Aleiodes tulipus, Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 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 : 218

Aleiodes tulipus sp. nov.

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Holotype ♀, Thailand, Nan Province, Doi Phu Kha NP, office 13, 22–29.xii.2007, 19° 21.605’ N, 101° 5.054’ E, 1371m, Malaise trap, Charoen & Nikom (Collection code T3276) (voucher BCLDQ01641, no sequence data) ( QSBG).

Body length 3.3 mm, fore wing length 3.4 mm and antenna length 3.8 mm.

Antenna with 32 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere acuminate. Median flagellomeres 2.5 x longer than wide. Occipital carina weak but hard to distinguish mediodorsally where it is confused among other sculpture, joining hypostomal carina ventrally. Mesopleuron largely rugulose becoming aciculate posteriorly, precoxal sulcus weakly impressed with diagonal striation, specular area aciculate, specular area large and shiny with much reduced but still present aciculate sculpture. Propodeum with complete midlongitudinal carina. Fore wing vein 2-CU1 3.4 x 1-CU1. Apex of fore wing subbasal cell evenly setose. Fore wing vein 3-SR 3.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein 2-SR+M 1.4 x vein r. Fore wing vein SR1 2.1 x vein 3-SR. Hind wing vein M+CU 0.95 x 1-M. Hind wing subbasal cell evenly setose. 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 entirely absent. Midlongitudinal carina of 3 rd tergite distinct on anterior 0.5.

No molecular data available.

Etymology. Alluding to the tulip flower shaped of the first metasomal tergite.

Figures

FIGURE 182. A. tulipus sp. nov. A, habitus; B, head, dorsal view; C, head and pronotum, lateral view; D, mesosoma, dorsal view; E, mesosoma, lateral view; F, metasoma.