Centistidea vertus ( Papp, 2013 )

Liu, Zhen & Polaszek, Andrew, 2025, The species of Centistidea Rohwer, 1914 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Miracinae) from Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 1004, pp. 190-210 : 207

Centistidea vertus ( Papp, 2013)

Fig. 6

Mirax (Centistidea) vertus Papp, 2013: 121 ; holotype in Instituto Alexander von Humbolt, Villa de Leyva, Colombia (not examined).

Centistidea vertus – Yu et al. 2016.

Diagnosis

Body length 2.8 mm; head brown-black, mesosoma and metasoma black ( Fig. 6a ); antenna ( Fig. 6f ) about 1.6 × as long as body, first flagellomere 7 × as long as broad preapically, penultimate flagellomere almost 4× as long as broad; head 1.7× as broad as long in dorsal view; eye slightly protruding and 1.5 × as long as temple, temple rounded ( Fig. 6e ); inner margin of eyes parallel, face 1.5 × as wide as high ( Fig. 6g ); mesoscutum and scutellum uneven and dull ( Fig. 6b ); propodeum ( Fig. 6c, f ) rugulose with carinulate-areolate elements; hind femur 4.1× as long as broad distally; pterostigma narrow, 3.3 × as long as wide and issuing r proximally from its midpoint; vein 2-SR 1.5 × as long as width of pterostigma; T1 ( Fig. 6d ) spoon-shaped, broadening and convex, T2 fairly wide and straight; ovipositor sheath as long as hind tarsomeres 2–3 (following Papp 2013).

Material examined

BRAZIL • 1 ♀; Nova Teutonia ; 27.1833° S, 52.3833° W; F. Plaumann leg.; 18 May 1937; B.M. 1937-656; NHMUK010639543 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 21 Jun. 1937; NHMUK010639584 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as preceding; 10 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639585 ; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 26 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639588 ; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as preceding; 30 Jul. 1937; NHMUK010639544 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 19 Nov. 1937; B.M. 1937-748; NHMUK010639619 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 28 Dec. 1937; NHMUK010639627 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 17 Aug. 1937; NHMUK010639613 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; NHMUK010639572 , NHMUK010639569 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 14 Nov. 1938; B.M. 1938-682; NHMUK010639623 ; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding 6 Apr. 1938; NHMUK010639575 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 17 Nov. 1938; B.M. 1938-312; NHMUK010639587 ; NHMUK • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; 18 Oct. 1938; NHMUK010639609 , NHMUK010639591 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 7 Jan. 1945; B.M. 1957-341; NHMUK010639598 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 11 Jun. 1935; NHMUK010639570 ; NHMUK • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 25 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639601 ; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 10 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639614 ; NHMUK • 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; 25 Sep. 1935; NHMUK010639606 ; NHMUK .

Host

Unknown.

Distribution

New to Brazil; Colombia.

Remarks

It is worth noting that the hypopygium is well developed, surpassing the apex of the metasoma in specimens we have seen ( Fig. 6a ) and specimens from Brazil are distinctly lighter (yellow-brown) on the middle part of the mesosoma ( Fig. 6b ).

Figures

Fig. 6. Centistidea vertus (Papp, 2013), ♀ (NHMUK010639543). a. Habitus, lateral view. b. Mesosoma, dorsal view. c. Propodeum. d. Metasoma and ovipositor sheath, dorsal view. e. Head, dorsal view. f. Antenna. g. Head, frontal view.