Sendaphne paranaensis Scatolini & Penteado-Dias, 1999: 53.

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Whitfield, James B., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnie & Janzen, Daniel H., 2014, Revision of the neotropical genus Sendaphne Nixon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 41, pp. 1-29 : 10-12

Sendaphne paranaensis Scatolini & Penteado-Dias, 1999: 53.

Figs 54-60

Holotype.

Female, UFPR. BRAZIL, Reserva Biologica Samuel Klabin, Malaise trap (not examined).

Specimens examined.

1 ♀ (CNC), Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Guanabara, Silva Jardim, iii.1974, DNA Voucher code: CNCHYM 07022. 1 ♂ (CNC), Brazil, Espirito Santo, Castello, xi.1976, DNA Voucher code: CNCHYM 07039. 2 ♂ (CNC), Paraguay, Pirapo, 1-3.i.1972, DNA Voucher codes: CNCHYM 07037, and CNCHYM 07038.

Other material mentioned in the original description.

Almost 70 specimens (females and males) from Brazil, Paraná, Telêmaco Borba, collecting dates between viii.1986 and iii.1987.

Diagnosis.

S. paranaensis is one of only three Sendaphne species with head entirely yellow (or yellow-orange). It differs from the other two species ( S. jatai and S. olearus ) in having dark brown areas on the anteromesoscutum and mesopleuron, and mediotergites 4+ entirely black.

Distribution.

Brazil, Paraguay.

Molecular data.

Of the four specimens in the CNC sampled for DNA, only one (CNCHYM 07037) rendered a minibarcode of 164 base pairs.

Comments.

The male specimens from Paraguay are much darker in coloration, but similar variation is mentioned in the original description for the male paratypes from Brazil ( Scatolini and Penteado-Dias 1999: 53).

Figures

Figures 54 - 60. Sendaphne paranaensis, female specimen from Brazil. 54 Habitus, lateral view 55 Fore wing 56 Head and mesosoma (partially), dorsal view 57 Metasoma and legs, lateral view 58 Head, frontal view 59 Metasoma (partially), dorsal view 60 Scutellar disc, propodeum and T 1 - T 2 (partially), dorsal view.