Coelinius danielae Figueroa, Sánchez, and Kula, 2019

Figueroa, José Isaac, Sánchez-García, José Antonio, Pineda, Samuel, Tínez, Ana Mabel Mar- & Kula, Robert R., 2019, Two new species of Coelinius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae) from Mexico, Zootaxa 4664 (4), pp. 559-564 : 561-562

Coelinius danielae Figueroa, Sánchez, and Kula , n. sp.

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Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other described Nearctic species of Coelinius sensu Wharton (1994) by the combination of head almost spherical (length in dorsal view 0.88× eye width); head, mesosoma, and tergum I dark colored; notauli complete and crenulate; propodeum reticulate rugose with median longitudinal carina; tergum I 2.53× as long as apical width; and body length 4.50 mm.

Description. Female. Body length: 4.50 mm. Fore wing length: 3.10 mm. Color: Head, mesosoma, and tergum I black; ovipositor sheath brown; eye silver; antenna brown except scape, pedicel, and first four flagellomeres yellowish brown; maxillary and labial palps yellow; legs yellow except tarsi yellowish brown; parastigma, pterostigma, and veins brownish yellow; remainder of metasoma yellow.

Head: Almost spherical, length in dorsal view 0.88× eye width; temple in lateral view 0.70× as long as eye. First flagellomere length 4.40× width, first flagellomere 1.57× longer than second; face 1.86× as wide as high, wrinkled and with punctures at setal bases, midridge absent; penultimate segment of labial palp hatchet-shaped, slightly smaller than last segment; labial palpus with four palpomeres; antenna with 41 flagellomeres, third flagellomere 2.66× as long as wide, tenth flagellomere 2.00× as long as wide.

Mesosoma: Mesosoma elongate, with punctures at setal bases, about 2.08× as long as high; posterior portion of mesonotal lateral lobes smooth and shiny with very sparse setae; pronope present; lateral pronotal areas crenulate, setiferous peripherally; central lobe of mesoscutum setose; notauli complete and crenulate, terminating into crenulate median furrow (midpit); scutellar sulcus crenulate; scutellar disc smooth with sparse setae peripherally, glabrous medially; subalar lobe separated from rest of mesopleuron by crenulate groove; hind coxa setose; propodeum reticulate rugose with median longitudinal carina; hind femur about 3.60× as long as wide. First radial segment about 1.10× width of stigma, arising distinctly distal of mid-stigma, remainder of radius evenly curved, not sinuate.

Metasoma: Tergum I 2.53× as long as apical width, reticulate rugose throughout; dorsope moderately shallow, margined by dorsal carinae; tergum II with anterior portion rugulose and the rest weakly coriaceous; fourth and fifth segments weakly compressed laterally; terga II+III 0.41× as long as length of remainder of metasoma; ovipositor sheath barely exserted, setiferous apically; ovipositor sheaths 0.07 mm.

Male. Similar to female except coloration of flagellomeres. Scape and pedicel yellowish brown, rest of antenna dark brown. Length of body 5.15–5.70 mm; antenna with 46 flagellomeres; head length in dorsal view 0.82–0.89× width at eye; mesosoma 2.17–2.31× as long as high; tergum I 2.94–3.00× as long as apical width.

Host. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀ Mexico, Michoacán, Cerro Punhuato. Plantación de nopales. 19-VII-2010. Leticia Escalante J. Trampa malaise ( IIAF) . Allotype: ♂ Mexico, Michoacán, Cerro Punhuato. Jardín botánico. 25-VI-2010. Leticia Escalante J. Trampa malaise ( IIAF) . Paratypes: 1♂ same data than allotype but 9-VII-2010 ( USNM) . 1♂ Cerro Punhuato. Plantación de fresnos. 30-VII-2010. Leticia Escalante J. Trampa malaise (IPN-CII- DIR Unidad Oaxaca) .

Etymology. This new species is named for Daniela Michelle Figueroa Espinosa, daughter of the first author.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Coelinius danielae Figueroa, Sánchez, and Kula, new species, female. a. Lateral habitus. b. Head anteriorly. c. Mesosoma laterally. d. Head and mesosoma dorsally. Scale bars=1.00 mm.