Aleiodes adorabelleae, Quicke & Butcher, 2012

Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, Zootaxa 3457, pp. 1-232 : 36

Aleiodes adorabelleae sp. nov.

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Holotype ♂, Thailand, Chiang Mai Province, Doi Inthanon NP, checkpoint 2, 6.v.2006, 18° 31.554’ N, 98° 29.940’ E, 1700m, A. Areeluck, (voucher BCLDQ00252, Genbank JF963436 ) ( QSBG).

Body length 5.0 mm, fore wing length 4.5 mm and antenna length 6.8 mm.

Antenna with 55 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere weakly acuminate. Median flagellomeres approximately 1.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina complete. Mesopleuron shiny, densely punctate, dorsally with strong longitudinally striate sculpture, precoxal sulcus deep, finely vertically striate, episternal scrobe large and deep, specular area not differentiated, punctate. Midlongitudinal carina of propodeum present on anerior 0.6 of propodeum only. Propodeum with broadly rounded (not carinate) posterolateral tubercles. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 1.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 2.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2- SR+M 0.9 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.6 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 1.15 x 1-M. Hind wing vein m-cu absent. Apex of hind tibia without comb of modified adpressed setae. Claws without conspicuous pecten. Basal lobes of 1 st tergite large, convex, subtriangular, not concave posteriorly. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite absent. A ntennae yellow basally becoming gradually black, flagellomeres 32–35 white, two flagellomeres on either side of white ones, paler than remainder.

Etymology. Named after the character Adora Belle Dearheart in the Terry Pratchett Discworld novel “ Going Postal ”.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A. adorabelleae sp. nov. A, habitus; B, face; C, mesosoma, lateral view; D, head and anterior mesosoma, dorsal view; E, metasoma.