Asiaontsira
A small genus with less than 10 species described [1].
References
- , “Asiaontsira gen. nov., a new tropical genus of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam and South-East China.”, Entomological Science, vol. 16, pp. 309-315, 2013.
Unknown.
Head. Head not depressed, transverse. Vertex at least partly transversely striate. Ocelli arranged in obtuse triangle. Frons almost flat or very weakly concave, sometimes with very shallow median longitudinal furrow. Eyes glabrous. Occipital carina dorsally complete but fine, fused below with hypostomal carina. Malar suture absent. Clypeus delineated from face laterally by deep and dorsally by shallow furrows, with fine lower flange. Hypoclypeal depression rather small, round or oval. Postgenal bridge very narrow. Maxillary palpi rather long, 6-segmented, sixth (apical) segment about as long as fifth segment; labial palpi rather short, 4-segmented, third segment not shortened. Scape of antenna wide and rather short, without apical lobe or basal constriction. First flagellar segment subcylindrical, weakly curved in outer aspect, slightly longer than second segment.
Mesosoma not depressed and short. Neck of prothorax medium length, smooth in anterior 0.5–0.7 (dorsal view) and on lower 0.2–0.3 of pronotal sides (lateral view). Pronotum dorsally almost flat (lateral view), its anterior short flange curved up; pronotal carina distinct. Pronope absent. Propleural dorsoposterior lobe long and wide. Mesonotum highly and roundly elevated above pronotum, mainly granulate rugulose with punctuation, sometimes with short curved striation near notauli. Median lobe of mesonotum without median longitudinal furrow and anterolateral shoulders. Notauli rather deep anteriorly and shallower posteriorly, complete, wide. Tegula evenly weakly widened distally, not concave along outer margin. Scutoscutellar (trans-scutal) suture distinct and complete. Prescutellar depression relatively long, with one to four high carinae. Lateral longitudinal wing-like flanges on level of prescutellar depression low. Scutellum weakly convex, with fine lateral carinae. Subalar depression shallow and wide. Mesopleural pit shallow, short, narrow or wide. Metanotum with indistinct or very short and obtuse median tooth. Sternaulus (precoxal sulcus) rather deep, wide, short, straight, oblique. Prepectal carina distinct and complete, high below, laterally reaching lower margin of subalar depression. Postpectal carina absent. Metapleural flange short, wide, rounded apically. Propodeum with basolateral areas delineated by distinct carinae; lateral tubercles absent; propodeal bridge absent. Propodeal spiracles small and oval. Metapleuron weakly convex, mainly smooth with sparse fine punctation. Metapleural suture distinct.
Wings. Pterostigma of fore wing wide. Radial vein arising before middle of pterostigma. Radial cell not shortened. Both radiomedial veins present. Second radiomedial cell long and narrow. Recurrent vein interstitial or weakly postfurcal. Nervulus distinctly postfurcal. Discoidal cell petiolate anteriorly, petiole rather long. Parallel vein arising from or weakly before middle of apical margin of brachial cell. Brachial cell closed postero-apically by brachial vein that is perpendicular or weakly oblique and directed to base of wing. Transverse anal veins absent. Hind wing with 3 hamuli. First abscissa of costal vein 0.45–0.60 times as long as second abscissa; first abscissa almost not divided apically into two abscissae. Radial vein arising from costal vein far from basal vein. Radial cell subparallel, without transverse vein. Medial cell weakly widened from base towards apex, 7.0–7.8 times longer than width, 0.40–0.45 times as long as hind wing. Nervellus present. Submedial cell short. First abscissa of mediocubital vein 0.60–0.75 times as long as second abscissa (until basal vein). Recurrent vein rather short, weakly oblique toward base of wing, weakly curved.
Legs. Fore tibia on inner surface with several long and slender spines arranged in rather wide vertical stripe. Fore tarsus 1.4–1.7 times longer than fore tibia. Middle tibia with several spines on lateral surface. Middle tarsal segments long. Hind coxa rather long and wide, with distinct basoventral tooth and small angle. Fore and middle femora with low or very low and wide dorsal protuberances. Hind femur wide and elongate–oval. Hind tibia with comb of very dense pale setae along inner distal margin. Basitarsus of hind tarsus 0.8–0.9 times as long as second-fifth segments combined. Claws long, simple, widened basally.
Metasoma. First tergite semipetiolate, rather long and relatively wide. Acrosternite of first segment weakly elongate, about 0.3 times as long as first tergite, reaching or almost reaching spiracular level. Dorsope of first tergite shallow and distinct; basolateral lobes absent; spiracular tubercles indistinct, spiracles situated in basal 0.3 of tergite; dorsal carinae distinct and weakly separated. Second tergite with short or very short smooth basal areas separated posteriorly by shallow furrow or only striation, without lateral and apical furrows and areas. Second suture more or less distinct, narrow, straight or weakly curved medially, weakly sinuate laterally. Third tergite with shallow and narrow or wide, straight transverse depression in basal 0.3. Second–fourth or second–sixth tergites with separate laterotergites. Tergites behind second only with single submedian transverse line of sparse erect setae. Hypopygium distinctly narrowed and sub-pointed apically. Ovipositor subapical nodes almost indistinct. Ovipositor sheath longer than metasoma [1].
References
- , “Asiaontsira gen. nov., a new tropical genus of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam and South-East China.”, Entomological Science, vol. 16, pp. 309-315, 2013.
It is is very similar to the Ontsirospathius because the acrosternite of the first metasomal segment is distinctly elongated, the hind tarsus is longer than the hind tibia, the parallel vein arises not behind the middle of the distal margin of the brachial cell, and the recurrent vein is not antefurcal. But it differs from Ontsirospathius in the following characters (equivalent character states in Ontsirospathius in parentheses): second tergite with narrow, smooth basal area separated by depression or different type of sculpture (with triangular or subtriangular area on the whole tergite separated by distinct furrows), rather distinct transverse carina present between antennal socket and eye margin (no such carina), and ocelli arranged in distinctly obtuse triangle (in almost equilateral triangle) [1].
It resembles Ontsira but differs in the following characters: the first abscissa of mediocubital vein of hind wing shorter than second abscissa (and accordingly submedial cell short); second tergite with narrow, smooth basal area separated by depression or different type of sculpture; rather distinct transverse carina between antennal socket and eye margin; metapleuron mainly smooth and with fine, sparse punctuation, only posteriorly rugulose or rugose; and pronotum anteriorly and below (on its lateral parts) smooth. Additionally, this new genus is characterized by some features that are usually not present in Ontsira species: parallel vein arising from or weakly before middle of distal margin of brachial cell, recurrent vein interstitial or weakly postfurcal (in Ontsira both characters only found in O. apposita Belokobylskij, 1998 and O. eugeniae Belokobylskij, 1982), and acrosternite of the first metasomal segment elongate (found in O. apposita) [1].
References
- , “Asiaontsira gen. nov., a new tropical genus of the subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Vietnam and South-East China.”, Entomological Science, vol. 16, pp. 309-315, 2013.
Australasian, Oriental.