Alysia (Alysia) salebrosa Wharton

Kula, Robert R., 2013, A new species and new distribution records for Braconidae from Mountain Lake Biological Station in southwestern Virginia and a redescription of Pentapleura foveolata Viereck, Zootaxa 3641 (5), pp. 501-523 : 515

Alysia (Alysia) salebrosa Wharton

( Figs. 11–14 )

Discussion. The specimens of this species from MLBS were originally misinterpreted as representing an undescribed species because the ovipositor of A. (A.) salebrosa was described as “nearly twice length of mesosoma” in Wharton (1986). The ovipositor length:mesosoma length (OL:ML) ratios for the two MLBS specimens are 1.33 and 1.40. Also, the 2RS length:3RSa length (2RSL:3RSaL) ratio for A. (A.) salebrosa was reported as “1.16±0.05” in Wharton (1986), but the ratios for the two MLBS specimens are 0.90 and 1.05. The author (RRK) measured the holotype and four paratype females of A. (A.) salebrosa and found that OL:ML ranged from 1.22–1.65 (1.24 in holotype), and 2RSL:3RSaL ranged from 0.97–1.13 (1.13 in holotype). Likely, the quantitative ratios observed here differ from those in Wharton (1986) due to measurement error as discussed in Wharton (1980, 1986). The broad range observed here for OL:ML is also likely due to measurement error. The author (RRK) was not able to find any diagnostic difference between the MLBS specimens and the types of A. (A.) salebrosa examined; therefore, they considered specimens of A. (A.) salebrosa .

Figures

FIGURES 11 – 13. Alysia (Alysia) salebrosa Wharton. 11. Female, lateral habitus. Scale bar = 1.00 mm. 12. Mandible, lateral view. Scale bar = 0.10 mm. 13. Mesonotum, dorsal view. Scale bar = 0.20 mm.

FIGURE 14. Alysia (Alysia) salebrosa Wharton, wings. Scale bar = 1.00 mm.