Revision of world species of the genus Heptascelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) Author Johnson, Norman F. Author Masner, Lubomír Author Musetti, Luciana Author Noort, Simon Van Author K, Rajmohana Author Darling, Christopher Author Polaszek, Antonia Guidotti Andrew text Zootaxa 2008 1776 1 51 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274283 78815165-07c7-4ecb-9933-d140899b09ee 1175-5326 274283 Heptascelio paralugens Masner & Johnson , new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:17A32F5B-4BCF-40CC-8A08-FD638657322B urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223421 Figures 65–68; Morphbank52 Description . Female body length: 4.2–4.3 (n=2). Male body length: 4.3 mm (n=1). Body color of female: entirely dark, dark brown to black. Color of female antenna: dark brown to black throughout. Color of wing membrane: with weak general brown infuscation, longitudinal streak below submarginal vein weak. Color of legs: coxae dark brown, otherwise yellowish brown throughout. Body color of male: entirely black. Color of male antenna: brown. http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=223420 51. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:specimen:8DA2086B-7642-4A7F-9C87-EDB33486B126 http://www.morphbank.net/?id=224257 Sculpture of occiput and posterior vertex: coarsely punctate. Sculpture of frons below ocellus in female: coarsely punctate. Shape of dorsal margin of frontal scrobe: ecarinate, rounded onto dorsal portion of frons. Sculpture of frontal depression in female: punctate, with broad smooth spaces between punctures. Sculpture of gena: coarsely punctate. Setation of gena: with short, uniform setae, with few short bristles interspersed. Shape of mandibles: normal length, crossed transversely below head when closed, tips overlapping. Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate rugose, with distinct longitudinal tendency. Notaulus: absent or obscured by coarse surface sculpture. Sculpture of mesoscutum in female: sparsely punctate, with broad smooth areas between punctures. Sculpture of mesoscutum in male: sparsely punctate, largely smooth. Parapsidal line: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: nearly parallel-sided, apex weakly excavate, with weak median longitudinal impression. Sculpture of female mesoscutellum: areolate rugose. Scutellar points of female: broad, short, acute. Sculpture of male mesoscutellum: areolate rugose. Scutellar points of male: apex of mesoscutellum rounded, points entirely absent. Posterior surface of propodeum: irregularly areolate, without distinct paramedian keel. Length of outer propodeal projection in female: moderately elongate, extending to midpoint of length of T1, distinctly longer than inner propodeal projection. Sculpture of propodeum between inner and outer propodeal projections: coarsely punctate. Netrion shape: moderately wide, weakly fusiform, anterior margin foveate. Netrion setation: densely setose. Sculpture of lateral pronotum posterior to epomial carina: coarsely punctate. Setation of posterior half of lateral pronotum: with numerous scattered setae, densest near spiracle. Sculpture of mesopleural scrobe: smooth. Sculpture of lower mesepisternum: with distinctly separated, coarse punctures. Sculpture of metapleuron: coarsely areolate to rugose throughout. Fore wing venation: well-developed, with R, r-rs clearly visible. Submarginal vein bristles: with dark bristles extending length of submarginal vein. Long dark bristles on legs: absent. T1 depression: moderately to densely setose. Sublateral lamella on T1: distinctly raised more or less perpendicular to T1. Sculpture of T2–T4: longitudinally striate, with fine cross striae, punctures, smooth or finely punctulate transverse band apically. Setation of laterotergites: setose. Sculpture of S2, S3 of female: longitudinally rugulose laterally, nearly smooth medially, with scattered small punctures. Sculpture of S2, S3 of male: strongly longitudinally rugose. Distribution of felt fields: present on S2–S3. Diagnosis . This species is most similar to H. lugens , from which it may be distinguished by the very short mesoscutellar spines (Fig. 66) and the lack of longitudinal rugulae on the mesoscutum (Fig. 67). Etymology . The epithet paralugens refers to the similarity of this species with Heptascelio lugens , the type species of the genus. Link to Distribution Map .53 Material Examined . Holotype female: PHILIPPINES : Negros Oriental, 7 km W Valencia, Cuernos de Negros, 700 m , ROM 873061, 1E forest edge, 29.VI–8.VII.1987 , Malaise trap w/ pans, D.C. Darling, OSUC 209012 (deposited in ROME )54. Paratypes : PHILIPPINES , 5 males , 2 females , OSUC 59556, ROMEnt 112071 – 112075 ( ROME ), OSUC 209013 ( CNCI ). Comments . The diagnostic characters for this species are, overall, rather weak. Further collections in the Philippines may help to determine if H. paralugens is consistently separable from H. lugens , or if the characters that distinguish them are variable and independently distributed.