Amputoearinus galbus Lindsay and Sharkey

Lindsay, Cheryl & Sharkey, Michael, 2006, Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species, Zootaxa 1329, pp. 1-27 : 12-13

Amputoearinus galbus Lindsay and Sharkey sp.n. ( Figs. 2 f, 5e, 7a, 6b)

Diagnosis: This species can be distinguished from all other species of Amputoearinus by the following character; median areola of propodeum present but lateral edges weak at midlength.

Description: Holotype Ψ

Body length: 6.8 mm. Color: yellow except melanic as follows: antenna; black patch posterior to eye and anterior of head; hind coxa, hind trochanter, hind femur ventrally, midfemur apically; ovipositor sheaths; apex of forewing infuscate (cf. Fig. 4 f). Head: antenna with 43 flagellomeres. Mesosoma: scutellar sulcus lacking longitudinal carina (cf. Fig. 6 d); projection of propleuron blunt (cf. Fig. 6 f); carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum( Fig. 6 b); median areola of mesosoma well defined with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly (cf. Fig. 7 c); median areola of propodeum present but lateral edges weak at mid-length, transverse carinae located anteriorly ( Fig. 5 e); margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with 3 transverse carinae ( Fig. 7a ); mesopleural suture with strong transverse carinae; midtibia with 1–2 pegs at midlength, 1 peg apically; forewing length 5.8mm. Metasoma: median syntergite 2+3, length 1.2mm, width 1.2mm.

Male: Unknown

Etymology: from the Latin galbus meaning yellow.

Specimen Examined: HOLOTYPE. Ψ, COLOMBIA, Choco, PNN [Parque Nacional Natural] Utria Cop. Manual, Sendero Menglar, 6º01’01”N, 7º20’52”W, 28.iii.1998, C. Londoño, (front legs broken off at the coxa, left midleg broken off at tarsus, left hind leg broken off at femur, right hind leg broken off at trochanter, right antenna broken), (IavH 3381).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Lateral habiti. a) A. alafumidus b) A. boringi. c) A. erudio d) A. fernandezi e) A. flavocacumen f) A. galbus.

FIGURE 4. Lateral habiti a) A. seltmannae b) A. sharanowskiae c) A. surinen d) A. variegatus Forewings e) A. planusfunditus f) A. sharanowskiae g) A. seltmannae.

FIGURE 5. Forewings: a) A. niger b) A. pectusacutum c) A. alafumidus. Propodeal sculpture: d) ♂ A. flavocacumen e) Ψ A. galbus f) Ψ A. gloriae g) Ψ A. matamata h) Ψ A. niger.

FIGURE 6. a) A. variegatus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, extending to anterior margin of pronotum b) A. galbus carina bordering subpronope posteriorly, not extending to anterior margin of pronotum c) A. boringi dorsal view showing presence of carina on scutellar sulcus d) A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing absence of carina on scutellar sulcus e) A. pectusacutum projection of propleuron acute f) A. flavocacumen projection of propleuron blunt.

FIGURE 7. a) Ψ A. galbus margin between metepimeron and metepisternum with transverse carinae b) Ψ A. sharanowskiae margin between metepimeron and metepisternum smooth, lacking transverse carinae c) Ψ A. gloriae dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma depressed medially with sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly d) ♂ A. pectusacutum dorsal view showing median areola of mesosoma not depressed medially, lacking sharp carinae laterally and posteriorly.