeum (not bulbous in M. bulbofemoralis and M. neon sp. nov.); (4) dorsolateral carina on T1 present (absent in M. bulbofemoralis ).

Original type series

Holotype (by original designation)

BRAZIL • ♀; Minas Gerais, Mata do Paraíso ; 9 Nov. 2016; J. Chaul leg.; CELC.

Male

Unknown.

Distribution

BRAZIL: Mina Gerais ( Quicke et al. 2019a) ( Fig. 9 ).

Remarks

Known only from the holotype.

Figures

Fig. 2. Propodeum, lateral view. A. Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019, holotype, ♀ (CELC). B. Masona bulbofemoralis van Achterberg, 1995, ♀ (DDPC).

Fig. 6. Head and pronotum, lateral view. A. Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019, holotype, ♀ (CELC). B. Masona neon Dal Pos & Martens sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (ASUHIC). Arrows indicates the projecting flange of the pronotum.

Fig. 7. Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019, holotype, ♀ (CELC). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Metasoma, lateral view.

Fig. 8. Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019, holotype, ♀ (CELC). A. Head, frontal view. B. Fore leg, internal view.

Fig. 9. Distribution of Masona popeye Quicke & Chaul, 2019, in South America.