Rogasodes species

Oanh, Nguyen Thi, Long, Khuat Dang, Achterberg, Cornelis & Dao, Nguyen Cam, 2025, Rhogasella Baker, 1917 and Rogasodes Chen & He, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) new for Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species, Zootaxa 5659 (2), pp. 210-222 : 221

Rogasodes species from Vietnam

Rogasodes scytaloptericola Quicke & Shaw, 2014 ( Figure 6 )

Material examined. 1♀, labelled “Rog. 1093 ” (DThU), NE Vietnam: Tuyen Quang, Na Hang, Son Phu , MT, forest, 22°17’34’’N 105°20’19’’E 561m, 25.viii.2018, KD Long .

Diagnostic characters. (Based on a single female specimen collected in Vietnam). Body length: 7.5 mm; fore wing length: 5.4 mm; ovipositor length: 0.5 mm. In lateral view, length of mesosoma 1.7 × as long as high; pterostigma 6.0 × as long as wide; r: 2-SR: 3-SR: SR1 = 12: 19: 32: 58; vein cu-a of fore wing vertical, slightly postfurcal; cu-a: 2-CU1: 3-CU1 = 9: 36: 7 ( Fig. 6C ); first tergite 1.35 × as long as its apical width ( Fig. 6A ); medial length of second tergite 1.7 × than third tergite.

Male. Unknown.

Host. According to Quicke & Shaw (2005), this wasp was reared from the caterpillar of Phyllopteryx elongata ( Quicke & Shaw 2005) .

Distribution. Northeastern Vietnam: Tuyen Quang province (Na Hang NP) – new records for Vietnam. Outside Vietnam known from Indonesia (Java).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Diagnostic characters of Rogasodes scytaloptericola Quicke & Shaw, 2005, female, labelled “Rog.1093” (DThU), A Mesosoma and metasoma, arrow (1) indicates longitudinal rugosities, arrow (2) indicates basal triangular area; B Metasoma, lateral, arrow (1) indicates lateral crease of sixth tergite, arrow (2) indicates evenly curved hypopygium; C Fore wing, arrow indicates elongate pterostigma; D Hind wing, scale bar in mm.