Therophilus shimborii Iza-Campos & Penteado-Dias, 2021

Iza-Campos, Giulia & Penteado-Dias, Angélica, 2021, The rare genus Therophilus Wesmael (Braconidae: Agathidinae) in Brazil with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5005 (4), pp. 596-600 : 597

Therophilus shimborii Iza-Campos & Penteado-Dias sp. n.

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Diagnosis: Therophilus shimborii sp. n. can be distinguished from all other species in the genus by the following combination of characters: mandibles white with melanic teeth; coloration mostly yellow; wings evenly infuscate.

Material Examined. Holotype “ ♀ DCBU435173 Brasil-SP, Itirapina , Est. Ecológica de Itirapina. S22°12’48.1” W47°55’22.2” 765m. 1.xii.2010. Malaise.” Paratypes: “ ♀ DCBU435182 Brasil-SP, Itirapina, Est. Ecológica de Iti- rapina. S22°2’45” W47°55’18.3” 764m. 29.xii.2010, Malaise.” “ 3 ♀ DCBU435170 , DCBU435174 / DCBU435178 Brasil-SP, Itirapina, Est. Ecológica de Itirapina. S22°12’48.1” W47°55’22.2” 765m. 1.xii.2010. Malaise.” “ ♀ DCBU435175 Brasil-SP, Ribeirão Grande, Parque Estadual de Intervales. S24°16’23.6” W48°25’21.8”, 22.xi.2010, Malaise.” “ ♀ DCBU435176 Brasil-SP, Teodoro Sampaio, Sítio Manoel. S52°23’31” W22°28’08”, 18.viii.2011, Mal- aise, P. Lopes col.” “ 5 ♀ DCBU435171 , DCBU435177 , DCBU435179 , DCBU435181 , DCBU435183 Brasil-SP, Teodoro Sampaio, Sítio Antônio. S52°23’31” W22°28’08”, 21.vii.2011, Malaise, P. Lopes col.” “ ♀ DCBU435172 Brasil-SP, Teodoro Sampaio, Sítio Zé Fusca. S52°22’03” W22°29’43”, 21.vii.2011, Malaise, P. Lopes col.” “ ♀ DCBU435180 Brasil-SP, Teodoro Sampaio, Sítio Zé Fusca. S52°22’03” W22°29’43”, 18.x.2011, Malaise, P. Lopes col.”

Description. Holotype female (DCBU435173) ( Fig. 1 ). Body length 4.63 mm. Syntergite 2+3 length: 0.86 mm., width: 0.72 mm. Ovipositor length 3.70 mm. Antenna with 28 – 30 flagellomeres. Head mostly yellow except for melanic scape, flagellomeres and occiput at the ocellar triangle. Mandibles white with melanic teeth ( Fig. 2 ). Interantennal space with one keel-like carina declining posteriorly. Propleuron yellow. Mesoscutum yellow ( Fig. 4 ), notauli meeting and crenulate on posterior third. Propodeum usually yellow, rarely melanic. Sclerite between coxa and metasomal foramen complete and narrow. Hind legs yellow except for distal tip of tibia and tarsi (melanic). Metasoma mostly yellow posterior three terga brownish ( Fig. 5 ). First metasomal tergum smooth with two well defined carinae extending to 2/3 of tergum length and diverging medially ( Fig. 5 ). Wings ( Fig. 6 ) evenly hyaline or pale. Fore wing cubital cell triangular and sessile, RS+M vein incomplete and tubular in less than ¼ its length.

Male. Unknown

Biology. Specimens collected in areas of Cerrado (Brazilian Savannah) and Atlantic rainforest.

Etymology. Species named in honor of Eduardo Mitio Shimbori, our colleague specialist in Braconidae .

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Therophilus shimborii sp. n. 1, habitus lateral; 2, head, front view; 3, hind wing detail; 4, dorsal view of head and mesosoma; 5, metasoma, 6, fore wing.

FIGURE 7. Distribution map of Therophilus shimborii sp. n. in São Paulo state.