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F63F4C1BFFDCFFBAFF02FDC1FA6DFCA8.text	F63F4C1BFFDCFFBAFF02FDC1FA6DFCA8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epsilogaster	<div><p>Key for Epsilogaster species (modified from Pitz 2004)</p><p>1 Head and mesosoma black to dark brown...................................................................2</p><p>- Head and mesosoma fulvous (Figs 1, 3), sometimes shaded with brownish infuscation...............................5</p><p>2 Transverse carinae of propodeum not complete, median areola with transverse carinae across it, but not contiguous, with transverse carinae outside areola; antenna with 23 flagellomeres; first metasomal tergite 1.5 × as long as maximum anterior width, with medial portions flattened or barely raised....................................... E. bicolor Whitifield &amp; Mason</p><p>- At least one transverse carina of propodeum complete through median areola; first metasomal tergite about 2.0 × as long as maximum width, if shorter, then second metasomal tergum with well defined E-shaped structure; medial portion variable; antenna with variable number of flagellomeres..............................................................3</p><p>3 First metasomal tergite with medial portion raised in lateral view; antenna with 22 flagellomeres; propodeum with one clearly defined transverse carina....................................................... E. palenque Whitfield &amp; Mason</p><p>- First metasomal tergite not raised medially in lateral view, number of antennal flagellomeres variable; propodeum with more than one clearly defined transverse carinae................................................................. 4</p><p>4 Metapleuron usually without rugulose sculpturing over most of its length; if rugulose sculpturing present, then only over distal third; mesopleuron smooth except sternaulus multifoveate and subalar depression with scattered striate sculpturing; antenna with 22 to 24 flagellomeres; propodeum with few transversal carinae............... E. williami Figueroa, López &amp; Valerio</p><p>- Metapleuron with prominent carinae and spaced rugulose sculpturing over most of its surface; mesopleuron essentially nitid</p><p>except for sternaulus with large scrobiculate sculpturing that reaches and fuses with scrobiculate sculpturing from posterior and dorsal margins of mesopleuron; antenna with more than 24 flagellomeres; propodeum with transverse carina throughout............................................................................ E. antoniae Valerio &amp; Whitfield 5 Longitudinal carinae of first metasomal tergite at least strong to midlength of tergum; sometimes very near lateral edge of terg- ite posteriorly (Fig. 4)................................................................................. 6</p><p>- Longitudinal carinae of first metasomal tergite weak or so laterally placed as to be difficult to discern (Fig. 3)........... 9</p><p>6 Middle arm of E-shaped sclerotization of second metasomal tergite ending abruptly at or before midlength of tergite......7</p><p>- Middle arm of E-shaped sclerotization of second metasomal tergite ending posterior to midlength of tergite..............8</p><p>7 Surface of posterior half of first metasomal tergite smooth; ovipositor sheaths strongly darkened.................................................................................................... E. dureno Whitfield and Mason</p><p>- Surface of most of first metasomal tergite coarsely sculptured; ovipositor sheaths weakly darkened or yellowish......................................................................................... E. tico Whitfield and Mason</p><p>8 Ovipositor about as long as hind tibia; lateral carinae of first metasomal tergite extending from anterior edge to about three fourths its length......................................................................... E. fullertoni Pitz</p><p>- Ovipositor 1.5 × length of hind tibia; lateral carinae extending at most to midlength of first metasomal tergite (Fig. 4)............................................................................................ E. whitfieldi sp. n.</p><p>9 First metasomal tergite about 1.5 × as long as maximal width...................... E. braziliensis Whitfield and Mason</p><p>- First metasomal tergite more than 2.0 × as long as maximal width..............................................10</p><p>10 Wings infuscate (Fig. 1)............................................................................... 11</p><p>- Wings hyaline............................................................... E.panama Whitfield and Mason</p><p>11 Propodeum with a series of transverse carinae, some of which pass through elongate areola. E. faviolae Valerio &amp; Whitfield</p><p>- Propodeum with a tranverse carina on apical third that do not pass through areola (Fig. 3)................ E. masoni sp. n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFDCFFBAFF02FDC1FA6DFCA8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFDFFFBCFF02FB6CFB72FF45.text	F63F4C1BFFDFFFBCFF02FB6CFB72FF45.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epsilogaster masoni	<div><p>Epsilogaster masoni sp. n. Bortoni &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 1, 2)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-37.3825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.0236115" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -37.3825/lat -5.0236115)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 17298) “ Mossoró, RN, Brasil, Faz. Santa Júlia, S 5°01'25" W 37°22'57", Armadilha Malaise, 01.VI.2007, D.R.R. Fernandes col.“ . Paratypes: one female (DCBU 18367) and five males (DCBU 18362 to 18366) same data as holotype; two females (DCBU 17299, 18368) and one male (DCBU 18369) “Mossoró, RN, Brasil, Faz. Santa Júlia, S 5°01'25" W 37°22'57", <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-37.3825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.0236115" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -37.3825/lat -5.0236115)">Armadilha Malaise</a>, 01.VIII.2007, D.R.R. Fernandes col.”; one female (DCBU 1 8070) “ Mossoró, RN , Brasil, Faz. Santa Júlia, S 5°01'25" W 37°22'57", <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-37.3825&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-5.0236115" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -37.3825/lat -5.0236115)">Armadilha Malaise</a>, 06.IX.2007, D.R.R. Fernandes col.”; one female (DCBU 184372) “ Piracuruca, PI , Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.709167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.1025" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.709167/lat -4.1025)">Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades</a>, S 04°06'09" W 41°42'33", Armadilha Malaise, 626m, 10.III.2014, C.R. Araújo col.”</p><p>Description of female (holotype). Body length: 3.4 mm; fore wing length: 3.2 mm</p><p>Color. Head dark yellow except for scape laterally, pedicel basally and flagellomeres dark brown. Mesosoma, tegula and legs yellow, except for apex of hind tibia and hind tarsus darker. Metasoma yellow, ovipositor and sheaths darker.</p><p>Head. Entirely finely punctate. Antenna with 37 flagellomeres.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth. Notaulus crenulate. Propleuron finely punctate. Pronotum smooth with a striate groove. Scutellar sulcus with five carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with a semi parallel sided areola with a series of small transverse carinae that do not cross the areola or reach the lateral margin of propodeum.</p><p>Wings. Infuscate, venation brown.</p><p>Legs. All legs smooth.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 0.85 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 5.0 × apical width. Hypopygium 2.3 × as long as wide. Ovipositor sheaths as long as hind tibia. First metasomal tergite with longitudinal carina so close to margin that is almost unnoticed, smooth but area near spiracle weakly aciculate. Mid arm of sclerotization pattern of second metasomal tergite reaching posterior margin, remaining terga smooth.</p><p>Male. Darker color pattern in hind tarsi usually and apex of hind tibia light brownish, antennae with 35–36 flagellomeres. Body length: 3.3 mm to 3.4 mm. Fore wing length: 3.2 mm.</p><p>Variation. Hind leg color sometimes darker yellowish than holotype, but not light brownish as in males. Antenna with 35 flagellomeres. Body length: 3.5 mm.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to E. panama and E. faviolae, but differs from E. panama by the infuscate wings; and from E. faviolae by the sculpturing of propodeum and areola.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. The states of Rio Grande do Norte and Piaui. Etymology. This species is named after William R. Mason, who described the genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFDFFFBCFF02FB6CFB72FF45	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFD9FFBCFF02F945FB7AF9BA.text	F63F4C1BFFD9FFBCFF02F945FB7AF9BA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Epsilogaster whitfieldi	<div><p>Epsilogaster whitfieldi sp. n. Bortoni &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 3,4)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-43.7875&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-15.106112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -43.7875/lat -15.106112)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 18076) “ Jaíba, MG, Brasil, Res. Biol. Jaíba, S 15°06'22" W 43°47'15", Armadilha Luminosa, 18.III.2013, A.S. Soares col.” . Paratypes: one female (DCBU 91336) “Piracuruca, PI, Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.709167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.1025" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.709167/lat -4.1025)">Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades</a>, S 04°06'09" W 41°42'33", Armadilha Malaise, 626m, 13.X.2014, C.R. Araújo col.”; one female (DCBU 184373) “ Piracuruca, PI , Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.709167&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.1025" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.709167/lat -4.1025)">Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades</a>, S 04°06'09" W 41°42'33", Armadilha Malaise, 626m, 29.XI.2014, C.R. Araújo col.”; one female (DCBU 184374) “ Piripiri, PI , Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-41.765278&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-4.143611" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -41.765278/lat -4.143611)">Parque Nacional de Sete Cidades</a>, S 04°08'37" W 41°45'55", Armadilha Malaise, 629m, 13.X.2014, C.R. Araújo col.”.</p><p>Description of female (holotype). Body length: 2.8 mm; Fore wing length: 2.7 mm</p><p>Color. Head yellow except for antenna and ocelli black. Mesosoma and tegula yellow, legs and metasoma yellow, except for apex of hind tibia, tarsus and ovipositor brownish.</p><p>Head. Entirely smooth. Antenna with 26 flagellomeres.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth. Notauli crenulate. Propleuron finely punctate with a ridge near ventral margin. Pronotum weakly punctate. Scutellar sulcus with eight carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth with a sternaulus, large and smooth anteriorly. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with a semi parallel sided areola with a transverse carina on posterior third that does not cross areola.</p><p>Wings. Hyaline, venation brown.</p><p>Legs. All legs smooth.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 0.8 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 3.1 × apical width. Hypopygium 1.5 × as long as wide. Ovipositor 1.5 × hind tibia. First metasomal tergite with longitudinal carinae discernible from lateral margin, slightly converging in apical fourth, mostly weakly rugose especially in posterior half. Mid arm of sclerotization pattern of second metasomal tergite reaching posterior margin, remaining terga smooth.</p><p>Male. Unknown</p><p>Variation. Antenna with 24 to 25 flagellomeres. Some specimens have the general body color pattern lighter than holotype, with scape and pedicel only laterally black and the remainder yellow. Stemmaticum black and ocelli yellow. Legs completely yellow. Stigma yellowish contrasting with brown venation of the wings.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to E. fullertoni, but it differs in having a longer ovipositor (1.5 × hind tibia) and longitudinal carinae of first metasomal tergite extending at most to its mid length.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. States of Minas Gerais and Piauí.</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after James B. Whitfield, who described the genus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFD9FFBCFF02F945FB7AF9BA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFD9FFBDFF02FE52FA6DFE82.text	F63F4C1BFFD9FFBDFF02FE52FA6DFE82.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mendesella	<div><p>Key to Mendesella species (modified from Yamada &amp; Penteado-Dias 2002)</p><p>1 Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite incomplete and discontinuous.................. M. orianae Valerio &amp; Whitfield</p><p>- Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite complete until near apex (Figs 7, 10, 13, 16).............................. 2</p><p>2 Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite converging near apex......................... M. magna Whitfield &amp; Mason</p><p>- Dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite closest to one another at about mid length of tergite (Figs 7, 10, 13, 16)......... 3</p><p>3 Dorsal carinae posterior to mid length of first metasomal tergite remaining parallel towards apex (Figs 7, 13, 16)........ 4</p><p>- Dorsal carinae posterior to mid length of first metasomal tergite diverging towards apex (Figs. 10).....................7</p><p>4 Mesopleuron completelly and uniformily fulvous (Fig. 15).................................................... 5</p><p>- Mesopleuron with blackish or whitish infuscation ventrally (Figs 6, 12).......................................... 6</p><p>5 Ovipositor about 1.5 × hind tibia....................................... M. jaraguaiensis Yamada &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>- Ovipositor as long as hind tibia............................................................... M. yamadai sp.n</p><p>6 Mesopleuron blackish ventrally; propodeum, midleg, hind coxa and hind femora yellow (Fig. 12)........... M. japi sp. n.</p><p>- Mesopleuron whitish ventrally; propodeum, midlegs, hind coxae and hind femora whitish (Fig. 6)...... M. albipleura sp. n.</p><p>7 Ovipositor 1.3 × hind tibia; propodeum coarsely rugose with areola narrowing anteriorly... M. brasiliensis Whitifield &amp; Mason</p><p>- Ovipositor 2.0 × hind tibia; propodeum weakly rugose with nearly parallel-sided areola............................. 8</p><p>8 Mesopleuron mostly or entirely fulvous; ovipositor sheath entirely dark brown......... M. amazonica Whitfield &amp; Mason</p><p>- Mesopleuron entirely brownish (Fig. 9); ovipositor sheath with basal half dark brown,apical half fulvous (Fig. 8).................................................................................................. M. itatiaia sp. n.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFD9FFBDFF02FE52FA6DFE82	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFD8FFBFFF02FC86FBB6FED8.text	F63F4C1BFFD8FFBFFF02FC86FBB6FED8.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mendesella albipleura	<div><p>Mendesella albipleura sp. n. Bortoni &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 5–7)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.89253&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.237333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.89253/lat -23.237333)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 17296) “ Jundiaí, SP, Brasil, Reserva Biológica da Serra do Japi, S 23°14'14.4" W 46°53'33.1", Armadilha Malaise, 762m, 27.III.2012, A.S. Soares col.“.</p><p>Description of female (holotype). Body length: 4 mm; Fore wing length: 3.5 mm.</p><p>Color. Head yellow orange except for scape laterally and ventrally, pedicel, flagellomeres, stemmaticum, ocelli and tip of mandible black. Mesosoma yellow except for lateral lobes and basal median lobe of mesoscutum and tegula dark brown, mesopleuron ventrally, metapleuron and apical half of propodeum whitish yellow. Fore legs yellow, mid and hind legs whitish yellow except for apex of hind tibia and tarsus black. First metasomal tergite and hypopygium yellow, second and third metasomal tergites whitish yellow, remaining terga brownish, ovipositor sheath dark brown.</p><p>Head. Entirely smooth. Antenna 37 flagellomeres.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth. Notaulus crenulate anteriorly and absent posteriorly. Propleuron smooth. Pronotum smooth with a weakly striate groove. Scutellar sulcus with seven carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with one narrow and nearly parallel-sided areola, interior with some small transverse carinae.</p><p>Wings. Infuscate.</p><p>Legs. All legs smooth.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 1.3 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.8 × apical width. Hypopygium 2.2 × as long as wide. Ovipositor 1.1 × hind tibia. First metasomal tergite weakly rugose laterally with dorsal carinae narrowing about mid length, remaining parallel until end of tergum, remaining terga smooth.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. jaraguaiensis and M. yamadai because of the dorsal carinae in first metasomal tergite not diverging posteriorly, but it differs in the color of mesopleuron, metapleuron, mid and hind legs.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Only known from the type locality.</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after the whitish infuscation of mesopleuron.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFD8FFBFFF02FC86FBB6FED8	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFDAFFBFFF02F9BEFABEF8F3.text	F63F4C1BFFDAFFBFFF02F9BEFABEF8F3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mendesella itatiaia	<div><p>Mendesella itatiaia sp. n. Souza-Gessner &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 8 –10)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-44.613747&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.433722" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -44.613747/lat -22.433722)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 91337) “ Itatiaia, RJ, Brasil, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Malaise, 21.XI.2013, S 22°26'01.4" W 44°36'49.5", 1070m, R.F. Monteiro col.“</p><p>Description of holotype. Body length: 3.55 mm; fore wing length: 3.5 mm.</p><p>Color. Head yellow except for scape and pedicel dorsally brownish yellow, flagellomeres, stemmaticum and mandible tip dark brown. Mesosoma mostly yellow except for lateral lobes, anterior half of median lobe of mesoscutum and tegula dark brown, mesopleuron brownish, metapleuron and propodeum pale yellow. Legs yellow, except for fore tarsus, apex of hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown. First, second and third metasomal tergites yellow, hypopygium pale yellow, remaining terga, ovipositor and sheaths brown.</p><p>Head. Entirely finely punctate and densely setose. Antennae with flagellum broken at 24th flagellomere.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum finely punctate filled with short and fine semi erect setae, punctuation weak in the posterior half of median lobe of mesoscutum. Notauli crenulate anteriorly and absent posteriorly. Propleuron finely punctate with short and semi erect setae. Pronotum dorsally finely punctate with two depressions anteriorly, posteriorly with an small area filled with short semi erect setae, laterally with weak punctuation and a groove on each side. Scutellar sulcus with seven carinae, scutellum smooth, with fine and short semi erect setae. Mesopleuron smooth and glabrous medially, the remainder with fine short semi-erect setae. Metapleuron punctate with setae longer and semi erect. Propodeum slightly setose, setae short, fine and semi erect, strongly rugose areola narrow and nearly parallel-sided, inside with some small transverse carinae.</p><p>Wings. Infuscate.</p><p>Legs. All legs finely punctate with fine and short semi erect setae, with a row of pegs or spines along the on hind tibia.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 1.6 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.5 × apical width. Hypopygium dorsal view (lateral not visible) 1.04 × as long as wide. Ovipositor 2.0 × the hind tibia length, curved upwards with two subapical sinuations and slightly deflected down at the apex. first metasomal tergite weakly rugose laterally with erect setae laterally, dorsal carina narrowing about mid length, remaining parallel until end of tergum, small lateral transverse carinae. Second and third metasomal tergites mostly desclerotized, laterally smooth and sparsely setose. The remaining terga smooth with a row of fine and semi-erect setae along width.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. amazonica and M. brasiliensis with the dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite converging at mid length and diverging posteriorly. Resembles M. amazonica in the size of ovipositor and the areola on propodeum, differs by the color of pronotum and mesopleuron. Resembles M. brasiliensis by the color of pronotum and mesopleuron, differs by the areola on propodeum and the size of ovipositor.</p><p>Male. Unknown</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Dense submontane ombrophylous forest at Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, where the specimen was collected.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFDAFFBFFF02F9BEFABEF8F3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFD5FFB0FF02F89EFCEDF9F2.text	F63F4C1BFFD5FFB0FF02F89EFCEDF9F2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mendesella japi	<div><p>Mendesella japi sp. n. Bortoni &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 11–13)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.938362&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-23.237694" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.938362/lat -23.237694)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 17293) “ Jundiaí, SP, Brasil, Reserva Biológica da Serra do Japi, Varredura, S 23°14'15.7" W 46°56'18.1", 12.X.2011, A.S. Soares col.“ . Paratypes: one male (DCBU 184361) same data as holotype; one female (DCBU 18071) and one male (DCBU 18072) “São Carlos, SP, Brasil, Faz. Canchim, mata, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-47.84361&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.965557" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -47.84361/lat -21.965557)">Armadilha Malaise</a>, S 21°57'56'' W 47°50'37'', 16.XI.1984, A.S. Soares col.”; one female (DCBU 07978) “ Gália, SP , Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-49.67481&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.380112" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -49.67481/lat -22.380112)">Estação Ecológica de Caetetus</a>, S 22°22'48.4" W 49°40'29.3", Varredura , 6.I.2011, A.S. Soares col.”; one male (UFES 123109) ” Brasil, ES, Castelo, Pq. Est. do Forno Grande, 13.X.2000, Varredura L1, C. O. Azevedo col.”</p><p>Description of female (holotype). Body length: 3.9 mm; Fore wing length: 3.5 mm.</p><p>Color. Head yellow except for scape laterally and ventrally, pedicel, flagellomeres, stemmaticum, and tips of mandibles black. Mesosoma yellow except for most of pronotum, lateral lobes and anterior half of median lobe of mesoscutum, tegula, sides of scutellum and mesopleuron ventrally black, metapleuron and apex of propodeum pale yellow. Legs yellow, except for fore tarsus, apex of hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown to black. Metasomal first metasomal tergite and hypopygium pale yellow, remaining terga brown. Ovipositor brown, apical third dark yellow.</p><p>Head. Entirely finely punctate. Antenna broken at flagellum 25.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth. Notaulus crenulate anteriorly and absent posteriorly. Propleuron smooth. Pronotum smooth with a weakly striate groove. Scutellar sulcus with seven carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with and areola narrow and nearly parallelsided, inside with some small carinae transverse carinae.</p><p>Wings. Infuscate.</p><p>Legs. All legs smooth.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width first metasomal tergite 1.5 × basal width. Length first metasomal tergite 1.5 × apical width. Hypopygium 5.0 × as long as wide. Ovipositor sheaths 1.6 × hind tibia. first metasomal tergite weakly rugose laterally with dorsal carinae narrowing about midlenght, remaining parallel until end of tergum, remaining terga smooth.</p><p>Male. Body length: 3.5 mm to 3.8 mm. Fore wing length: 3.25 mm to 3.3 mm. Apical width first metasomal tergite 1.6 × basal width. Length first metasomal tergite 1.7 × apical width. Similar to females except one specimen with darker color pattern. Flagellomeres 37–39.</p><p>Variation. Body length: 3.8 mm to 4.0 mm. Fore wing length: 3.3 to 3.35 mm. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 1.8–2.0 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.55 × apical width. Hypopygium 4.8 × as long as wide. Ovipositor sheath 1.4–1.5 × hind tibia. One specimen with darker body color pattern and metapleuron and propodeum densely setose.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is similar to M. jaraguaiensis because of the dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite not diverging posteriorly, but differs in the color of mesopleuron and pronotum.</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Through the states of São Paulo and Espírito Santo in areas of Brazilian Atlantic Forest.</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after “Reserva Biológica da Serra do Japi ”, an important remnant of Brazilian Atlantic Forest in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFD5FFB0FF02F89EFCEDF9F2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
F63F4C1BFFD5FFB2FF02FE9EFEC7FD1A.text	F63F4C1BFFD5FFB2FF02FE9EFEC7FD1A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Mendesella yamadai	<div><p>Mendesella yamadai sp. n. Bortoni &amp; Penteado-Dias</p><p>(Figs 14 –16)</p><p><a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-47.886112&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-21.476389" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -47.886112/lat -21.476389)">Material</a> examined. Holotype female (DCBU 17294) “ Luiz Antônio, SP, Brasil, Faz. Capão da Cruz, Armadilha Malaise, S 21°28'35" W 47°53'10", Mata Ciliar— 11.XII.2008, A.M. Penteado-Dias col.” . Paratypes: one male (DCBU 17297) “São Carlos, SP, Brasil, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 16.X.1987, Armadilha Luminosa, A.S. Soares col.”; two females (DCBU 184370, 184371) “ Jacutinga, MG , Brasil, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-46.591164&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-22.36125" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -46.591164/lat -22.36125)">Morro da Forquilha</a>, S 22°21'40.5" W 46°35'28.2", 05.I.2010, Armadilha Malaise, C.R Araújo col.”</p><p>Description of female (holotype). Body length: 3.7 mm; Fore wing length: 3.2 mm.</p><p>Color. Head yellow orange except for scape laterally and ventrally, pedicel, flagellomeres, stemmaticum, ocelli and tip of mandible black. Mesosoma mostly yellow except for lateral lobes, basal median lobe of mesoscutum and tegula black. Legs yellow, except for inner side of apex of hind tibia and hind tarsus dark brown to black. Metasoma yellow. Ovipositor sheath brown.</p><p>Head. Entirely smooth. Antenna 37 flagellomeres.</p><p>Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth. Notaulus crenulate anteriorly and absent posteriorly. Propleuron smooth. Pronotum smooth with a weakly striate groove. Scutellar sulcus with seven carinae, scutellum smooth. Mesopleuron smooth. Metapleuron rugose. Propodeum strongly rugose with one areola narrow and nearly parallelsided, inside with some small transverse carinae.</p><p>Wings. Infuscate.</p><p>Legs. All legs smooth.</p><p>Metasoma. Apical width of first metasomal tergite 1.5 × basal width. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.7 × apical width. Hypopygium 2.0 × as long as wide. Ovipositor sheath as long as hind tibia. First metasomal tergite weakly rugose laterally with dorsal carinae narrowing about mid length, remaining parallel until end of tergum, remaining terga smooth.</p><p>Male. Body length: 3.7 mm. Fore wing length: 3.2 mm. Antenna with 33 flagellomeres. Hind tarsi with only inner side of basitarsus black, remaining yellow. Length of first metasomal tergite 1.75 × apical width.</p><p>Variation. Body length: 3.8 mm, Fore wing length: 3.2 mm to 3.3 mm. Antenna with 38 flagellomeres. Scape and pedicels entirely black mesonotum with a darker color pattern, hind tarsi color might be lighter than holotype.</p><p>Diagnosis. This species is closely related to M. jaraguaiensis as both species have the dorsal carinae of first metasomal tergite not diverging posteriorly, but differs in the length of ovipositor (1.5 × hind tibia for M. jaraguaiensis and 1.0 × hind tibia for M. yamadai).</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. São Paulo and Minas Gerais.</p><p>Etymology. This species is named after Magda Viviane Yamada, one of the authors of the description of M. jaraguaiensis .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F63F4C1BFFD5FFB2FF02FE9EFEC7FD1A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio;Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva;Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria	Bortoni, Marco Aurélio, Souza-Gessner, Carolina Da Silva, Penteado-Dias, Angélica Maria (2016): The subfamily Mendesellinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Brazil, with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4200 (3): 406-416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.3.6
