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<mods:title>New records of Elasmus (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) species from Barrow Island, Western Australia</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Gunawardene, Nihara R.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation>Curtin Institute for Biodiversity and Climate, Department of Environment and Agriculture, Curtin University, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, Western Australia 6845, Australia</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Taylor, Christopher K.</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B14EC723-18E2-4AFA-B69F-F4B6B957B96B" authority="Gunawardene &amp; Taylor, 2012" authorityName="Gunawardene &amp; Taylor" authorityYear="2012" class="Hexapoda" family="Eulophidae" genus="Elasmus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Elasmus curticornis" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curticornis" status="sp. n.">Elasmus curticornis</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel pageId="3" pageNumber="24">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Elasmus curticornis, holotype. Lateral view A close-up of head B antenna, diagram (setae omitted) C dorsal view D dorsal view, diagram (E) forewing F forewing diagram showing setal pattern G." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/11595" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Holotype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">1 ♀, Barrow Island, northern sector HDD, N. Gunawardene, C. Taylor, 14-24 March 2011, sticky trap.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Paratype.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">1 ♀, barge landing, N. Gunawardene, C. Taylor, 14-24 March 2011, suction.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">
From the Latin
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">curtus</emphasis>
, shortened, and
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">cornu</emphasis>
, a horn, in reference to the short antennae of this species, as well as by analogy to the similar species
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gahan" authorityYear="1922" class="Hexapoda" family="Eulophidae" genus="Elasmus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="24" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevicornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Gahan, AB" journalOrPublisher="Treubia" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="47 - 52" refId="B7" refString="Gahan, AB, 1922. Report on a small collection of parasitic Hymenoptera from Java and Sumatra. Treubia 3: 47 - 52" title="Report on a small collection of parasitic Hymenoptera from Java and Sumatra." volume="3" year="1922">Gahan 1922</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Body length</emphasis>
. 1.48-2.13 mm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="3" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Coloration</emphasis>
. Head and mesosoma blackish with green sheen, except antenna, mandibles and base of tegula cream, dorsellum translucent. Gaster primarily orange, except T1 black, T4 with or without posterolateral dark spots meeting medially, posterior part of T5 to end of gaster black or T5 with transverse dark stripe and T6 to end of gaster dark, S6 to end of gaster black. Leg 1 with base of coxa black, remainder yellow except basal infuscation on femur; legs 2 and 3 each with coxae black except distal ends yellow, trochanters yellow, femora mostly brown except proximal and distal ends yellow, tibiae and tarsi yellow.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Head</emphasis>
. Slightly narrower than mesosoma; in dorsal view 2.0 times wider than long; in frontal view slightly (1.1 times) wider than high. Vertex and frons with dense piliferous punctures, with interspaces on frons subequal to diameter of punctures. Ocellar triangle about twice as long as wide, POL:OOL 2.3-2.5:1, OD:OOL 0.3-0.4:1, OC:OD 0.8-0.9:1. Compound eye 1.5-2.1 times as high as wide in lateral view; inner margins of compound eyes straight to slightly concave, frons minimum width 0.7 times total head width. Malar space 0.4-0.5 times eye height; lower margin of toruli 2.1-2.5 times their diameter from lower margin of face, about in line with lower margin of eyes. Each mandible with seven teeth.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Antenna</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Elasmus curticornis, holotype. Lateral view A close-up of head B antenna, diagram (setae omitted) C dorsal view D dorsal view, diagram (E) forewing F forewing diagram showing setal pattern G." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/11595" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Figure 4B, C</figureCitation>
). Scape 0.5 times as long as pedicel and flagellum combined, lengths of scape and of pedicel and flagellum combined 0.6-0.7 times and 1.0-1.2 times compound eye height; pedicel 1.4-1.8 times as long as wide, 1.3 times length of funicle 1; funicle 1 subtriangular, 0.9-1.0 times as long as wide; funicle 2 and 3 each shorter than (0.8 times and 0.8-0.9 times length of, respectively) funicle 1, funicle 2 0.6-0.7 times and funicle 3 0.6 times as long as wide; clava 1.4-1.5 times as long as wide, 2.3-2.8 times as long as and 1.3 times as wide as funicle 3, clava 3 triangular.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Mesosoma</emphasis>
(
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). 1.5-1.7 times longer than wide. Mesoscutum 0.9 times as long as wide, densely covered with piliferous punctures; posterior margin of mesoscutum concave. Scutellum 0.9 times as long as wide, finely reticulate, setae absent except elongate setae at anterolateral and posterolateral corners, anterior and posterior pairs of setae of similar length, posterior setae not extending beyond apex of dorsellum. Dorsellum length 0.7 times basal width.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Wings</emphasis>
. Hyaline. Forewing (
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Elasmus curticornis, holotype. Lateral view A close-up of head B antenna, diagram (setae omitted) C dorsal view D dorsal view, diagram (E) forewing F forewing diagram showing setal pattern G." httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/11595" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Fig. 4F, G</figureCitation>
) 1.4-1.5 times length of head and mesosoma combined, 3.3-3.6 times as long as wide; isolated subcubital line of setae present; postmarginal vein subequal in length to stigmal vein. Hind wing 0.9 times length of forewing, 5.1 times as long as wide.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">Legs</emphasis>
. Mid femur with stout apical posterolateral seta 0.2-0.3 times length of tibia. Hind tibia with dorsal pattern of black setae demarking four diamonds anterolaterally and three diamonds posterolaterally.
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</emphasis>
. Gaster 0.8-1.1 times length of head and thorax combined, 2.1-2.3 times as long as wide, not produced; posterior margin of T6 straight.
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus curticornis</emphasis>
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, holotype. Lateral view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">A</emphasis>
close-up of head
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">B</emphasis>
antenna, diagram (setae omitted)
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">D</emphasis>
dorsal view, diagram (E) forewing
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">F</emphasis>
forewing diagram showing setal pattern
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">G</emphasis>
.
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<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="25" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="4" pageNumber="25">
The distinctive quadrate antennae of this species, with all funicular segments broader than long, distinguish it from most other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Westwood" authorityYear="1833" class="Hexapoda" family="Eulophidae" genus="Elasmus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
except the Asian species
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Gahan, AB" journalOrPublisher="Treubia" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="47 - 52" refId="B7" refString="Gahan, AB, 1922. Report on a small collection of parasitic Hymenoptera from Java and Sumatra. Treubia 3: 47 - 52" title="Report on a small collection of parasitic Hymenoptera from Java and Sumatra." volume="3" year="1922">Gahan 1922</bibRefCitation>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus philippinensis</emphasis>
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Ashmead1904 and the Australian
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus concinnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation author="Riek, EF" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="145 - 199" refId="B20" refString="Riek, EF, 1967. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 145 - 199" title="Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae." volume="15" year="1967">Riek 1967</bibRefCitation>
.
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus philippinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a brown-black flagellum, with only the scape yellowish (
<bibRefCitation author="Ashmead, WH" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the United States National Museum" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" pagination="127 - 158" refId="B1" refString="Ashmead, WH, 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 28: 127 - 158" title="Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Philippine Islands." volume="28" year="1904">Ashmead 1904</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName authorityName="Riek" authorityYear="1967" class="Hexapoda" family="Eulophidae" genus="Elasmus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="concinnus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus concinnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
both have notably less extensive light coloration on the gaster. The gaster of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus concinnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is dorsally almost entirely dark except for a light cross-band at the apex of T2 (
<bibRefCitation author="Riek, EF" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="145 - 199" refId="B20" refString="Riek, EF, 1967. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 145 - 199" title="Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae." volume="15" year="1967">Riek 1967</bibRefCitation>
), while that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is light dorsally at the apex of T1, T2 and sometimes T3 (
<bibRefCitation author="Mani, MS" journalOrPublisher="Oriental Insects" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="459 - 506" refId="B16" refString="Mani, MS, Saraswat, GG, 1972. On some Elasmus Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea from India. Oriental Insects 6: 459 - 506" title="On some Elasmus Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea from India." volume="6" year="1972">Mani and Saraswat 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Verma, M" journalOrPublisher="Oriental Insects" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="245 - 306" refId="B23" refString="Verma, M, Hayat, M, Kazmi, SI, 2002. The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Oriental Insects 36: 245 - 306" title="The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae)." volume="36" year="2002">Verma et al. 2002</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Yefremova, ZA" journalOrPublisher="Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="634 - 661" refId="B25" refString="Yefremova, ZA, Strakhova, IS, 2010. A review of the species of the genus Elasmus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Russia and neighboring countries. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 89: 634 - 661" title="A review of the species of the genus Elasmus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Russia and neighboring countries." volume="89" year="2010">Yefremova and Strakhova 2010</bibRefCitation>
) and may sometimes be entirely dark brown to black (
<bibRefCitation author="Verma, M" journalOrPublisher="Oriental Insects" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="245 - 306" refId="B23" refString="Verma, M, Hayat, M, Kazmi, SI, 2002. The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Oriental Insects 36: 245 - 306" title="The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae)." volume="36" year="2002">Verma et al. 2002</bibRefCitation>
). In contrast, the gaster of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Gunawardene &amp; Taylor" authorityYear="2012" class="Hexapoda" family="Eulophidae" genus="Elasmus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="curticornis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus curticornis</emphasis>
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is light from the apex of T1 to T4 or T5. Laterally, the gasters of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus concinnus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are light over at most a third (
<bibRefCitation author="Mani, MS" journalOrPublisher="Oriental Insects" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="459 - 506" refId="B16" refString="Mani, MS, Saraswat, GG, 1972. On some Elasmus Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea from India. Oriental Insects 6: 459 - 506" title="On some Elasmus Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea from India." volume="6" year="1972">Mani and Saraswat 1972</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Riek, EF" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="145 - 199" refId="B20" refString="Riek, EF, 1967. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 145 - 199" title="Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae." volume="15" year="1967">Riek 1967</bibRefCitation>
) while that of
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus curticornis</emphasis>
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is light over at least two-thirds. Also,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus brevicornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has POL 1.5 times OOL (
<bibRefCitation author="Yefremova, ZA" journalOrPublisher="Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="634 - 661" refId="B25" refString="Yefremova, ZA, Strakhova, IS, 2010. A review of the species of the genus Elasmus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Russia and neighboring countries. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 89: 634 - 661" title="A review of the species of the genus Elasmus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Russia and neighboring countries." volume="89" year="2010">Yefremova and Strakhova 2010</bibRefCitation>
), as opposed to about 2.5 times in
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus curticornis</emphasis>
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.
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has the flagellum dark above and the first claval segment distinctly shorter than the third funicle (
<bibRefCitation author="Riek, EF" journalOrPublisher="Australian Journal of Zoology" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" pagination="145 - 199" refId="B20" refString="Riek, EF, 1967. Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae. Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 145 - 199" title="Australian Hymenoptera Chalcidoidea family Eulophidae, subfamily Elasminae." volume="15" year="1967">Riek 1967</bibRefCitation>
);
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Elasmus curticornis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the flagellum more evenly pale, and the first claval segment and third funicle are subequal in length.
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