Vojtechirogas wantok Quicke & van Achterberg, 2012

Quicke, Donald L. J., Smith, M. Alex, Achterberg, Cornelis van, Miller, Scott E. & Hrcek, Jan, 2012, A new genus and three new species of parasitoid wasp from Papua New Guinea and redescription of Trigonophatnus Cameron (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Rogadinae), Journal of Natural History 46 (21 - 22), pp. 1369-1385 : 1377

Vojtechirogas wantok Quicke & van Achterberg sp. nov.

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Material examined

Holotype. Male, Papua New Guinea, Sandaun Province, East Sepik: Yapsiei, 23 February 04, 141 ◦ 05.839 ′ E, 4 ◦ 37.695 ′ S, 100 m, reared ex: Philiris helena on Macaranga aleuritoides F. Muell. , coll. Novotny, Boen, Manaono, Kutil, Auga, Molem, Damag, Lilip, Tamtiai, Andreas, Isua, Manumbor, Mogia and Janda (USNM ENT 00454184, GenBank JF271567 ) (USNM).

Diagnosis

Morphologically extremely similar to V. novotnyi ; differs mainly by sculpture of propodeum with a wide, A-shaped carina medioanteriorly with two strong transverse carina, and with posterior arms of “A” abruptly becoming transverse.

Description

As V. novotnyi but length of forewing 3.9 mm and of body 4.7 mm. OOL: diameter of posterior ocellus: POL = 1:1.

Etymology

“Wantok”, in the local language, means “part of my tribe”, in reference to the closely related set of species.

Re-description

Figures

Figures 14–25. Trigonophatnus albobalteatus Cameron, holotype, female. (14) Wings; (15) hind tibial spurs; (16) occipital carina ventrally; (17) head, anterior aspect; (18) hind leg; (19) mesosoma, dorsal aspect; (20) first–third metasomal tergites, dorsal aspect; (21) head, dorsal aspect; (22) outer hind claw; (23) middle tibial spurs; (24) habitus, lateral aspect; (25) detail vein 1r-m and surrounding veins of hind wing. Magnification of scale line: 1.0× for 14, 18, 24; 5.0× for 15, 22, 23; and 2.0× for 16, 17, 19–21, 25.