©Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Ann Naturhist Mus W ien 109 B 131 146 Wien, März 2008 Tiny Indian Alysiinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae), collected by Ahmad Samiuddin M Fischer* & A Samiuddin" A b stra c t The following species o f the tribe Alysiini o f the subfamily Alysiinae are described as new: Adelphenaldis cellabsentibus sp.n., Asobara pum ilio sp.n., A spilota pitmiliformis sp.n., Dinotrema apudnaevium sp.n., Dinotrema nifitinctum sp.n They are compared with the taxonomically nearest species already known Diverse morphological details are figured The species-groups o f the genera Dinotrema F o e r s t e r and Aspilota F o e r s t e r are summarized in keys Key w ords: Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae, new species, India Z usam m en fassu n g Folgende Arten der Tribus Alysiini der Unterfamilie Alysiinae werden als neu beschrieben: Adelphenaldis cellabsentibus sp.n., Asobara pum ilio sp.n., Aspilota pum iliformis sp.n., Dinotrema apudnaevium sp.n., Dinotrema rufitinctum sp.n Sie werden mit den taxonomisch am nächsten stehenden bereits bekannten Arten verglichen Verschiedene taxonomische Einzelheiten werden abgebildet Die Artengruppen der Genera Dinotrema F o e r s t e r und Aspilota F o e r s t e r werden in Bestimmungsschlüsseln zusammengefasst Introduction The base o f the classification o f the genera o f the tribe Alysiini constitute the papers by Fischer, 1971 and 1975 The so called Aspilota-gcowp is a part o f the Alysiini The genera of the Aspilota-gQrms-gvoxvp were summarized by Van A chterberg (1988) A synopsis of the European taxa was presented by F ischer (1972, 1976) All other species o f the Old World known to or described by F ischer later have been incorporated in this system (which is a diagnostic one) or compared with taxa listed there These emendations are published in several papers by F ischer Not included as yet are species described from several remote areas, e.g.: China by C hen J iahua & Wu Z hishan (1994); Mongolia by Papp (1999, 2005); North Korea by Papp (2001); Russian Far East by B elokobylskij (2004); B elokobylskij (2005): Russian Far East, Kazhakstan, Kamtchatka, Grusinia, Novgorod Territory, Leningrad territory by T obias (2004); Russian Far East and Sotshi (Russian Black Sea Region) by T obias (2004); Karelia by Yakovlev & T obias (1992) The species described below were collected by Ahmad Samiuddin by netting at daytime The examples were taken in summers, with sunshine, mild to hot temperatures, and from green Vegetation, with grasses and other plants Hofrat i.R Univ Dozent Mag.Dr Maximilian Fischer, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, International Research Institute for Entomology, Burgring 7, A -1010 W ien, Austria Ahmad Samiuddin, Department o f Plant Protection, Faculty o f Agricultural Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202002, India ©Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, download unter Annalen des www.biologiezentrum.at Naturhistorischen 132 Museums in Wien 109 B Abbreviations: Antennae: F, F l, F2, = flagellom ere(s) Fm = median F Fp = penultimate flagellom ere Fore wings: st = pterostigma r l, r2, r3 = the abscisssae o f the radial vein (r) cu = cubital vein c c l = l sl cubital cross vein nr = recurrent vein d = discoidal vein nv = nervulus np = parallel vein R = radial cell Cu2 = nd cubital cell B = brachial vein Hind wings: Metasoma: M ’ = medial cell S M ’ = submedial cell r’ = radial vein cu2’cubital vein beyond M ’ TI = 1Mmetasomal tergite Genus Adelphenaldis F is c h e r , 2003 Adelphenaldis cellabsentibus sp.n (Figs - ) M aterial examined: India: Aligarh Uttar Pradesh, 9 , , Natural History M useum Vienna, Austria Distribution: India Etymology: the specific name cellabsentibus means an abbreviation for "cellis absentibus" (lat., ablative "with absent cells"), and refers to the absence o f the cells M ’ and SM ’ o f the hind wing Taxonomie position: The species belongs to the group A of the genus Adelphenaldis 2003, in the system presented by F i s c h e r (2003b) It can be inserted in the key at couplet 2, and differs from the subsequent species (magnareata ( F i s c h e r ) , trematosa ( F i s c h e r ) , georgica ( F i s c h e r ) ) by the absence o f the cells M ’ and SM ’ F is c h e r , Description: $ - Length of body: 1.3 mm Head: Twice as wide as long, 1.5 times as wide as the face, 1.4 times as wide as mesoscutum, 3.3 times as wide as Tl;eyes little protuberant, eyes and temples rounded in a common curve, eyes 1.5 times as long as temples, antennal sockets little protuberant, distance between them shorter, distance from eyes greater than their diameter, occiput only slightly excavated, upper side nearly bare, epicranial suture absent; ocelli in an equilateral triangle, distance between them as long as their diameter, distance of an ocellus from an eye hardly longer than the width of the ocellar area Face 1.33 times as wide as high, evenly convex, smooth and shining, median carina in upper half, a few outstanding F is c h e r & S a m iu d d in : Museum(Insecta: Wien, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Tiny©Naturhistorisches Indian Alysiinae Hymenoptera: Braconidae) 133 Figs - 4: Adelphenaldis cellabsentibus sp.n.: (1) mesosoma, metasoma, hind leg lateral; (2) mandible; (3) antenna, basal half; (4) fore and hind wing long hairs at the lower edges o f the eyes and along the middle line; eye margins parallel Paraclypeal areas extended as far as eyes, more than twice as wide as high, upper and lower edge parallel Clypeus times as wide as high, weakly arched, shining; lower edge evenly curved, epistomal suture smooth; labrum little protruding Mandible about 1.8 times as long as wide, narrowed towards apex, tooth vertical to the outer surface, 134 ©Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, download unter Annalen deswww.biologiezentrum.at Natiirhistorischen Museums in Wien 109 B rounded and retracted, tooth pointed, tooth as long as tooth 2, but wider and rounded at its apex, a strong incision between tooth and 3, a right angle between tooth and 2; maxillary palpi as long as the head is high Antennae little shorter than the body, 13articulated; Fl 2.5 times, F2 twice, F3 and the followings 1.5 times as long as wide, Fp nearly twice as long as wide; the F clearly separated from each other, or sensillae recognizable in lateral view, the few hairs half erect and as long as F wide Mesosoma: 1.4 times as long as high, upper side slightly convex, nearly plain in the middle Mesoscutum 1.2 times as wide as long, evenly rounded in front of tegulae, only a trace of notauli on the declivity, reaching the lateral furrow, the latter with only a few cross folds in front; some inconspicuous hairs on the declivity and some longer ones on the imaginary course of the notauli on the disc Prescutellar furrow divided, lateral areas as long as wide and smooth, rounded in front Axillae narrow, with carinae laterally and behind Postaxillae and lateral areas of the metascutum prevailing smooth Propodeum with broad, pentagonal area, basal carina and costulae, the areas smooth, spiracles rather great Anterior furrow of side o f pronotum crenulated, posterior furrow hardly crenulated Stemaulus shortened on either side, with some cross folds; prepectal furrow crenulated, anterior mesopleural furrow smooth, posterior mesopleural furrow crenulated especially above mesopleural Stigma Metapleuron with its furrows smooth Hind femora times as long as wide Fore wing: st linear, slightly narrowing towards tip o f wing, r arising a little behind base o f st, rl not separated from r2, passing in a bow into r2, r3 nearly times as long as rl+ r2 and nearly straight, R reaching apex of wing, d only a little longer than nr, nv postfurcal by its own length, B closed, the indication of np arising above middle of outer side o f B as if interstitial with d - Hind wing with a vein only along proximal part of anterior edge, all other veins absent, M ’ and SM ’ therefore missing Metasoma: TI times as long as wide, behind only a little wider than in front, smooth, basal excision longer than wide, spiracles comparatively great, situated in the middle of the sides; dorsal carinae difficult to detect, but double curved and ending before hind edge The posterior T folded above Ovipositor up curved, short, not reaching beyond apex of metasoma, hypopygium ending far before apex o f metasoma Colouration: Black Yellow: base o f the antennae as far as F l, mouth parts, all legs, tegulae and wing venation Wing membrane hyaline d : Antennae 16-articulated, Fm as far as Fp twice as long as wide Genus Asobara F o erster, 1862 Asobara pum ilio sp.n (Figs - ) M aterial examined: India, Azamgarh Uttar Pradesh, 01.04.2000, Holotype: ^ , Natural History Museum Vienna Distribution: India Etymology: pumilio (lat.) means dwarf, because it is an extremely small species Fischer & S a m iu d d in : Museum Wien, download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Tiny©Naturhistorisches Indian Alysiinae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae) 135 0.25 mm 0.5 mm 0.5 mm Figs 5- 7: Asobara pumilio sp.n.: (5) head dorsal; (6) hind leg; (7) fore and hind wing Taxonomie position: The key by F is c h e r (2003a, p 83) for identification of some species from Asia, Oceania and Peru leads to orientalis V ie r e c k , 1913 and pleuralis (A s h m e a d , 1905) at couplet There are some differences as follows Redescriptions of orientalis and pleuralis see F is c h e r (1988) st extremely narrow, r arising behind base of st by the length of rl; rl much longer than st wide r2 at least times as long as c cl Distance of cu between nr and ccl as long as ccl Eyes (dorsal view) nearly as long as temples Head between temples as wide as between eyes, eyes and temples not rounded in a common curve mm India pumilio sp.n., ^ st less narrow, wedge shaped distally, r arising beyond middle, rl shorter than st wide r2 1.6—1.7 times as long as ccl Distance between nr and ccl much shorter Eyes times as long as temples, eyes and temples rounded in a common curve 1.9 mm Philippine Islands pleuralis, ^ d , and 1.8 mm, India: orientalis,