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CORRIGENDUM Corrigendum to revision of the genus Ischnobracon Baltazar (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) by Areekul Butcher and Quicke (2010)
No full textQuicke, Donald L.J., Butcher, Buntika Areekul (2011): CORRIGENDUM Corrigendum to revision of the genus Ischnobracon Baltazar (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) by Areekul Butcher and Quicke (2010). Journal of Natural History 45 (39-40): 2525-2526, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.596638, URL: https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2529e6a3-ab95-3e39-a937-6b6b1e64fdce
Gondwanocentrus Quicke & Butcher, gen. nov.
No full textGondwanocentrus Quicke & Butcher gen. nov. Figs 1–8. Antennae with fewer than 20 flagellomeres. Terminal flagellomere pointed but not acuminate, wider than basal flagellomeres. Basal flagellomeres elongate and narrower than distal ones. Pedicellus large, approximately half length of scapus. Head coarsely sculptured. Eyes completely glabrous. Face transversely striate, roundly bulging. Hypoclypeal depression dorsally rounded. Malar suture absent. Maxillary and labial palps with 6 and 4 segments, respectively. Frons not depressed behind antennal sockets, flat. Ocelli small. Occipital carina complete, ventrally joining hypostomal carina far from base of mandible. Pronotum formed into a short ‘neck’. Mesosoma largely coarsely sculptured. Propleuron with posterior flange. Notauli narrow, distinctly impressed at anterior. Scutoscutellar suture complete. Scutellar sulcus wide with string medial carina. Scutellum with lateral carinae. Epicnemial carina complete. Precoxal sulcus deep, oblong, coarsely foveate. Metanotum with complete midlongitudinal carina; posterior margin not protruding. Propodeum sharply angled in lateral view, with short midanterior carina that divides to form pair of curved carinae and these are met by a pair of submedial carinae making a hard-to-discern areola; sublateral carinae short, forming a weak apophysis; lateral carinae distinct. Fore wing: pterostigma large; vein r-rs issuing from distinctly beyond the middle, perpendicular; 2 nd submarginal cell long, distinctly narrowing distally; vein 1 RS well developed; vein (RS+M) a sinuate, particularly strongly curved distally; vein 1 rs-m not tubular or pigmented; m-cu antefurcal; M+CU completely tubular and weakly sinuate; 1 cu- a postfurcal; 2 cu-a present. Hind wing: vein M+CU slightly longer than 1 -M. Coxae coarsely sculptured. Tarsi not shortened. Hind tibia without striate sculpture medio-laterally; apico-medially with moderately developed comb of setae but these not adpressed. Claws with small rounded basal lobes and with pecten. Hind coxa coarsely sculptured. Tergites 1–3 sculptured, largely concealing more posterior tergites; with complete lateral crease. Tergite 3 curved in dorsal profile with narrow lamelliform posterior margin. Ovipositor moderately exserted, needle-like. Type species. Gondwanocentrus humphriesi Butcher & Quicke sp. nov. Etymology. Name derived from ‘Gondwana’ and ‘ Mesocentrus’ in reference to the distribution and affinity between the genera. Gender: masculine.Published as part of Quicke, Donald L. J. & Butcher, Buntika A., 2015, Description of a new Betylobraconini-like parasitoid wasp genus and species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Chile, pp. 459-466 in Zootaxa 4021 (3) on pages 460-461, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/24092
Crescentaleyrodes fumipennis Manzari & Quicke 2006, comb. n.
No full textCrescentaleyrodes fumipennis (Hempel) comb. n. Aleurodes fumipennis Hempel, 1899. Syntypes, Brazil: São Paulo [not examined]. Aleurotrachelus fumipennis (Hempel) Quaintance & Baker, 1914. Material examined: Brazil: Mato Grosso, 25.iii.1968, (O.W. Richards), ex: undetermined grass (2 slides). Comments: as already mentioned in detail, the redescription and illustrations provided by Bondar (1923) as well as the specimens examined, clearly indicate the appropriate inclusion of this species in Crescentaleyrodes. This species is very close to C. paulianae (Cohic) and maybe they are synonym, but this need to check the type material of the latter species. The specimens of C. paulianae studied for this study were from the same locality and host plant of type materials and showed slightly differences from C. fumipennis.Published as part of Manzari, Shahab & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2006, A cladistic analysis of whiteflies, subfamily Aleyrodinae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae), pp. 2423-2554 in Journal of Natural History 40 (44 - 46) on page 2472, DOI: 10.1080/00222930601121890, http://zenodo.org/record/523048
Aleiodes spurivena Quicke & Butcher 2011
No full text<i>Aleiodes spurivena</i> Quicke & Butcher, 2011 <p>(Fig. 165A,B)</p> <p>Material examined. 2 paratype females, Thailand, Ranong Province, 7 km N of Ranong, Ch 9 TV relay station, 25–29.xi.1991, 350– 500m, I. J. Kitching & A. M. Cotton (BMNH).</p> <p>Notes. Apparently widely distributed from India and Nepal to Vietnam and Thailand.</p>Published as part of <i>Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, pp. 1-232 in Zootaxa 3457</i> on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3457.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10832362">http://zenodo.org/record/10832362</a>
Cyranorogas depardieui Quicke and Butcher 2015, sp. nov.
No full textC. depardieui Quicke and Butcher sp. nov. (Figures 1–3) Holotype ♀, Papua-New-Guinea, Province Madang, Mt Wilhelm 1700 m (−5.759269,145.2356), 28–29/10/2012, leg Valeba, Tulei, Novotny, Leponce, Plot 4, understorey; Malaise – MAL-MW1700D-04/16-d04. Length of body 3 mm. Antenna with 25 flagellomeres. Median flagellomeres approximately 1.9× longer than wide. Length of fore wing 3 mm. Precoxal sulcus, deep, rather short, crenulate, located rather low down side of mesopleuron. Scutellar sulcus wide, deep, curved, with six strong carinae between outer ones. Mesopleuron largely smooth and shiny. Propodeum with midlongitudinal carina on anterior 0.7, where it divides to form a weak transverse carina, and posteror to this propodeum irregularly rugose. Body largely honey-yellow, posterior of propodeum, base of hind coxa narrowly, metasomal tergites 1 and 2 and basal part of tergum 3 white. Wings hyaline with brown venation. Etymology. Named in honour of the actor Gérard Depardieu who played Cyrano de Bergerac in the 1990 film adaptation.Published as part of Butcher, Buntika A. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2015, A remarkable new genus and species of Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of uncertain tribal placement, from Papua New Guinea, resembling Betylobraconini stat. nov., pp. 2045-2054 in Journal of Natural History 49 (33) on page 2047, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1009405, http://zenodo.org/record/399800
Gondwanocentrus humphriesi Butcher & Quicke, sp. nov.
No full textGondwanocentrus humphriesi Butcher & Quicke sp. nov. Material examined. 1 Female, CHILE, Region ×, Parc Nacional Puyehue Anticura Sendero Repucura, sweeping in Nothofagus /Cusqueira forest, 447m, 17.ii.2005, 40º 39 ’ 53 ”S 70 º 10 ’ 02”W. Description. Body length 2.8 mm, fore wing 2.6 mm and exserted part of ovipositor 0.5 mm. Flagellum with 14 segments. Terminal flagellomere 1.5 × wider than 1 st. Apical three flagellar segments distinctly swollen and wider than rest of flagellum. First flagellomere 1.1 × longer than both the 2 nd and 3 rd separately; 3.6 × longer than wide. Face without midlongitudinal ridge, strongly transversely striate. Frons, occiput and temples coarsely rugose. Distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 3: 1: 3. Temples wide and rounded. Pronotum forming a short but distinct neck. Mesosoma 1.7 × longer than high, largely setose (Fig. 6). Forewing: pterostigma 4 × longer than maximally wide; lengths of r-rs: 3 RSa: 3 RSb = 1.0: 2.7: 3.7; vein 1 CUa: 1 Cub = 1.0: 2.1 (Fig. 5). Hind wing: vein M+CU 1.25 × longer than 1 -M; vein m-cu slightly postfurcal. Fore femur with fine transverse sculpture, 4.5 × longer than maximally deep. Fore tibia 1.1 × longer than fore tarsus. Fore basitarsus 5 × longer than deep, 0.33 × length of whole tarsus. Hind coxa coarsely sculptured, transversely striate posterodorsally. Hind femur: tibia: tarsus: basitarsus = 0.85: 1.0: 0.85: 0.3. Hind basitarsus 0.25 × length of whole tarsus. First metasomal tergite longitudinally striate, basally with curved carinae that do not meet medially. 2 nd and 3 rd tergites largely coriaceous but with sculpture tending to form longitudinal parallel lines. 2 nd tergite with a very small mid-basal triangular area that is produced medially into a weak but distinct mid-longitudinal carina. Colour. Largely black; face, top of head, mesoscutum largely (except margins) red-brown; legs and palps yellowish; wings clear with pale brown venation. Male. Unknown. Biology. Unknown. Etymology. Named in honour of the delightfully inquisitorial Mr John Humphries, who during an interview with the junior author for the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme suggested it might be nice to have a species named after himself.Published as part of Quicke, Donald L. J. & Butcher, Buntika A., 2015, Description of a new Betylobraconini-like parasitoid wasp genus and species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from Chile, pp. 459-466 in Zootaxa 4021 (3) on pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/24092
Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) roberti Areekul-Butcher & Quicke 2011
No full text<i>Aleiodes</i> (<i>Hemigyroneuron</i>) <i>roberti</i> Areekul-Butcher & Quicke, 2011 <p>(Fig. 165C–E)</p> <p>Material examined. Holotype ♂, Thailand, Srinakarin Dam, 15–17.v.2009, B. Butcher (voucher CNIN229) (CUMZ).</p>Published as part of <i>Butcher, Buntika Areekul, Smith, M. Alex, Sharkey, Mike J. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2012, A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species, pp. 1-232 in Zootaxa 3457</i> on page 189, DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3457.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10832362">http://zenodo.org/record/10832362</a>
Physaraia Chansri & Quicke & Butcher 2022
No full textKey to Indo-Australian species of Physaraia 1. Mesosternum strongly transverse striate; propodeum with strong carination running radially from medial side of tubercles (apophyses) (Figs 1E, 4E).............................................................................. 2 - Mesosternum not transversely striate; propodeum almost smooth medial to tubercles........... P. sumatrana (Enderlein) 2. Apical margin of metasoma and metasoma spines black; metasomal carapace widest more than 0.8 distance from base to apex (Figs 3A, 3G); Fore wing vein r approximately 0.67 × 3SR................................. P. sakaeratensis sp. nov. - Metasoma and metasoma spines entirely yellowish or brownish (ochraceous), metasomal carapace widest not over 0.8 distance from base to apex (Figs 1G, 1H, 2G, 2H, 4G, 4H); Fore wing vein r 0.5 × 3SR.................................... 3 3. Frons with a Y-shaped carina running from anterior ocellus (Fig 4D)............................................ 4 - Frons without Y-shaped carina running from anterior ocellus................................... P. nanensis sp. nov. 4. Middle lobe of mesoscutum with distinct mid-longitudinal carina, ovipositor protruding posteriorly beyond spines by less than 0.75 spine lengths.......................................................... P. sinensis Quicke, You and Kruft - Middle lobe of mesoscutum with only weak mid-longitudinal carina (Figs 2F, 4F), ovipositor protruding posteriorly beyond spines by more than 1.0 spine lengths (Figs 2A, 4A,)......................................................... 5 5. Propodeum postero-laterally smooth especially on inner face of apophysis, mid-longitudinal propodeal groove narrow and sharply defines (Fig 4E); pterostigma translucent brown; metasoma pale whitish anteriorly and broadly medially; medioposterior margin with one round pit (Fig 4G).................................................. P. tigeri sp. nov. - Propodeum postero-laterally weakly scabrous with some striate running radially from apophysis; mid-longitudinal propodeal groove weak, not sharply defines anteriorly (Fig 2F), pterostigma black; metasoma largely brown-yellow with white marking sublaterally on anterior two thirds; medioposterior margin areolate rugose (Fig 2G).................. P. panhai sp. nov.Published as part of Chansri, Kittipum, Quicke, Donald L. J. & Butcher, Buntika A., 2022, Four new species of Physaraia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from Thailand, pp. 479-488 in Zootaxa 5182 (5) on page 480, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.5.5, http://zenodo.org/record/705967
Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) arabiensis Butcher & Quicke, 2015, sp. nov.
No full textAleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) arabiensis sp. nov. (Figs 2–3) Holotype female: “Arabia, Lith, 10m. inland. 1.1945, Dr. B.P. Uvarov” (BMNH). Length of body 5.8 mm, of fore wing 5.7 mm; antennae broken. Remaining part of left antenna with 38 flagellomeres; 1 st flagellomere approximately 1.2 × longer than wide and 1.2 × longer than the 2 nd and 3 rd separately. Eyes very large, sharply and deeply emarginated opposite antennal sockets; width of head: width of face: height of eye = 3.5:1.0: 2.3. Face irregularly rugulose. Ocelli extremely large, posterior ocelli hardly separated from eye. Occiput coriaceous. Occipital carina complete but irregular mediodorsally, joining hypostomal carina remote from base of mandible. Mesosoma 1.67 × longer than high. Mesoscutum coriaceous becoming rugulose posteriorly between weakly indicated notauli. Scutellar sulcus wide. Mesopleuron and mesosternum largely shiny with punctures at base of setae, with some fine striation dorsally and near episternal scrobe; precoxal sulcus not impressed nor indicated by change in sculpturation. Propodeum rugulose, with complete but weak and irregular midlongitudinal carina. Fore wing. Lengths of veins r-rs: 3 RSa: 3 RSb = 1.0: 1.5: 4.1. Veins 1 -M and m+cu approximately equal in length and each slightly longer than (RS+M)b. Subbasal cell with strongly enlarged, ovoid apical part, demarked basally by a tubular cross-vein running posteriorly from M+CU to approximately half way across the cell; swollen part with small medial sclerome, largely setose except for quadrant antero-distal to sclerome. Vein 1 cu-a strongly curved and distally expanded. Hind wing. Vein M+CU 1.15 x 1 M. Vein m-cu entirely absent. Vein R more or less interstitial. Lengths of fore femur: tibia: tarsus = 1.0: 1.05: 1.05. Lengths of hind femur: tibia: tarsus = 1.0: 1.15:1.0. Hind femur robust 4.5 × longer than maximally deep. Claws with two strong pectin spines. Metasomal tergites 1, 2 and basal half of 3 finely longitudinally striate-coriaceous. Tergites 1-5 densely setose. Tergite 2 with distinct midbasal triangular area and weak but complete midlongitudinal carina; 2 × wider posteriorly than medially long, 1.15 × longer than tergite 3. Coloration. Ochreous yellow, stemmaticum black, posterior metasomal tergites piceous. Wing venation pale brown but pterostigma (except extreme base), vein r-rs and veins forming the swollen distal part of the fore wing subbasal cell dark brown. Etymology. Name based on the type locality. Notes. The new species keys easily in Butcher & Quicke (2011) to couplet 16 which leads to three species (A. (H.) plurivena Butcher & Quicke, glandularis Butcher & Quicke and sharkeyi Butcher & Quicke) that have a spur running posteriorly from fore wing vein M+CU demarking the basal end of the swollen part of the subbasal cell, and is clearly most closely related to A. (H.) plurivena in that the spurious transverse vein is tubuar, the precoxal sulcus absent, strongly striate axillae and very large eyes and ocelli. It can easily be separated from this and other species of the subgenus by its far more swollen distal part of the subbasal cell which is more than twice as high as the first subdiscal cell, by the differentiated distal part of fore wing vein M+CU greater than 0.65 x the length of the unmodified basal part as opposed to being at most 0.42 x in other Afrotropical species, and by the glabrous part of the subbasal cell being limited to the part anterodistal to the sclerome.Published as part of Butcher, Buntika A. & Quicke, Donald L. J., 2015, First record of Aleiodes (Hemigyroneuron) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) from the Arabian Peninsula: description of new species with remarkable wing venation convergence to Gyroneuron and Gyroneuronella, pp. 275-279 in Zootaxa 4033 (2) on pages 276-279, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/24540
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