The Phanuromyiagaleata species group (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Telenominae): shining a lantern into an unexplored corner of Neotropical diversity
Author
Nesheim, Katherine C.
Author
Masner, Lubomir
Author
Johnson, Norman F.
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ZooKeys
2017
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.663.11554
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.663.11554
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Phanuromyia
krossotos Nesheim
sp. n.
Figures 55-60
Description.
Male body length: 1.46 mm (n=1).
Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: without rugosity. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with setiferous punctures only medially.
Figures 55-60.
Phanuromyia krossotos
♂ (OSUC550046), 55 Lateral habitus 56 Dorsal habitus 57 Head, mesosoma, lateral view 58 Head, mesosoma, dorsal view 59 Head, mouthparts, anteroventral view 60 Metasoma, lateral view. Scale bar in millimeters.
Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: rugose-punctate. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.
Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.
T1: flat, at most slightly swollen. Anterior margin of T2: with costae or foveolae throughout its width. T2 sculpture: with neither transverse series of small punctures nor scrobiculate lateral areas. Sculpture of T1: evenly costate across anterior 1/3 to 1/2, smooth in remaining apical portion. Posterior margin of T2: only slightly concave. Number of visible terga past T2: 5. Setation on T2: consisting of thick patches of lateral setae.
Diagnosis.
Phanuromyia krossotos
can be recognized by the thick lateral patches of setae on T2.
Etymology.
The name
krossotos
is derived from the Greek word for fringed because this species has a distinctive fringe of lateral setae on T2. This name is to be used as an adjective.
Link to distribution map.
[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389330]
Material examined.
Holotype, male: ECUADOR:
Sucumbios
Prov., Napo River, 290m,
00°05'S
,
76°05'W
, Sacha Lodge, 14.
III-
24.III.1994, Malaise trap, P. Hibbs, OSUC550046 (deposited in CNCI).
Comments.
This species most closely resembles
P. dissidens
. This species most closely resembles
P. dissidens
.
Phanuromyia krossotos
may be distinguished by the presence of patches of setae on laterally on T2.