Trigastrotheca sureeratae Quicke & Butcher, 2017

Quicke, Donald L. J., Van Noort, Simon, Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil, Friedman, Ariel L. L., Mejlon, Hans & Butcher, Buntika A., 2024, Revision of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) with descriptions of 13 new species, ZooKeys 1205, pp. 115-167 : 115-167

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1205.125014
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CB5CEA6F-6527-4F21-9957-5A32B7179AB5
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12210583
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scientific name	Trigastrotheca sureeratae Quicke & Butcher, 2017
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Material examined.

1 ♀, Thailand, Nan Province, Sakaerat , 22. iv. 2022 ( CUMZ). DNA voucher P. I. D. BBTH 3136-22 .

Diagnosis, female.

Similar to male except body length 5.0 mm. Antenna with 38 flagellomeres. Median flagellomeres as long as wide. First flagellomere 1.0 × longer than 2 nd and 3 rd, respectively, 1.6 × longer than wide. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 2.4: 1.3: 1.0. Inter tentorial distance: tentorio-ocular distance = 1.5: 1.0. Frons with strong mid-longitudinal carina. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1.3: 1.0: 3.0. Lengths of veins r-rs: 3 RSa: 3 RSb = 1.0: 1.3: 4.6. Lengths of veins 2 RS: 3 RSa: rs-m = 1.2: 1.2: 1.0. Base of hind wing without large glabrous area. Lengths of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsus = 1.0: 1.0: 1.3. Lengths of hind femur: hind tibia: hind tarsus = 1.0: 1.4: 1.3. T 2 with parallel sided sublateral grooves. Second metasomal suture straight. Median length of T 3 1.1 × T 2. Mesoscutum with three longitudinal black patches. Propodeum black anterior 2 / 3. T 2 with narrow black longitudinal patch.

Notes.

The female specimen of T. sureeratae is comes close to T. laikipiensis and the differences are mentioned in the taxonomic key.