Phaenocarpa tacitoides Sohn & van Achterberg, 2024

Sohn, Ju-Hyeong, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Kim, Sangjin & Kim, Hyojoong, 2024, Five new species and one new record of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from South Korea, ZooKeys 1217, pp. 173-193 : 173-193

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3897/zookeys.1217.129916
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14025539
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scientific name	Phaenocarpa tacitoides Sohn & van Achterberg
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Phaenocarpa tacitoides Sohn & van Achterberg sp. nov.

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Type material.

Holotype • ♀ ( NIBR), South Korea, Mt. Kalbong , Gyeongban-ri, Gapyeong-eup, Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, 37°51'10.9"N, 127°26'27.4"E, 11.V.2020, Sohn. GenBank accession no. PP 587251. GoogleMaps

Comparative diagnosis.

Differs from the other Phaenocarpa species by vein r of fore wing being much more distal (1.4 × longer than wide). This species similar with P. tacita Stelfox, 1941 , but easily distinguish by apical antennal segments paler than subbasal segments, and first tooth of mandible lobe-shaped, widened dorsally, 1.7 × as long as third (first tooth of mandible acute and as long as third tooth in P. tacita ).

Description.

Holotype, ♀, body 1.7 mm in lateral view, fore wing 2.0 mm, ovipositor sheath 0.5 mm, antenna 1.5 mm.

Head: Width of head 1.7 × its median length in dorsal view (Fig. 2 D View Figure 2 ). Antenna with 18 antennomeres, first flagellomere slender, 4.9 × longer than wide (Fig. 2 K View Figure 2 ), second flagellomere 1.2 × longer than first and 6.1 × longer than wide. Medial antennal segments 4.1 × longer than wide. Apical antennal segments paler than subbasal segments. Eye slightly oval, in lateral view 1.1 × as long as wide. Minimum width of face (Fig. 2 E View Figure 2 ) 1.4 × its height; face rugose with setose. Eye in dorsal view 2.5 × as long as temple. Ocello-ocular line ( OOL) 5.3 × longer than diameter of anterior ocellus; OOL: antero-posterior ocellar line ( AOL): postero-ocellar line ( POL) = 21: 5: 6. Vertex smooth and glabrous. Width of clypeus 2.2 × its maximum length. Mandible (Fig. 2 L View Figure 2 ) 1.6 × longer than wide, wide with first tooth slightly curved upward; second tooth narrow and long, 1.2 × longer than first tooth, tip of second tooth reddish brown; third tooth as long as first tooth, carina on third tooth distinct.

Mesosoma: In dorsal view mesosoma 1.8 × longer than wide and 1.4 × longer than high in lateral view. Mesoscutum (Fig. 2 F View Figure 2 ) with small and round medio-posterior depression and glabrous; notauli impressed anteriorly, not reaching medio-posterior depression; mesoscutum without setae; scutellar sulcus with one carina; apical part of mesopleuron and metapleuron without setae, posterior mesopleuron groove smooth. Precoxal sulcus distinct, but not reaching anterior and posterior edge of mesopleuron. Maximum length of propodeum (Fig. 2 F View Figure 2 ) 0.6 × its width; medio – longitudinal carina present on half of propodeum, posterior part of propodeum with areola, reaching middle of propodeum. In lateral view metanotum with acute protuberance medio-dorsally (Fig. 2 G View Figure 2 ). Fore wing (Fig. 2 C View Figure 2 ) 2.3 × as long as wide; pterostigma widened medially 6.2 × longer than wide; vein r of fore wing 1.4 × longer than wide; vein SR 1 2.1 × longer than vein 3 - SR; vein 3 - SR 1.8 × longer than 2 - SR; second submarginal cell long and narrow, 2.8 × longer than its medium length; 3 - SR: r: SR 1 = 15: 2: 33; first discal cell of fore wing ~ 1.1 × as long medially as wide. Hind wing: vein M + CU + 1 - M: vein 1 r-m = 5: 1.

Leg: Hind femur slender, 5.6 × longer than wide and 0.6 × as long as hind tibia; hind tibia 19 × longer than wide; hind tibia as long as hind tarsus.

Metasoma: First tergite (Fig. 2 H View Figure 2 ) medially rugose and 1.5 × longer than its apical width. Setose part of ovipositor sheath (Fig. 2 I View Figure 2 ) as long as than mesosoma and as long as hind tibia.

Color: Body (Fig. 2 A View Figure 2 ) brown; head dark brown; first tergite yellowish brown, metasoma brown; antenna dark brown; legs yellowish brown.

Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

South Korea.

Etymology.

The specific name tacitoides is an adjective, named after P. tacita and - oides added a suffix because of its similarity to this species (“ oides ” is Latin for “ resembling ”).