Anamalysia transversator Yao & van Achterberg, 2022

Yao, Junli, van Achterberg, Cornelis, Yaakop, Salmah, Long, Khuat Dang, Sharkey, Michael J. & Chapman, Eric G., 2022, A new genus Anamalysia van Achterberg (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), six new species, and two new combinations from India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, ZooKeys 1126, pp. 131-154 : 131

Anamalysia transversator Yao & van Achterberg sp. nov.

Fig. 4A-I

Type material.

Holotype, ♀ (QSBG), Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Namtok Yong NP TV aerial, 8°14.3'N, 99°48.3'E, 952 m, Malaise trap, 26.i-2.ii.2009, Paiboon leg. T4307, Genbank accession number MG912720 (COI).

Description.

Holotype, ♀, length of body 3.5 mm, length of fore wing 3.6 mm.

Head. Width of head 2.1 times its median length, sparsely setose and strongly shiny; antenna incomplete, 26+, however, longer than body (Fig. 4A ), segments densely setose, length of third segment 0.7 times as long as fourth segment, length of third and fourth segments 4.3 and 8.0 times their width, respectively; length of maxillary palp 1.5 times height of head; eye in dorsal view 3.0 times as long as temple; temple in dorsal view subparallel-sided behind eyes (Fig. 4E ); OOL: diameter of ocellus: POL = 27:6:7; frons flat medially (except an incomplete median groove, anterior half with deep groove and posterior half with groove trace) and convex laterally, smooth; antennal sockets distinctly protruding; with a smooth, narrow, and superficial groove between antennal sockets and eye; minimum width of face 0.6 times maximum width of head, densely rugulose-punctate, with a Y-shaped carina medially (from antenna sockets to clypeus), anterior 2/3 (between and along Y-shaped carina) medially smooth, with rather dense and long setae (Fig. 4B ); clypeus wide, triangular, width 2.0 times its length, with long setae and ventrally rounded and its surface largely smooth except a few punctures (Fig. 4B ); length of malar space 0.1 times basal width of mandible; mandible sparsely rugose medially except teeth part smooth, strongly widened dorsally, its medial length 2.0 times its maximum width, upper tooth large and truncate lobe-shaped, with ventral tooth rather small, rounded and lobe-shaped, connected to a carina (Fig. 4C ).

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 times its height; pronotum dorsally with large deep and round dorsope (Fig. 4E ); side of pronotum with some coarse crenulate anteriorly, posteriorly finely crenulate and remainder smooth; epicnemial area dorsally smooth, medially crenulate and ventrally punctate-rugose; precoxal sulcus anterior 1/5 smooth and remainder crenulate, widely crenulate anteriorly, narrowed after its middle and absent posteriorly (Fig. 4F ); remainder of mesopleuron smooth; episternal scrobe round, deep; pleural sulcus anteriorly smooth and punctulate, with dense setae, posteriorly coarsely crenulate; mesosternal sulcus coarsely crenulate, rather wide posteriorly; metapleuron largely smooth, with some rugae dorsally and ventrally; notauli complete, deep, narrow. and smooth; midpit small and round, connected to notauli (Fig. 4D, E ); mesoscutum strongly shiny and largely glabrous, but with some long setae near notauli and lateral carina and medial lobe protuberant; mesoscutum without a separate medio-posterior depression; axilla rather setose and lateral carina moderately protuberant; scutellar sulcus deep, with one carina and coarsely rugae, without punctures, 0.4 times as long as scutellum (Fig. 4D, E ); scutellum rather convex in lateral view; metanotum distinctly lamelliform protruding posteriorly in lateral view; propodeum with a complete longitudinal carina, largely smooth anteriorly, except for a short median carina and rugae near it, medially with circular areolate area and posteriorly reticulate, smooth latero-posteriorly (Fig. 4D, E ); propodeal spiracle round, small and medially at propodeum.

Wings. Pterostigma subelliptical (Fig. 4G ), its posterior margin hardly curved; vein r issued distinctly behind middle of pterostigma and distinctly oblique; r:3-SR:SR1 = 14:49:103; 1- SR+M rather sinuate; SR1 straight, slightly curved posteriorly; cu-a short and oblique, strongly postfurcal; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 30:29:14,vein r-m of fore wing distinctly inclivous; m-cu slightly postfurcal, slightly converging to 1-M posteriorly; first subdiscal cell 3.8 times as long as wide; 3-CU1:CU1b = 3.2 and 3-CU1 oblique. Hind wing: M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 29:23:10; m-cu distinctly developed and removed from 1r-m.

Legs. Outer side of hind coxa largely smooth, punctulate and moderately setose, dorsally shiny and smooth; middle coxa strongly protruding forwards ventrally, hind coxa gradually narrowed; tarsal claws moderately robust; length of femur, tibia, and basitarsus of hind leg 4.3, 10.0, and 8.7 times their width, respectively; middle tibia and basitarsus rather short and adpressed setose (Fig. 4A ).

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 1.0 times its apical width, its surface regularly costate-striate, its dorsal carinae nearly complete and united submedially (Fig. 4H ); laterope absent; dorsope large and deep (Fig. 4H ); remainder of metasoma smooth and rather depressed; ovipositor with minute dorsal notch and some ventral teeth; length of setose part of ovipositor sheath 0.7 times fore wing and 0.9 times as long as hind tibia; apex of ovipositor sheath subtruncate and no apical spine; hypopygium medium-sized and apically acute in lateral view (Fig. 4I ).

Colour. Black; head and first tergite chestnut brown; remainder of metasoma yellow; scapus, pedicellus, mandible apically, tegulae, and middle and hind legs (except tibia and tarsus brown, three apical tarsus lightened) brownish yellow; palpi pale yellowish; fore leg yellow (but apical tarsus more or less brown); remainder of antenna (as far as present), mandible basally and ovipositor sheath dark brown; pterostigma and most veins brown; wing membrane subhyaline.

Distribution.

Thailand.

Etymology.

Named after the comparatively transverse head in dorsal view (Fig. 4E ).

Figures

Figure 4. Anamalysia transversator sp. nov., ♀, holotype A habitus, lateral aspect B head anterior aspect and mesosoma ventrally C mandible full sight on first tooth D mesosoma full sight on propodeum and first tergite dorsally E head and mesosoma dorsal aspect F mesosoma lateral aspect G wings H metasoma dorsal aspect I propodeum and metasoma lateral aspect.