Alphomelon brasiliensis Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias, 2003

Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., Shimbori, Eduardo M., Whitfield, James B., Penteado-Dias, Angelica M., Shaw, Scott R., Boudreault, Caroline, Sones, Jayme, Perez, Kate, Brown, Allison, Manjunath, Ramya, Burns, John M., Hebert, P. D. N., Smith, M. Alex, Hallwachs, Winnifred & Janzen, Daniel H., 2023, A revision of the parasitoid wasp genus Alphomelon Mason with the description of 30 new species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), ZooKeys 1175, pp. 5-162 : 5

Alphomelon brasiliensis Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias, 2003

Fig. 11A-G

Distribution.

Brazil (MG, SP, RS).

Biology.

Unknown.

DNA barcoding.

Not available.

Notes.

The fore wing vein 2RS is very close to vein 2M (Fig. 11C ), giving the impression that a small areolet (= second submarginal cell) is present; although the posterior end of that supposed areolet (which would correspond to veins r-m and/or 3RS) is not defined. This feature (of having an almost completely defined areolet) is unique among all species of Alphomelon that we studied.

Figures

Figure 11. Alphomelon brasiliensis Shimabukuro & Penteado-Dias holotype female DCBU 513116 A habitus, lateral B head, frontal C fore wing D mesosoma, dorsal E antenna, lateral F habitus, dorsal G metasoma, dorsal.