Zelodia ratanae Sharkey, 2012

Sharkey, Michael J. & Stoelb, Stephanie A. C., 2012, Revision of Zelodia (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) from Thailand, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 26, pp. 31-71 : 45

Zelodia ratanae Sharkey sp. n. Fig. 14

Diagnosis.

Hind tibia mostly pale, extreme base cream, apex black, most of dorsal and ventral surfaces black, otherwise orange.

Description.

Body length 7.6 mm. Head. 42 flagellomeres. Median ocellus diameter equal to the space between lateral ocelli. Vertex densely and heavily punctate. Mesosoma. Notauli mostly or entirely crenulate. Metapleuron sparsely covered with setae. Fore wing cells and veins melanic in basal 3/5, cells hyaline basally with white setae, veins R1, RS, r-m, and M yellow distally, stigma yellow in apical third. Hind tarsal claw bifid. Length/width of hind femur 2.4/0.8 = 3.2. Lateral surface of hind femur punctate. Metasoma. Length/width ratio of MT1, 1.112/1.245 = 0.88. Ratio of widest point of MT1 to narrowest point 1.2/0.4. Color. Black except as follows; scape yellow, margins of prothorax cream colored to yellow, legs with extensive orange and/or yellow, scutellar sulcus, lateral and posterior areas of scutellum, and much of metapectal-propodeal complex, yellowish orange, anterior laterotergites and sterna pale brown.

Molecular data.

TaxaBank#/Genbank Accession: H273 /JQ763452.

Distribution.

Found only at the type locality in southern peninsular Thailand.Distribution map can be found at http://purl.org/thaimap/ratanae

Etymology.

Dedicated to Ms. Ratana Luckanawarakul. She is currently the director of the Recreation and Interpretation Division of the Thai Department of National Parks. Ratana was of great assistance to us on numerous field trips and was always the best of company.

Material examined.

Holotype ♂. H0273 [QSBG], Thailand, Khao Pu-Khao Ya NP, 75m, 7.551°N, 99.789°E, MT, 8-10.v.2006.

Figures

Figure 14. Zelodia ratanae sp. n. a lateral habitus b dorsal head c lateral head and mesosoma d wings e dorsal head and mesosoma f dorsal propodeum g dorsal metasoma.