Progonatocerus brunneiclava Huber

Huber, John T., 2015, World reclassification of the Gonatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), Zootaxa 3967 (1), pp. 1-184 : 56-57

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3967.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6112347

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scientific name

Progonatocerus brunneiclava Huber
status

sp. nov.

Progonatocerus brunneiclava Huber , sp. n.

( Figs 232–237 View FIGURES 232 – 237 )

Type material. Holotype ♀ ( QSBG), on slide ( Fig. 232 View FIGURES 232 – 237 ) labelled: 1. “ Thailand: Nakhon Nayok Khao Yai Nat. Park, entrance to Hnong Pak Chee Trail 14°27.115'N 101°21.951'E 733m, 7–8.v.2007, YPT Pong Sandao, #2258 ” 2. “ Progonatocerus brunneiclava Huber ♀ Holotype ”.

Paratypes. 10 ♀, 9 ♂. THA‘-. Nakhon Nayok. Same data as holotype but #2258 (1 ♀, CNC); same data as holotype but 11–12.v.2007, #2262 (4 ♀, 2 ♂, QSBG, CNC); same data as holotype but 5–12.v.2007, Wirat Sukho, MT, #2264 (3 ♂, QSBG); Khao Yai Nat. Park, 750m, 14°24.515'N 101°22.432'E, 26.ii–5.iii.2007, Wirat Sukhot, #2252 (2 ♀, QSBG); Khao Yai Nat. Park, near Hnong Pak Chee Trail, 699m, 14°27.119'N 101°21.482'E, 19– 26.v.2007, W. Sukho, evergreen forest, MT, #2271 (1 ♀, 1♂, CNC); Khao Yai Nat. Park, near Training Centre 2, 750m, 14°24.515'N 101°22.432'E, 5–12.ii.2007, Pong Sandao, MT (1 ♀, UCRC). Nakhon Ratchasima. Khao Yai Nat. Park, Pong Nong Ma Khee, 14°28.285'N 101°22.57'E, 751m, 12–19.iv.2007, Wirat Sukho, MT, #2225 (1 ♀, QSBG); Khao Yai Nat. Park, elephant trail near fire protection office, 14°28.285'N 101°22.57'E, 19–26.vi.2007, Wirat Sukho, MT, #2228 (1♂, QSBG). Phitsanulok.Thung Salaeng Lung Nat. Park, staff house, Gang Sopa waterfall, 16°52.677'N 100°49.257'E, 486m, 21–28.x.2006, Pongpitak Pranee, #764, MT (1 ♂, CNC); Thung Salaeng Lung Nat. Park, Gang Sopa waterfall, 16°52.464'N 100°49.665'E, 501m, 4–12.xi.2006, P. Pranee, mixed deciduous forest, #772, MT (1 ♂, CNC).

Diagnosis. Clava brown, sometimes yellowish white apically, tending to brown basally ( Fig. 234 View FIGURES 232 – 237 ), occasionally almost entirely white; fl4 without mps; fore wing at most 4.0× as long as wide; ovipositor sheaths equal to length of metatibia and originating at about 0.4× its length from apex of petiole.

Description. FEMALE. Body length 819–1050 (n=5). Colour. Body yellow except funicle, clava (usually), gaster from about gt4–gt6 dorsomedially, and gt3–gt6 laterally brown; clava occasionally only partly brown at base, rarely almost entirely white. Head. Head width 334–349 (n=3). Antenna. Funicle segments fl5–fl8 with 2 mps ( Fig. 234 View FIGURES 232 – 237 ). Antennal measurements (n=3), length/width (ratios of funicle segments): scape 362–374/54–60, pedicel 80– 82/42, fl1 53–54/29–32 (1.71–1.86), fl2 58–60/28–29 (2.04–2.19), fl3 63–68/28–30 (2.14–2.34), fl4 60–66/29–30 (2.07–2.28), fl5 77–78/34–36 (2.15–2.26), fl6 72–77/37–39 (1.90–2.01), fl7 71–78/41–42 (1.06–1.79), fl8 84–90/50– 51 (1.66–1.76), clava 275–303/68–76. Mesosoma. As in generic description. Wings. Fore wing ( Fig. 233 View FIGURES 232 – 237 ) length (n=3) 1210–1253, width 300–343, length/width 3.68–4.03, longest marginal setae 94–98. Hind wing length 933– 978, width 28–32, longest marginal setae 104–124. Metasoma. Ovipositor sheaths length 405–429 (n=3) equal to or slightly longer than metatibia length (387–407) and slightly exserted beyond apex of gaster.

MALE. Body length 819–998 (n=5). Colour. Body as in female except flagellum ( Fig. 235 View FIGURES 232 – 237 ) and more of gaster brown. Antenna. Measurements (n=2): scape length/width 120–122/41–44, pedicel length/width 55–62/37– 46, flagellar segments length: fl1 126–129, fl2 160–163, fl3 158–172, fl4 156–175, fl5 157–174, fl6 152–176, fl7 150– 166, fl8 149–165, fl9 152–179, fl10 151–179, fl11 157–177; total flagellar length 1669–1854; fl6 length/width 3.92– 4.58, with about 8 mps. Metasoma. Gaster as in Fig. 236 View FIGURES 232 – 237 . Genitalia as in generic description ( Fig. 237 View FIGURES 232 – 237 )

Etymology. The species name is Latin adjective for brown, referring to the usual colour of the clava.

CNC

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes

UCRC

University of California, Riverside

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Mymaridae

Genus

Progonatocerus

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