Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 82. (Budapest 1990)

Papp, J.: New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 1

Antenna about three-fourths as long as body, with 15 antennomeres

, i.e. flagellum with 13 flagellomeres

. Every flagellomere 2.33 times as long as broad, last flagellomere pointed and three times as long as broad. Mesosoma in lateral view 1.25 times as long as high. Notaulix distinct and evenly deep, finely crenulated. Prescutellar furrow wide and deep, with three crenulae. Mesonotum and scutellum smooth, shiny. Mesopleuron also smooth and shiny, anteriorly sculptured. Propodeum evenly areolate-rugose

. Legs thin; fore femur six times, middle femur seven times and hind femur 6.5 times as long as broad distally, i.e. every femur slightly thickening distally. Hind tibia somewhat longer than hind tarsus, hind basitarsus just shorter than tarsal segments 2-4. Fore wing about as long as body. Pterostigma (Fig. 2) 2.66 times as long as wide, issuing radial vein clearly distally from its middle; rl_ shorter than half width of pterostigma, r_2 approaching tip of wing. Radial cell almost twice as long along metacarp as length of pterostigma. Petiole of metasoma somewhat longer than rest of metasoma, in lateral view (Fig. 3) anteriorly more downcurved, i.e. not evenly curved, its pair of spiracles small and situated in the middle. Metasoma smooth and shiny. Ovipositor sheath very short. Ground colour of body dark brown. Face, clypeus, mandible (apically brownish), tegula and legs pale yellow; palpi whitish; scape, pedicel and first flagellomere pale yellow, further 3-4 flagellomeres pale yellow with a faint brownish tint, last flagellomeres of right antenna brown (left one yellow) (colour anomaly?). Distal third of petiole yellowish, last two segments of metasoma pale yellow. Wings subhyaline, pterostigma and veins opaque light brownish

. d* and host unknown. Type material - Holotype £: "India, W Bengal, Darjeeling Distr., Debrapani, 1700 m" (first label); "No. 434, 30.V.

1980, leg. T0PÁL" (second label). Holotype is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; Hym. Typ. No. 7126. Etymology - The new species is dedicated to its collector and my friend, Dr. GYÖRGY T0PÁL, mammalogist in the Museum of Budapest and an ardent collector of insects. The new species, Wesmaelia topali sp. n., is related to W. pendula FOERSTER, 1862 (Holarctic + Neotropic Regions) considering their areolate-rugose propodeum, long petiole and absence of second intercubital vein (or cuqu

2 ; the main differences between the two species are disclosed in a tabular form: W. topali sp. n. 1. Flagellum with 13 flagellomeres, first flagellomere 2.33 times as long as broad. 2. Length of radial cell along metacarp almost twice as long as length of pterostigma (Fig. 2). 3. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 1) transverse, 1.66 times as broad as long, temple somewhat more rounded. 4. Petiole in lateral view (Fig. 3) anteriorly more downcurved

. 5. Ground colour of body dark brown; face + clypeus, antennomeres 1-3, tegula and legs pale yellow. 6. Body 2.2 mm long

. W. pendula FOERSTER 1. Flagellum with (19-)22-26 flagellomeres, first flagellomere five times as long as broad. 2. Length of radial cell along metacarp at most as long as, usually shorter than (Fig. 5), length of pterostigma. 3. Head in dorsal view (Fig. 4) less transverse to subcubic, 1. 45-1.5(-1.6) times as broad as long, temple somewhat less rounded

. 4. Petiole in lateral view (Fig. 6) evenly curved. 5. Ground colour of body yellow to reddish yellow with black ocellar field and dark to blackish brown suffusion on declivous part of propodeum. 6. Body 3.5-4 mm long.