New Pireninae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from South-East Asia
Author
Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan
text
Zootaxa
2011
3065
1
13
journal article
46145
10.5281/zenodo.204366
ffca2dce-c6f7-4493-af4c-799a1a5496d7
1175-5326
204366
Zebe
La Salle
(
Figs 5–7
)
Zebe
La Salle, 2005
: 193
;
type
species
Z. cornutus
La Salle
, by original designation and monotypy.
Diagnosis.
Small-sized, non-metallic; tarsi 4-segmented; anelli indistinct, funicular segments reduced and fused, except the last one (F5), which is large and provided with sensilla; mesosoma either with a large anterior projection, a small protuberance or without any projection; hind tibia with a more or less developed pecten on inner side; S and P not unusually short; clypeal margin slightly produced.
Comments.
Zebe
La Salle
was described from
Brunei
to include a single species,
Z. cornutus
(
Fig. 7
). It has two striking characters, one of which, the 4-segmented tarsi is unique in
Pteromalidae
, whereas the other, the long projection of the mesoscutum, is unique in Chalcidoidea.
La Salle (2005)
suggested its placement within
Pireninae
based on several characters that are common in many genera of this subfamily (e.g. the shape of the antenna and the venation of the fore wing, similar to those of
Petipirene
, the protruding clypeal margin, as in
Sirovena
and most
Macroglenes
, deep notauli, presence of strong erect setae on the head and mesosoma, etc.), but not present in
Eulophidae
, stating that the reduced number of tarsal segments should be regarded as another example of reduction, along with other reductions already known to occur in
Pireninae
.