Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) Author Talamas, Elijah J. Author Masner, Lubomir Author Johnson, Norman F. text ZooKeys 2011 80 1 126 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.80.907 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.80.907 1313-2970-80-1 Trichoteleia nify Talamas & Masner sp. n. Figures 293437174-179Morphbank 27 Description. Female body length: 2.14-2.70 mm (n=9). Male body length: 2.22-2.90 mm (n=20). Color of head: dark brown to black; yellow, becoming darker dorsally; yellow throughout. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Sculpture of medial frons in male: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout; finely punctate throughout, dorsoventrally strigose laterally; moderately punctate throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate; moderately punctate, rugose posterior to eyes and posterior ocellus; finely punctate. Occipital rim: comprised of medium to large sized cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugose; dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent. Color of mesosoma in female: variably red to black; variably yellow to brown. Color of mesosoma in male: dark brown to black; variably yellow to brown. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: moderately punctate in posterior half, becoming denser anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, sparsely punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of small cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate rugose. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: smooth. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: smooth. Setation of ventral metapleural area : absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: punctate rugose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: with posterolaterally projecting spine near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: yellow throughout; brown throughout. Color of metasoma in female: yellow to pale brown, posterolateral corners of T2-T3 dark brown. Color of metasoma in male: variably yellow to brown throughout. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance; present as a small bulge. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: weakly longitudinally striate; longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: obliquely strigose; weakly obliquely rugulose. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: moderately dense throughout. Shape of T5 in female: width of posterior margin greater than or equal to length. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth with fine setigerous punctures along lateral margin. Macrosculpture of T2 in male: striate anteriorly, with few striae reaching T3. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in male: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in male: absent; weakly longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of T4 in male: absent. Punctation of T4 in male: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally; sparse throughout; absent in medial third, sparse laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in male: absent. Punctation of T5 in male: moderately dense throughout. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteriorly, smooth posteriorly. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent. Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: slightly infuscate throughout. Color of forewing in male: slightly infuscate throughout. Color of hind wing: slightly infuscate throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: reduced posterior to Sc+R. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous. Figures 174-179. 96 Trichoteleia nify sp. n. 174 Lateral habitus, female holotype (CASENT 2135909) 175 Head and mesosoma, lateral view, female holotype (CASENT 2135909) 176 Dorsal habitus, female holotype (CASENT 2135909) 177 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2135909) 178 Head, anterior view, female (CASENT 2135910) 179 Metasoma, dorsal view, female (CASENT 2135910). Scale bars in millimeters. Diagnosis. Trichoteleia nify may be identified by the presence of a spine along the posterior margin of the metapleuron near the intersection of the margin with the metapleural sulcus (Fig. 29) and the presence of a flange dorsal to the lateral setal patch on T1 (Fig. 29). Etymology. This species is given the name nify, a noun in apposition, meaning "tooth" in Malagasy, in reference to its metapleural spine. Link to Distribution Map. [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=241272] Material Examined. Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Prov., 7.5km ENE Ivohibe, #1745, Pic d'Ivohibe Special Reserve, 22°28.2'S 46°57.6'E, 900m, 7. X- 12.X.1997, B. L. Fisher, CASENT 2135909 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 12 females, 80 males, CASENT 2118402, 2118405, 2134160 , 2134166, 2134170, 2135782-2135786, 2135790, 2135792-2135793, 2135797, 2135799-2135800, 2135804-2135805, 2135813, 2135824, 2135831, 2135834, 2135837-2135840, 2135847-2135849, 2135873, 2135882-2135887, 2135901, 2136000, 2136002, 2136004, 2136006-2136008, 2136011, 2136026, 2136122, 2136124-2136125, 2136136, 2136145, 2136150, 2136152, 2136155, 2136160, 2136163, 8106458, 8106462, OSUC 181028, OSUC 266089, OSUC 266094 (CASC); CASENT 2134088, 2134101 (CNCI); CASENT 2135806, 2135823, 2135872, 2135910, 2135968, 2136010, 2136014, 2136016, 2136018, 2136021, 2136069, 2136126, 2136137-2136138, 2136140-2136141, 2136144, 2136146, 2136153-2136154, 2136159, 2136167 (OSUC); OSUC 181029-181036 (USNM).