Grotea cundinamarquesa Herrera-Flórez, 2018

Mazón, Marina, Bordera, Santiago & Broad, Gavin R., 2024, New Species of Grotea (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae) from Ecuador, with New Records and a Key to the Neotropical Species, Neotropical Entomology 53 (4), pp. 868-879 : 871

Grotea cundinamarquesa Herrera-Flórez, 2018

Description of the male: Body length 12.2 mm. Fore wing 7.2 mm long.

Head. In dorsal view with gena rounded posterior to eye; posterior ocellus separated from eye by 0.9 times its own maximum diameter ( Fig. 2d ); postgenal process very short ( Fig. 2c ). Antenna with 36 flagellomeres.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum smooth with isolated inconspicuous punctures ( Fig. 2f ); scutellum in profile weakly convex ( Fig. 2d ); hind wing with Cu 1 not pigmented to margin; propodeum about 1.0 times as long as broad; anterior transverse carina of propodeum indented centrally, not forming a uniform arc from side to side; pleural carina present posteriorly, replaced anteriorly by a crease ( Fig. 2e ); posterior transverse carina absent; lateral longitudinal carina anteriorly absent; area spiracularis rectangular; area lateralis rectangular and enclosed, about 1.6 times as long as broad.

Metasoma. Tergite I slender, slightly shorter than mesosoma from pronotal collar to posterior margin of propodeum.

Color . A black and yellow species ( Fig. 2a ). Head mostly yellow, frons centrally black, laterally yellow, interocellar area black; gena mostly yellow with hind part black; occiput black; apex of mandibles dark brown; antenna with scape dark brown, ventrally and distally yellow; pedicel and first 26 flagellomeres dark brown, last 10 yellow orange. Mesosoma: pronotum anteriorly and dorsally yellow banded, centrally and posteriorly black; propleuron yellow; mesosternum yellow; mesopleuron mostly black with longitudinal yellow stripes medially and dorsally; mesepimeron yellow; metapleuron mostly black, posteriorly yellow; mesoscutum black, with two longitudinal yellow stripes fused posteriorly; scutellum anteriorly and centrally black, laterally and posteriorly yellow; postscutellum yellow; propodeum with areas basalis, externa, superomedia and dentipara black; areas spiracularis, lateralis, postero-externa, and petiolaris yellow. Fore leg mostly yellow except dorsal longitudinal brown stripes on coxa, trochanter, femur and tibia. Mid leg with anterior side of coxa yellow, dorsal and posterior sides with longitudinal dark brown stripes; trochanter and trochantellus dark brown; femur and tibia dark brown with longitudinal yellow stripe on anterior side; tarsus dark brown. Hind leg with coxa dark brown, ventrally and dorsally with longitudinal yellow stripes; trochanter, femur and tibia dark brown; trochantellus yellow. Wings hyaline. Metasoma with tergite and sternite I black, laterally and posteriorly yellow; tergites II- VIII mostly dark brown, posteriorly yellow medially.

Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador *.

Material examined. 1 ♂. ECUADOR : 1 ♂, Tungurahua, Baños , 2000 m, 15-IV-1987, M. Cooper., M. Cooper Coll., BMNH(E) 2005-152 1M ( NHMUK) (left mid leg glued on label, left antenna broken apically) .

Figures

Fig. 2 Grotea cundinamarquesa, male nov.: a – habitus (lateral view); b – head, frontal view; c – head, (lateroventral view); d – head (dorsal view) and mesosoma (lateral view); e – propodeum (lateral view); f – head, mesosoma and metasoma (dorsal view). Scale bar: 2 mm (a, f)); 0.5 mm (d, e); 0.3 mm (b); 0.2 mm (c)