Stantonia caudatus ( Granger, 1949 )

Braet, Yves & Quicke, Donald, 2004, A phylogenetic analysis of the Mimagathidini with revisionary notes on the genus Stantonia Ashmead, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Orgilinae), Journal of Natural History 38 (12), pp. 1489-1589 : 1545

Stantonia caudatus ( Granger, 1949)

( figures 131 , 140 )

Microtypus caudatus Granger, 1949: 365 ; Shenefelt, 1970: 265 [examined].

Stantonia caudatus ( Granger, 1949) : Capek and van Achterberg, 1992: 326.

Type material. HOLOTYPE, ” ( MHNP): Madagascar: Bekily, reg. sud de l’Ile — Muséum Paris, July 1936 —46—type . PARATYPES ( MHNP): Madagascar: Rogez : ”, Forêt côte est—Museum Paris, January [19]31 (A. Seyrig)—42. Bekily: „, reg. sud de l’Ile, July 1936 —„ 38; „, March 1930 (A. Seyrig)—„ 40 .

Holotype, ”, length of body 5.2 mm, of fore wing 3.8 mm.

Head. Antenna with 42 segments, length of antenna 1.9 times fore wing; length of third segment 1.1 times fourth, length of third, fourth and penultimate segments 4.5, 4 and 1 times their maximal width, flagellomeres with two ranks of placodes; length of eye in dorsal view 2.5 times temple; temple directly narrowed posteriorly, punctate dorsally shiny, coriaceous ventrally; OOL: diameter of ocellus: POL~ 3.0:1.0:2.0; frons punctate laterally; vertex convex, punctate, flattened near stemmaticum; face flattened, punctate with long setae; clypeus flattened in lateral view ( figure 140 ), punctate, its ventral margin straight in frontal view; length of malar space 1.3 times basal width of mandible; malar suture absent; occipital flange angled ventrally and posteriorly.

Mesosoma ( figure 131 ). Length of mesosoma 1.3 times its maximal height; side of pronotum basally coriaceous, medially rugose and remainder smooth; mesopleuron sparsely punctate, smooth and shiny; precoxal sulcus distinctly, not reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron; metapleuron sparsely punctate, smooth and shiny; scutellar sulcus narrow with small carinae; scutellum with punctures; surface of propodeum convex in lateral view, with some weak transverse rugae, surface weakly coriaceous with sparse punctures; metapleural flange rounded.

Wings. Fore wing: r: SR1z3-SR~8:40; 2-SR: r-m~10:7; second submarginal cell weakly petiolate; subbasal cell glabrous anteriorly; vein 3-CU1 3.5 times longer than vein CU1b. Hind wing: 2-M coloured; membrane largely glabrous basally.

Legs. Hind coxa coriaceous without rugae, except apically; lengths of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 5.0, 10.0 and 11.0 times their widths, respectively; tibial spurs 0.48 and 0.36 times basitarsus; hind femur densely punctate; hind tibia with six apical teeth.

Metasoma. First tergite 2.75 times longer than apically wide, coriaceous and sparsely punctate, flattened apically in lateral view; spiracles strongly protruding; second tergite coriaceous and sparsely punctate; T 2 1.28 times longer than T 3; second suture smooth, straight; ovipositor sheath 1.6 times fore wing length.

Colour. Yellowish. Outer stripe on scapus dark brown; antenna apically, hind tarsus infuscate; ovipositor sheath, patches on T 1, T 2 and T 3 blackish; wing membrane hyaline.

Figures

FIGS 131–136. (131) Stantonia caudatus (Granger), holotype, ”. (132) S. baiteta sp. n., holotype, ”. (133, 135) S. rufithorax End., holotype, „. (134) S. sampaioi sp. n., holotype, „. (136) S. procera, holotype, ”. Lateral view of mesosoma (131, 132); dorsal view of propodeum (133, 134) and beginning of metasoma (133); detail of eyes (135); detail of apex of hind tibia (136).

FIGS 137–140. (137) Stantonia ngilima sp. n., paratype, ”. (138) S. pachycornis sp. n., holotype, ”. (139) S. pallida (End.), ”. (140) S. caudatus (Granger), holotype, ”. Head in lateral view (137–140).