World reclassification of the Gonatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
Author
Huber, John T.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3967
1
1
184
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3967.1.1
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1175-5326
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Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis
Huber
,
sp. n.
(
Figs 122–130
,
136–145
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
♀ (
CAS
) on slide (
Fig. 125
) labelled: 1. “
Madagascar
Prov. D’Antanarivo [sic] Réserve Spéciale d’Ambohitantely Forêt d’Ambohitantely
209m
72° NE d’Ankazobe,
1410m
,
17–22.iv.2001
,
18°13'31"S
47°17'13"E
, Fisher, Griswold
et al.
California Academy of Sciences Montane rainforest, sifted litter BLF3694,
CAS
Lot #006022”. 2. “
Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis Huber
Holotype
♀ dorsal”.
Paratypes
. 4♀,
17 ♂
.
MADAGASCAR
.
Antsiranana
. Ampasindava, Forêt d’Ambilanivy,
3.9 km
181° S Ambaliha,
13°47'55"S
46°09'42"E
,
800m
.
4–9.iv.2001
, Fisher, Griswold
et al.
, rainforest, MT, #007134 (
1 ♂
,
CAS
).
Diego-Suarez
. Montagne d’Ambre National Park,
12°30'52"S
49°10'53"E
,
960m
,
19.iii–5.iv
,
5–21.iv.2001
, R. Harin’Hala, MT, #007146, #007147 (1 ♀,
7 ♂
,
CAS
,
CNC
,
UCR
).
Fianarantsoa
. Ranomafana, JIRAMA water works,
21°14.91'S
47°27.13'E
,
690m
,
2–10.i.2002
, R. Harin’Hala, MT (
1 ♂
,
CAS
); Ranomafana National Park,
21°15.99'S
47°25.21'E
,
1020m
, 2–
10
.i,
12–19.ii.2002
, R. Harin’Hala, MT, #009568, #009571 (1 ♀,
1 ♂
,
CAS
), same Park but
21°15.05'S
47°24.43'E
,
1030m
,
16.x–8.xi.2001
,
14–21.i.2002
,
15–27.iv.2003
, MT in mixed tropical rainforest, #009559, #09561, #
011186
, #009570 (1 ♀,
5 ♂
,
CAS
), same Park but Vohiparara,
1110m
,
21°13.57'S
47°22.19'E
,
15–21.xii.2001
, MT in high altitude rainforest, #09554 (
1 ♂
,
CAS
).
Toamasina
. Botanic garden near entrance to Andasibe-Mantadia National Park,
18°55.58’S
48°24.47'E
,
1025m
,
8–16.x
,
1–5.ix.2001
, R. Harin’Hala, MT in tropical forest, #007164, #09550 (1 ♀,
1 ♂
,
CAS
).
Diagnosis.
Distinguished from the other three species of
Heptagonatocerus
by the funicle uniformly brown and basal segments narrow (
Fig. 122
), and the fore wing with the brown spot just beyond apex of venation crossed by a narrow, darker, slightly curved longitudinal line that extends to the apical brown area (
Fig. 127
).
Description
.
FEMALE
. Body length
1306–1434
(n=3).
Colour
. Scape, pedicel, legs except sometimes metatibia, pro- and mesothorax, and gaster ventrally and usually laterally yellow; flagellum, head, scutellum (especially frenum), and at least gt4 and gt5 dorsally dark brown. Fore wing with brown spot just beyond apex of venation crossed by a narrow, darker, slightly curved longitudinal line that extends to the apical brown area (
Fig. 127
). The extent of dark brown on the body varies considerably: one female has the entire meso-and metapleuron, and propodeum dark brown; another has less dark brown on the mesosoma (the propodeum is mostly yellow) (
Fig. 126
) but almost the entire gaster is dark brown.
Head
. Head (
Figs 124
,
136–139
) width 340 (n=1).
Antenna
. Funicle segments fl2–fl6 each with 2 mps, fl1 and fl7 without mps (
Fig. 122
), each segment with normal setae, more dense on apical segments (
Figs 140, 141
). Antennal measurements (n=1 or 2), length/width (ratios of flagellar segments): scape 382–420/43–51, pedicel 79/45–46, fl1 75–83/30 (2.52–2.74), fl2 128–132/ 32–33 (3.90–4.06), fl3 124/35 (3.51), fl4 125–127/40 (3.15), fl5 107–108/49 (2.21), fl6 100/68–73 (1.37–1.47), fl7 42/64–67 (0.63–0.68), clava 263–267/94–98 (2.72–2.81).
Mesosoma
. Propodeum with median carina not extending to dorsellum (
Fig. 143
), sometimes not longer than sublateral carina (
Fig. 126
).
Wings
. Fore wing length (n=2)
1395–1598
, width 395–478, length/width 3.34–3.53, longest marginal setae 106–131.
Hind
wing length
1154–1195
, width 169–189, longest marginal setae 138–149.
Metasoma
. Ovipositor sheath length (n=2) 682–699, distinctly longer than metatibia length (545–550) and slightly exserted beyond apex of gaster.
MALE
. Body length
1024–1459
(n=10).
Colour
. Body dark brown except scape, pedicel, pronotum, notauli, scutellum laterally and legs except sometimes metatibia yellow.
Antenna
. Measurements (n=1): scape length/ width 3.08, pedicel length/width 1.35, flagellar segment length: fl1 146, fl2 156, fl3 168, fl4 163, fl5 167, fl6 164, fl7 164, fl8 152, fl9 153, fl10 144, fl11 140; total flagellar length 1720; fl6 length/width 3.29, with about 10 mps (
Fig. 123
).
Metasoma
. Gaster as in
Figs 128 and 130
. Genitalia as in generic description (
Figs 129, 130
).
Etymology
. The species is an apposition named after the country where all the specimens were collected.