Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 83. (Budapest 1991)

Papp, J.: New braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, 2

Altogether six Aulosaphes species are known to be distributed in the Indo-Australian Pacific Region (5 species) and in the Palaearctic Region (1 species). A key for the species was constructed and appended after the description of the three new species. The genus Aulosaphes MUESEBECK is closely related to Acanthormius ASHMEAD as it was pointed out by WATANABE (1968). The separation of the two genera is not an easy task. I could find two features which may serve for their formal distinction: Aulosaphes MUESEBECK Acanthormius ASHMEAD 1. Nervus parallelus always joining to outer vein 1. Nervus parallelus always interstitial, i. e. joining (cua) of brachial cell (Fig. 28, see arrow). to discoidal nerv (Fig. 29, see arrow). 2. In dorsal view third tergite latero-posteriorly 2. In dorsal view third tergite latero-posteriorry usually without tubercules, at most denticulated (Fig. 5). with a pair of tubercules (Fig. 30; Figs 9-15 in WATANABE 1963: Plate VI and Figs 2,6,10 in PAPP 1986: 346). Further two genera, Lysitermus FÖRSTER, 1862 and Tritermus VAN ACHTERBERG, 1982, are also similar to Aulosaphes, the three genera are differentiated by venational and other features: Aulosaphes MUESEBECK Lysitermus FÖRSTER Tritermus VAN ACHTERBERG 1. Vein cuqul always present (Fig. 26, see arrow). 1. Vein cuqul absent or at most partly present 2. Malar space usually shorter than, or at most (Fig. 31, see arrow). as long as, basal width of mandible. 2. Malar space longer than basal width of mandible. 3. Striation of tergites 2(-3) usually and relatively 3. Striation of tergites 2(-3) usually and relatively less dense; scutum of first tergite distinct dense; scutum of first tergite indistinct (Fig. 32). (Figs 4,10 and 14). Aulosaphes deserticola sp. n. (Figs 1-6) Description of the holotype ° -Body 2 mm long. Head in dorsal view 1.78 times as broad as long, eye 2.8 times as long as temple, latter strongly rounded (Fig. 1). Ocelli near to each other, POL slightly longer than diameter of a hind ocellus, OOL almost twice as long as POL. Malar space as long as basal width of mandible. Temple in lateral view broadening ventrally, eye 1,5 times wider than greatest width oi temple behind eye. In frontal view face clearly twice as wide as eye. Head smooth and shiny, frons and vertex rugulose to uneven. -Antenna about as long as body, with 18 flagellomeres. First flagellomere 2.5 times as long as broad apically, further flagellomeres gradually attenuating so that penultimate flagellomere 2.3 times as long as broad. - Mesosoma in lateral view 1.53 times as long as high. Mesonotum almost evenly punctate, interspaces shiny and just shorter than punctures; notaulix evenly deep, subcrenulare. Scutellum uneven, shiny. Propodeum areolated as in Fig. 2. - Fore femur 4.3 times as long as broad, fore tibia somewhat longer than fore femur. Hind femur 4.4 times as long as broad at middle, hind tibia somewhat longer than hind tarsus. - F o re wing one-sixth shorter than body. Pterostigma (Fig. 3) 4.2 times as long as wide, issuing radial vein from its middle, rl somewhat longer than width of pterostigma and shorter than r2, cuqul somewhat longer than r2, n. rec. clearly postf ureal. - Carapace as long as head + mesosoma together. First tergite strongly broadening posteriorly, 1.5 times as wide behind as long medially, paired keels parallel on hind horizontal part of tergite and nearer to side of tergite than to each other (Fig. 4, see arrows). Second tergite transverse and broadest about its middle, 1,48 times as broad as long; third tergite 1,66 times asbroad at its base as long medially its hind margin truncate (Fig. 5), laterally denticulate (Fig. 6). First tergite rugo-rugulose, second and third tergites longitudinally striated, interstriations rather transversely rugulose and dull