Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
Author
Talamas, Elijah
USDA / SEL, Washington, DC, United States of America
Author
Johnson, Norman
Museum of Biological Diversity, Columbus, OH, United States of America
Author
van Noort, Simon
Iziko South African Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Author
Masner, Lubomir
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Author
Polaszek, Andrew
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW & D 11 - 46 Af-Adbf-E 48 A 9988 B 102 & Ff-F 027 - 445 F- 8417 - 90 Ab & AB & E 84 Eaf 59 Ad & F
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Oreiscelio
majikununuensis
van Noort
,
sp. n.
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Figures 73-78
; Morphbank
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Description
.
General: Body color: dark brown to black.
Antenna: Color of antennae in female: A1, A3–A6 dark brown; A2 yellow; A7– A12 black. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, reaching to apex of A3.
Head: Color of setae on the head: yellow. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: coarsely foveate, areolate. Preocellar pit in females: absent. Transverse rugae at vertex: absent. Sculpture of posterior vertex: areolate. Sculpture of occipital rim: areolate. Interantennal process: simple. Number of anteriorly projecting setae on anteclypeus: 8. Color of mandibles in female: brown throughout with teeth black. Mandibular teeth in female: ventral tooth at least twice as long and wide at base than dorsal tooth. Sculpture of ventral gena anterior to genal carina: row of shallow areolae with reduced ridges between cells. Sculpture of ventral gena posterior to genal carina: areolate, coarsely and irregularly punctate. Shape of anteclypeus: concave medially, with points laterally.
Legs: Color of legs: coxae and femora dark brown, trochanters, tibia and tarsi yellowish-brown.
Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: yellow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: areolate. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: same as medial mesoscutum with a subtle confusion of sculptural elements. Notaulus in female: absent. Parapsidal line: delimited. Sculpture of scutellum: areolate. Median furrow on scutellum: absent, present as a weak indentation. Posterior margin of scutellum: emarginate. Outer projection of the propodeum: present as distinct corner or posteriorly projecting spine. Posterior margin of propodeal shelf between inner and outer propodeal projections in female: nearly straight, perpendicular to lateral margin of propodeal shelf. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: small, large. Pronotal cervical sulcus: poorly defined. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated
Figures 73-78.
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Oreiscelio majikununuensis
,
sp. n.
78, female
holotype
(SAM–HYM–P020051). 73, Lateral habitus, female
holotype
(SAM–HYM–P020051); 74, Dorsal habitus, female
holotype
(SAMHYM–P020051); 75, Head and mesosoma, lateral view, female
holotype
(SAM–HYM–P020051); 76, Head and mesosoma dorsal view, female
holotype
(SAM–HYM–P020051); 77, Head, anterior view, female (OSUC 233761). 78, Head, anteroventral view, female
holotype
(SAM–HYM–P020051). Scale bars in millimeters
by dorsoventral line of foveae. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: anterior half smooth, posterior half finely foveate. Mesopleural carina: indicated by one or two rows of punctures. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: foveate, irregularly areolate. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in female: present as many short fine white setae. Sculpture of ventral area of metapleuron: smooth.
Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: percurrent, well-defined. Sublateral carina on T2: percurrent. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of T4: reticulate rugose. Sculpure of T5: longitudinally strigose. Shape of subapical T
6 in
female in dorsal view: short, width along anterior margin at least three times the length. Longitudinal medial keel on S1: absent. Sculpture of medial S
2 in
female: punctate reticulate. Sculpture of medial S
3 in
female: foveate, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S
4 in
female: effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S
5 in
female: effaced to smooth. Sculpture of lateral S
3 in
female: foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S
4 in
female: reticulate rugose, foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S
5 in
female: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S
2 in
female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae, smooth. Sculpture of marginal depression of S
3 in
female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. Sculpture of marginal depression of S
4 in
female: rugulose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S
5 in
female: rugulose. Apical spine on S
6 in
female: extending beyond apex of T6 and visible in dorsal view.
Diagnosis
.
Oreiscelio majikununuensis
is most similar to
Oreiscelio cultrarius
in general appearance. Th e females may be separated from all other species of
Oreiscelio
by the straight posterior margin of the propodeum (
Fig. 76
). Th e long ventral mandibular tooth (
Figs 77, 78
) represents the largest size difference between mandibular teeth in
Oreiscelio
.
Etymology
.
The
type
specimen was collected in an isolated patch of Afromontane forest on a mountain called Maji Kununua, which is Swahili for “place of water”.
Link
to distribution map.
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Material
examined.
Holotype
female:
TANZANIA
:
Mkomazi Game Reserve
, peak of
Maji Kununua
,
1600 m
,
3°52.69’S
37°48.72’E
,
25.IV.1996
,
S. van Noort
, sweep, mk36, margins & undergrowth of wet montane forest, SAM–HYM–P020051 (
OSUC 248286
) (deposited in
SAMC
)
38
.
Paratypes
:
TANZANIA
:
8 females
, OSUC 207760-207763, 233759, 233761, 234311 (
CNCI
)
;
SAM–HYM–P020111 (
OSUC 248285
) (
SAMC
)
.