Ophiclypeus dvaravati Ghafouri Moghaddam, Quicke & Butcher, 2023

Kang, Ilgoo, Ghafouri Moghaddam, Mostafa, Sharkey, Michael J., Quicke, Donald L. J., Butcher, Buntika A. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2023, Ophiclypeus, a new genus of Cardiochilinae Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Oriental region with descriptions of three new species, ZooKeys 1180, pp. 67-79 : 67

Ophiclypeus dvaravati Ghafouri Moghaddam, Quicke & Butcher sp. nov.

Fig. 2A-H

Type material.

Holotype. Thailand • ♀; Chulalongkorn University campus, Cham Phak Phaeo, Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi, Thailand; 14°31 ’44.72” N, 101°1 ’57.25” E; 25.vi.2016; P. Kerkig; collected in an edge of secondary forest near to a large reservoir using Malaise Trap. The type is deposited in the Collection of the Insect Museum, Chulalongkorn University Museum of Natural History (Bangkok, Thailand, CUMZ).

Diagnosis.

Face with weaker punctures than O. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. (Fig. 2D ). Malar space 0.9 × longer than basal width of mandible (Fig. 2D ). Mesoscutum with weak punctures (Fig. 2G ). Mesopleuron dorsally smooth, ventrally weakly punctate (Fig. 2B ). Fore femur apically pale orange. Apical quarter of fore wing infuscate (Fig. 2A ). 3r of hind wing absent (Fig. 2A ). Propodeal areola nearly a rhombus and its ratio (median length to width) = 0.4 (Fig. 2H ). Y-shaped suture of T1 entirely smooth; inner space of Y-shaped suture of T1 slightly sculptured entirely (Fig. 2H ).

Description.

Body length 4.6 mm.

Head. Antenna with 38 segments. Face width slightly less than its height. Malar space 0.9 × longer than basal width of mandible. Width of anterior ocellus 0.7 × longer than POL. Median width of eye about 1.0 × longer than the median width of gena in lateral view. Clypeus 1.5 × longer than its height.

Mesosoma. Scutellar sulcus bearing five or six carinae. Pronotum medially crenulate, postero-dorsally carinate. Mesopleuron dorsally smooth with sparse setae, medially smooth without setae, ventrally finely punctate. Propodeum 0.4 × longer than its median width, strongly rugulose; median areola 1.5 × longer than its maximum width.

Legs. Basal spur on the fore tibia 0.8 × longer than length of basitarsus. Basal spur on the mid tibia 0.9 × longer than length of basitarsus. Hind tibia without apical cup-like projection; basal spur on the hind tibia 0.7 × longer than length of basitarsus; hind claw with four teeth.

Wings. Fore wing 4.2 mm; second submarginal cell 3.0 × longer than height; pterostigma about 2.8 × longer than wide medially. 3r of hind wing basally absent.

Metasoma. T1 1.1 × longer than its posterior width, separated with lateral tergum by weakly different color; Y-shaped suture entirely smooth; inner space of Y-shaped suture entirely slightly sculptured. T2 0.2 × longer than its posterior width, with curved posterior margin, 0.6 × longer than T3. T3 0.4 × longer than its posterior width. Protruded ovipositor sheath 0.6 × longer than length of hind basitarsus.

Color. Body mostly black or dark brown except for the following, which are pale orange or yellow: area between lateral clypeus and dorsal mandible; apical and penultimate maxillary palpomeres; glossa; apical fore femur; entire fore tibia, fore tarsus, and mid tarsus; basal mid tibia and hind tibia; tibial spurs; T1 laterally; ovipositor. Wings hyaline basally and infuscate at apical fourth. Stigma mostly dark except for base and apex. The color pattern is similar to a pattern of O. chiangmaiensis sp. nov., but much darker metasoma and without whitish leg parts.

Male. Unknown.

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Ophiclypeus dvaravati sp. nov. is known from Saraburi, Thailand (Fig. 4 ).

Etymology.

This species is named after Dvaravati, an ancient Mon kingdom from the 7th to 11th century, which was located in what is now central Thailand.

Figures

Figure 2. Ophiclypeus dvaravati sp. nov. A lateral habitus B lateral mesosoma C lateral metasoma D anterior head E dorsal head F lateral head G mesoscutum H dorsal propodeum and metasoma.

Figure 4. Distribution map of Ophiclypeus species.