Zosteragathis luangensis Sharkey, 2018

Sharkey, Michael J. & Chapman, Eric G., 2018, Revision of Zosteragathis Sharkey of Thailand (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae, Agathidini), Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65 (2), pp. 225-253 : 228

Zosteragathis luangensis Sharkey sp. n.

Diagnosis.

Ovipositor slightly more than 1/2 body length; scutellum rugose.

Description.

Body length 4.0 mm. Ovipositor length 2.3 mm. Ovipositor 0.6 × body length. Number of flagellomeres 30. Sculpture of notauli increasing in width posteriorly where it extends over onto lateral lobes of mesoscutum. Scutellum rugose. Mid tibia with 2 apical and 2 preapical spines. Hind tibia with 4 spines/pegs. Second submarginal cell diameter small, smaller than pedicel length, but larger than pedicel width. Wing hyaline with a weak infuscate area posterior to stigma. T2 1.2 × longer than wide. T2 striate, striae straight and weak to absent anteriorly. Color: head black except lower gena and clypeus partly yellow; mesosoma black; fore and hind coxa melanic; T1 whitish yellow basally and apically; T2 whitish yellow in basal 1/2.

Etymology.

Named after the type locality Thung Salaeng Luang National Park.

Material examined.

Holotype: Female, Thailand , Phitsanulok, Thung Salaeng Luang NP, Moist evergreen forest, 16.844°N, 100.882°E, 557 m elev., Malaise trap, 25.viii-1.ix.2006 (H1859, T572), Pongpitak Pranee.

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