Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) bipanna (van Achterberg) Areekul-Butcher & Quicke, 2011

Areekul-Butcher, Buntika & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2011, Revision of Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) with reappraisal of subgeneric limits, descriptions of new species and phylogenetic analysis, Journal of Natural History 45 (21 - 24), pp. 1403-1476 : 1422-1424

Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) bipanna (van Achterberg) comb. nov.

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Pholichora bipanna van Achterberg, 1991: 50 .

Material examined

Holotype. Female , “N. Nigeria: Zaria, Samaru. 15.ix.1969, S. A. Ogidi, Light trap; B.M. TYPE HYM. 3-c.2088” ( BMNH).

Morphology

As described by van Achterberg (1991). In addition, frons without carina in front of anterior ocellus, but with carinate ridge along edge next to and almost touching eye. Fore wing vein m-cu forming angle of approximately 110 ◦ with 3-CU1; vein 2-M 2.5 times length of r-m. Hind wing basal and subbasal cells and basal part of discal+subdiscal cell largely setose, though setosity somewhat less dense than on rest of wing membrane.

Figures

Figure 8. Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) bipanna (van Achterberg), holotype, Automontage® (Synoptics Ltd, Cambridge, UK) light micrographs. (A) Lateral habitus; (B) head, frontal aspect; (C) head, dorsal aspect; (D) fore wing; (E) metasoma.