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| Euurobracon bhaskarai Quicke, in Quicke, Gafar, Watanabe & Butcher, 2022. |
Abstract
A new species, Euurobracon bhaskarai Quicke, sp. nov., from West Java, Indonesia, is described, illustrated and differentiated from other members of the genus. It is closely related to the type species of the genus, E. yokahamae Dalla Torre, 1898, which is known from China, India, Japan, Laos, South Korea and Thailand. Euurobracon yokahamae is redescribed and illustrated for comparative purposes. The two species are separable mainly on colouration, but differ markedly based on their mitochondrial gene sequences (cytochrome c oxidase I, cytochrome b and 16S rDNA). The slower-evolving nuclear 28S rDNA and elongation factor 1-alpha did not differentiate E. bhaskarai sp. nov. from E. yokahamae, but consistently split Euurobracon into two species groups.
Keywords: 16S, COI, cytochrome b, DNA sequences, Japan, mitochondrial genes, molecular analysis, Oriental, parasitoid wasp
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| Euurobracon bhaskarai Quicke sp. nov, ♀, holotype 2 habitus, dorsal view 3 head, anterior view 4 head, dorsal view 5 head, lateral view 6 medial part of fore and hind wings 7 propodeum and metasomal tergites 1 and 2, dorsal view. |
Euurobracon bhaskarai Quicke, sp. nov.
Diagnosis: Body largely orange-yellow; wings largely yellow, fore wing with greyish margin narrowly infuscate, a small dark brown mark at apex of pterostigma, a dark brown patch around the confluence of veins 1RS, 1-M and (RS+M)a, and a brown patch at the posterior part of the 1st subdiscal cell; hind wing vein R (or RSa) interstitial or short transverse; 2nd metasomal tergite without transverse groove at approximately midlength; ovipositor more than 4 × longer than body. In addition, apex of hind wing basal cell with a small elongate sclerome in the membrane at approximately midlength of 1r-m.
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Etymology: Named after Mr Edy Bhaskara, friend of the first author, who lives on the island where the new species was collected.
Donald L. J. Quicke, Dian Gafar, Kyohei Watanabe and Buntika A. Butcher. 2022. A New Species of the Long-tailed Wasp Genus Euurobracon Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) from Java, Indonesia, is Described and the Type Species Redescribed. ZooKeys. 1116: 71-83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1116.84593
