The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species Bortoni, Marco Aurélio Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria Zootaxa 2016 4200 3 406 416 [151,420,1167,1193] Insecta Braconidae Mendesella Animalia Hymenoptera 5 411 Arthropoda species albipleura sp. nov.     Materialexamined. Holotypefemale (  DCBU17296) “ Jundiaí, SP, Brasil,  Reserva Biológica da Serrado Japi, S 23°14'14.4" W 46°53'33.1", Armadilha Malaise,  762m,  27.III.2012, A.S. Soarescol.“.   Description of female ( holotype).Body length: 4 mm; Fore wing length: 3.5 mm.  Color.Head yellow orange except for scape laterally and ventrally, pedicel, flagellomeres, stemmaticum, ocelli and tip of mandible black. Mesosoma yellow except for lateral lobes and basal median lobe of mesoscutum and tegula dark brown, mesopleuron ventrally, metapleuron and apical half of propodeum whitish yellow. Fore legs yellow, mid and hind legs whitish yellow except for apex of hind tibia and tarsus black. First metasomal tergite and hypopygium yellow, second and third metasomal tergites whitish yellow, remaining terga brownish, ovipositor sheath dark brown.  Head.Entirely smooth. Antenna 37 flagellomeres.  Mesosoma.Mesoscutum smooth. Notaulus crenulate anteriorly and absent posteriorly. Propleuron smooth. Pronotum smooth with a weakly striate groove. Scutellar sulcus with seven carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with one narrow and nearly parallel-sided areola, interior with some small transverse carinae.  Wings.Infuscate.  Legs.All legs smooth.  Metasoma.Apical width of first metasomal tergite 1.3 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.8 × apical width. Hypopygium 2.2 × as long as wide. Ovipositor 1.1 × hind tibia. First metasomal tergite weakly rugose laterally with dorsal carinae narrowing about mid length, remaining parallel until end of tergum, remaining terga smooth.  Male.Unknown.   Diagnosis.This species is similar to  M. jaraguaiensisand  M. yamadaibecause of the dorsal carinae in first metasomal tergite not diverging posteriorly, but it differs in the color of mesopleuron, metapleuron, mid and hind legs.   Biology.Unknown.   Distribution.Only known from the typelocality.   Etymology.This species is named after the whitish infuscation of mesopleuron. 1413030267 2012-03-27 DCBU Jundiai, SP & Reserva Biologica da Serra & A. S. Soares Brazil Armadilha Malaise 762 -23.237333 Material 1 -46.89253 Reserva Biologica da Serra 5 411 DCBU 17296 1 holotype