Corresponding author: Ilgoo Kang (
Academic editor: Kees van Achterberg
For the first time in 21 years, a new genus of cardiochiline braconid wasp,
Kang I, Long KD, Sharkey MJ, Whitfield JB, Lord NP (2020)
Females of the subfamily are known as solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae, laying only one egg in each host and allowing the host to continue its development while parasitized. Larvae of
The type specimens for the present work were provided by the
The morphological terminology mostly follows
For the specimen of
For the specimen of
Abbreviations used in this paper are as follows: POL: distance between posterior ocelli; OOL: distance between posterior ocelli and eye; OD: diameter of posterior ocellus; T1: first metasomal tergum; T2: second metasomal tergum; T3: third metasomal tergum; MT: Malaise trap; “Card. + number”: code number indexing for specimens of the
The key to species of
(based on all the members of the genus). Body large and stout, finely sculptured, whitish to yellow pale in color with black spots and stripes. Head in dorsal view transverse. Antenna 41- or 43-segmented. Eyes sparsely pilose. Clypeus with distinct suture and two clypeal tubercles present apically. Malar suture present. Mandible bidentate and angularly bent ventrally. Mouthparts (the length of galea and glossa) short. Maxillary palpus 5- or 6-segmented. Labial palpi 4-segmented. Notauli deep, crenulate, meeting posteriorly in deep smooth area. Scutellar sulcus curved, with 5+ crenulae. Scutellum more or less elevated medially, without carina laterally and apically. Propodeal areola completely developed and kite-shaped or elongated pentagonal. Epicnemial carina absent. Mesopleuron mostly smooth; precoxal sulcus well-defined and crenulate, not reaching posterior margin. Metapleuron rugulose. Mesosternal sulcus finely crenulate. Hind tibia without apical projection; inner tibial spur distinctly longer than outside spur, subequal to half of hind basitarsus. Tarsal claws pectinate. Forewing with elongated pterostigma; vein r reaching at apical fourth of pterostigma; SR1 sharply angled at basal fourth; basal fourth of vein SR1 almost perpendicular to apical vein 3-SR. Vein 1a present as a spectral short trace; 1st discal cell in forewing rather short compared to first submarginal cell. Second submarginal cell elongated. First subdiscal (brachial) cell broad. M+CU in hind wing distinctly shorter than 1-M. Hind wing with 6 hamuli. T1 widened apically, with lateral suture clearly defined throughout. T2 mostly rugose except for plateau-like projection (Figs
Oriental (Malaysia, Vietnam).
Unknown.
The name for the genus refers to
9b | Eyes densely setose (Fig. |
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– | Eyes sparsely setose (Fig. |
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1 | Forewing entirely lightly infuscate (Fig. |
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– | Forewing antero-apically strongly infuscate (Fig. |
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Body large and stout, 9.1mm. Antenna 6.4 mm. Length of forewing 9.6 mm. Ovipositor sheath 4.4 mm.
Named in honor of Joseph Lee Burrow, the world-class college football quarterback for the LSU Tigers and the 2019 Heisman Trophy winner.
Unknown.
Distribution map of the members of
Body length 9.7 mm. Length of forewing 9.0 mm. Antenna 7.0 mm, ovipositor sheath 4.7 mm.
From “nigro” (Latin for “black”), and “fascia” (Latin for “band”, “zone”, “stripe”), because of black stripes basally on metasomal tergites 4–6.
Unknown.
Members of
The basal clade of
Clade A of
As mentioned in the Introduction, members of
In the past two decades, molecular data combined with morphological data has been widely utilized to improve resolution of the species-, genus-, tribe-, and subfamily-level relationships of
The first author, IK, thanks all members of the Lord Lab and Louisiana State Arthropod Museum and is grateful to the Department of Entomology for LSU Agricultural Center for financial support. KDL expresses the great gratitude to Dr Kees van Achterberg, Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden (RMNH), the Netherlands. We thank Dr Mai Phu Quy at