Revision of world Austroterobiinae and Parasaphodinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), parasitoids of giant scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) Author Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan text Zootaxa 2017 4301 1 1 63 journal article 32542 10.11646/zootaxa.4301.1.1 5274b2f8-e4d0-4ac9-8e81-a23e886b2380 1175-5326 839721 67A78566-A4FD-4E37-96E9-DCC4CCF321E5 Austroterobia iceryae Bouček ( Figs 29–39 ) A . iceryae Bouček, 2004 ; in Bouček & Noyes 2004 : 138 –140; holotype in BMNH , examined. Diagnosis. Both sexes : head with at most very faint dark metallic reflections ( Figs 32, 33 ); mandibular formula 3:3; gena not depressed at mouth corner ( Fig. 34 ); pronotum visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 36 ); notauli visible throughout length of mesoscutum ( Fig. 36 ); axillae virtually touching medially ( Fig. 36 ); prepectus and dorsal side of propodeum entirely setose ( Figs 37, 38 ); posterior margin of mesoscutellum densely setose, with small spine ( Fig. 36 ); anterior margin of propodeum distinctly raised, concealing dorsellum ( Fig. 38 ); propodeal plicae absent ( Fig. 38 ). The spiny mesoscutellum ( Fig. 36 ) and the flanged anterior margin of the propodeum ( Fig. 38 ), structures that are found in all species of Teasienna , but no other Austroterobia , together with the entirely setose prepectus and propodeum ( Figs 37, 38 ), make A . iceryae easily recognizable. Material examined. Type material. Holotype ♀ (deposited in BMNH ) [entire; on rectangular card]. KENYA : ‘ Kenya : Kiambu District, Mchana Estate , ex Icerya pattersoni on coffee 19.vi.1984 ( S. T. Murphy )’. Paratypes . GAMBIA : 1♂ ‘W. Afr . Gambia : Lamin , Abulco , 27./I. , 1978. L. Huggert’ , ‘ Paratype’ , ‘ Paratype ♂ Austrot. iceryae sp. n. , Boucek det. 1989’ ( BMNH ) ; KENYA : 2♀ and 2♂ ‘ Kenya , Oaklands Estate , Kiambu Dist., 29.x.85 ’, ‘assoc. with Icerya pattersoni on coffee, CIE A17679 ’, ‘ Paratype’ , ‘ Paratype ♀ Austroterobia iceryae sp. n. , Boucek det. 1989’ ( BMNH ) ; 1♂ ‘ Kenya , Mchana Estate , Kiambu Dist., 28.x.85 ’, ‘assoc. with Icerya pattersoni on coffee, CIE A17679 ’, ‘ Paratype’ , ‘ Paratype ♂ , Austroterobia iceryae sp. n. , Boucek det. 1989’ ( BMNH ) ; 1♂, same information, ‘det. Z. Boucek, 1986’ (BMNH); NIGERIA : 1♀ and 2♂ ‘ Nigeria : Oyo St., Ibadan , IITA compound’, ‘ xi. 1987 Icerya patt., J.S. Noyes’ , ‘ Paratype’ , ‘ ♀ Austroterobia iceryae sp. n. , Boucek det. 2003’ ( BMNH ) ; 1♀ ‘ Nigeria : Ibadan , IITA , ex Icerya pattersoni / coffee’, 23.X. / em. XI.1987 , J.S. Noyes’ , ‘ Paratype’ , ‘ Paratype ♀ Austroterobia iceryae sp. n. , Boucek det. 1989’ ( BMNH ) . Redescription. Female . Body length: 1.4–1.9 mm . Colour. Head and mesosoma black, with weak, mainly blue-green reflections ( Figs 32, 33 ). Gaster dark brown ( Figs 29, 30 ). Eyes pale reddish-grey; ocelli whitish ( Fig. 33 ). Antenna ( Fig. 34 ) with scape and pedicel yellowishbrown; flagellum brown, paler ventrally. Mandibles yellowish-brown, teeth reddish-brown. Legs ( Fig. 29 ) with coxae dark brown to black; trochanters and femora brown; tibiae and tarsi yellowish except for brown pretarsi. Fore wing subhyaline to subinfumate, hind wing hyaline ( Figs 29 , 39 ). Tegula and venation brown ( Fig. 39 ). Body setation whitish to pale brown, wing setation brownish ( Figs 34, 36, 38, 39 ). Sculpture. Head coriaceous except for virtually smooth clypeus and smooth, small area at mandibular base ( Figs 32–34 ); dorsal side of mesosoma, except for propodeum, mostly finely coriaceous, appearing shiny ( Fig. 36 ); propodeum with median area almost smooth; mesopleuron smooth, with femoral depression conspicuous, but without any indication of a central pit ( Fig. 37 ); mesepimeron with central lunate depression ( Fig. 37 ); metapleuron smooth; gaster smooth. Structure. Head. Toruli closer to median ocellus than to ventral margin of clypeus ( Fig. 32 ). Scape not reaching median ocellus ( Fig. 34 ). Gena flat at mouth corner ( Fig. 34 ), posterior margin not carinate. Malar sulcus absent ( Fig. 34 ). Eyes broad oval, inner margins diverging in lower part ( Fig. 32 ). Funicular segments not pedicellate ( Fig. 34 ). Head width 2.3–2.6× length in dorsal view (53:23) and 1.4–1.6× height in frontal view (53:38). POL about equal to OOL (8:8). Eye height about 1.1× length (22.0:19.5), 1.4–1.6× malar space (22:16), and about 1.8× scape length (22.0:12.5). Head width about 1.4× length of pedicel plus flagellum (53:37). F1 quadrate; F5 width 1.2–1.3× length; clava length 2.0–2.4× width. Mesosoma. Dorsally setose, including anterior part of metanotum and median area of propodeum ( Fig. 36 ); prepectus and posterior margin of metapleuron setose ( Fig. 37 ); mesopleuron bare except along anteroventral margin ( Fig. 37 ). Pronotum distinctly visible in dorsal view ( Fig. 36 ). Notauli complete ( Fig. 36 ). Axillae virtually touching medially ( Fig. 36 ). Posterior margin of mesoscutellum with small spine ( Fig. 36 ). Anterior margin of propodeum distinctly raised, concealing dorsellum ( Fig. 38 ). Propodeum without median carina (although slightly raised along median line) and plicae ( Fig. 38 ). Fore wing ( Fig. 39 ) completely setose, without speculum; parastigma without hyaline break; marginal vein thickened. Mesosoma length 1.1–1.2× width (49:42), width about 1.2× height. Mesoscutum width about 2.6× length. Mesoscutellum length about equal to width. Propodeum length about 0.5× mesoscutellum length. Fore wing length 1.8–1.9× width (100:55). MV length about 6× width (18:3); MV 1.1–1.2× as long as SV (18.0:15.5); PV about 1.1× as long as MV (20:18). Gaster. Ovate, shorter than head plus mesosoma ( Figs 29, 30 ); length 2.0–2.2× width. Male. Differs from the female mainly as follows. Body length: 1.2–1.6 mm . Antennae and legs, except for coxae, uniformly yellowish-brown ( Fig. 31 ). Eyes smaller and rounder ( Fig. 31 ). Scape with ventral protuberance towards apex ( Fig. 35 ); flagellum subfiliform, anelli and distal funicular segments longer ( Fig. 35 ). Head width about 1.3× height in frontal view, width 1.1–1.2× length of pedicel plus flagellum. Eye height very slightly larger than eye length and about 1.2× malar space. POL about 0.9× as long as OOL. Clava length about 2.8× width. Fore wing length about 2.1× width. MV about 1.4× as long as SV. Gaster widening towards apex, length about 1.9× width. FIGURES 29–31. Austroterobia iceryae : 29, paratype ♀, Kenya, habitus, lateral view; 30, paratype ♀, Kenya, habitus, dorsal view; 31, paratype ♂, Kenya, lateral view. FIGURES 32–39. Austroterobia iceryae : 32, paratype ♀, Kenya, head, frontal view; 33, paratype ♀, Kenya, head, dorsal view; 34, paratype ♀, Kenya, head, lateral view; 35, paratype ♂, Kenya, antenna; 36, paratype ♀, Kenya, mesosoma, dorsal view; 3 7, paratype ♀, Kenya, mesosoma, lateral view; 38, paratype ♀, Kenya, propodeum, dorsal view; 39, paratype ♀, Kenya, fore wing. Distribution. Gambia , Kenya , Nigeria ( Bouček & Noyes 2004 ). Biology. Egg predator of Icerya pattersoni Newstead and I. nigroareolata Newstead ( Hemiptera : Monophlebidae ) on coffee ( Bouček & Noyes 2004 ). Remarks. In the original description the scutellum was stated as posteriorly rounded ( Bouček & Noyes 2004: 138 ), but in fact a very small spine can be observed among the dense whitish setation ( Fig. 36 ). This feature, as well as the raised anterior margin of the propodeum, which conceals the dorsellum, and the absence of plicae ( Fig. 38 ), are characteristic for Teasienna and not Austroterobia . However, the position and structure of the antennae in both sexes ( Figs 32, 34, 35 ), as well as the structure of the fore wing ( Fig. 39 ) and the mandibular formula and structure indicate that the species is better placed in Austroterobia than in Teasienna .