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<emphasis box="[140,241,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
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. Original description.
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<emphasis box="[771,989,1539,1565]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="3">Oreiscelio sechellensis</emphasis>
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, 73 (description, list of species, change to subgeneric status, keyed).
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, 292 (description, keyed).
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Original concept:
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is distinguished from other genera of
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Scelionini
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by the combination of the bidentate or bispinose metascutellum, the presence of a transverse frontal carina, the strongly transverse antennomeres A4A6, the developed inner propodeal projection, and the presence of an apically pointed S6 which is sometimes developed into a spine. Additionally, some species of
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<emphasis box="[920,1025,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
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have a preocellar pit that may be conspicuous. Among the Platygastroidea, this structure was previously known only in the subfamily
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Telenominae (
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)
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. The “horizontal flaps” of the posterior margin of the propodeum were used by
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as one character diagnostic for this genus. However, one new species,
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, has the outer projection of the propodeum rounded (Figs 92, 94) and the typical “flap” is not present.
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Length 2.1-4.1 mm; body moderately elongate, robust; body dark brown to black; macropterous.
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Head: In dorsal view weakly transverse; vertex coarsely sculptured; hyperoccipital carina absent; occipital carina well-developed, continuous medially; lateral ocellus distinctly separated from inner orbit of compound eye, OOL less than diameter of lateral ocellus; compound eye large, apparently glabrous; frons shallowly concave, transverse carina marking dorsal margin of frontal depression; interantennal process present, short, often excavate medially; submedian carina absent; orbital carina absent; lower frons, including cheek, without fanlike striae; inner ocular orbits diverging ventrally; clypeus very short, strongly transverse, slightly convex to emarginated medially, subequally divided by transverse carina into anteclypeus and postclypeus; malar sulcus present; gena strongly expanded, sculpture variable; labrum hidden behind clypeus; mandible of moderate length, apex with two apical, acute, teeth; ventral mandibular tooth may be smaller, equal or significantly larger than dorsal tooth; maxillary palpus 3-segmented, all segments cylindrical; labial palpus 2-segmented; antenna 12-merous in both sexes; radicle inserted apically into A1, nearly parallel to longitudinal axis of A1; A1 more or less cylindrical, ventral surface flattened; A2 with distinctive elongate seta at ventral apex, seta in females usually extending beyond apex of A3; A
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females shorter than A2; A4A6 strongly transverse; A7 distinctively the largest clavomere; basiconic sensilla on female antenna arranged in longitudinal pairs on apical antennomeres; claval formula A12A7:1-2-2-2-2-2; male antenna with tyloid on A5.
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<paragraph blockId="3.[140,1108,377,1671]" lastBlockId="4.[140,1108,166,1671]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="5" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Mesosoma: In dorsal view longer than wide, in lateral view longer than high; pronotum in dorsal view broad laterally, anterolateral corners angulate; transverse pronotal carina weakly indicated or indistinguishable from coarse surface sculpture; vertical epomial carina present; dorsal epomial carina present; anterior face of prono-tum vertical, not visible in dorsal view; lateral face of pronotum facing anterolaterally, deeply concave below dorsal epomial carina; netrion present, wide, widening ventrally, open; anterior margin of mesoscutum horizontal, not flexed ventrally to meet pronotum; mesoscutum pentagonal in outline, posterolateral corner rounded; parapsidal line sometimes visible; notaulus sometimes distinguishable amid sculpture; skaphion absent; transscutal articulation well-developed; mesoscutellum semicircular, quadrate or trapezoidal, convex, posterior margin convex to deeply notched, sometimes with medial longitudinal furrow; axilla small, dorsal margin sinuate; metanotum narrow, metascutellum clearly differentiated, apex bidentate; dorsal surface of propodeum sparsely setose; inner and outer propodeal projections usually well-developed, fairly short, approximately equal in length, sometimes slightly curved; posterior face of propodeum areolate to irregularly reticulate, sparsely setose, with small to large areolae medially; mesopleural depression well-developed; mesopleural carina present or indicated by rows of small ridges or punctures; anteroventral portion of mesepisternum strongly sculptured to smooth with few punctures; sternaulus not distinguishable; postacetabular foveae not distinguishable; mesopleural pit present, distinct; anterior margin of ventral portion of mesepisternum and acetabular carina transverse, not extended forward between forecoxae; mesepimeral sulcus absent or indicated by dorsoventral line of foveae; posterodorsal corner of mesepimeron prominent, rounded or angulate, not produced into sharp posteriorly directed tooth; mesopleuron usually with strong longitudinal ledge below subalar pit, dorsally delimiting mesopleural furrow; anteroventral portion of metapleuron continuous with lateral face, sparsely setose to glabrous; metapleural triangle present, often divided into two distinct cells, ventral cell longitudinal, often setose; metapleural epicoxal carina present; paracoxal sulcus present as a dorsoventral line of strong setigerous foveae extending to dorsal apex of metapleural triangle; metapleural epicoxal sulcus present as a line of foveae; metapleural sulcus present, sometimes diffi cult to distinguish amid coarse sculpture; metapleural pit present, sometimes diffi cult to distinguish amid coarse sculpture; posterior margin of metapleuron narrowly lamellate; legs not unusually proportioned, often rather short; posterior surface of hind coxa smooth, sparsely setose to glabrous; trochantellus absent; tibial spur formula 1-1-1; tarsal formula 5-5-5; pretarsal claws simple.</paragraph>
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Metasoma: Generally flattened dorsally, S2 the largest and most convex, subsequent sternites becoming flatter posteriorly; female with 6 terga, 6 sterna visible externally, male with 8 terga, 7 sterna visible externally; submarginal ridge well-developed, defined by narrow laterotergites to form submarginal rim; no spiracles visible; all terga with distinct reticulation or longitudinal striae throughout, basal rows of crenulae present on each segment, continuous with striae or reticulation; base of T1 with submedial depressions into which inner propodeal angles fit, depressions shallow to deep; T1 with sublateral keel or carina; female T6 without median raised field of microsetae or secretion; S1 not laterally compressed; anterior margin of S2 straight; felt fields on S2S5 highly reduced, present only as slight differences in sculpture or setation; S
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,323,342,368]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis box="[185,317,342,368]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" reason="1">Comments</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[330,433,342,368]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1916" box="[740,860,342,368]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Heptascelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[740,860,342,368]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Heptascelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the strongly transverse A4A6, bidentate metascutellum, and the lack of conspicuous felt fields on the metasomal sterna (Johnson et al. 2007). Among the genera of the
<taxonomicName authorityName="sensu Masner" authorityYear="1976" box="[876,990,413,439]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionini" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Scelionini</taxonomicName>
, only
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1910" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Oreiscelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, some
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<emphasis box="[286,346,448,474]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Scelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis box="[414,534,448,474]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Heptascelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known to have the conspicuous, elongate seta arising from the ventral side of the apex of A2. In
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1916" box="[696,816,483,509]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Heptascelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[696,816,483,509]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Heptascelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
this seta is usually present only in the males, while in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1910" box="[442,545,518,544]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Oreiscelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[442,545,518,544]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is found in both sexes. Its function is unknown.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[140,1108,166,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
Two years after describing this genus,
<bibRefCitation author="Kieffer JJ" box="[631,795,554,580]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="45 - 80" refId="ref31653" refString="Kieffer JJ (1912) Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 45 - 80. 73" type="journal article" year="1912">Kieffer (1912)</bibRefCitation>
published a description of
<emphasis box="[140,234,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oriscelio</emphasis>
, labelling it as a new genus, with the sole species
<emphasis box="[798,1025,589,615]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
Oriscelio
<taxonomicName box="[900,1025,589,615]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Scelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="seychellensis">seychellensis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, it also labelled as a new species.
<bibRefCitation author="Muesebeck CFW &amp; Walkley LM" box="[422,776,624,651]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="319 - 419" refId="ref31917" refString="Muesebeck CFW, Walkley LM (1956) Type species of the genera and subgenera of parasitic wasps comprising the superfamily Proctotrupoidea (order Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 105: 319 - 419. 81" type="journal article" year="1956">Muesebeck and Walkley (1956)</bibRefCitation>
treated these names as emendations of the names
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<emphasis box="[379,483,659,685]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis box="[539,689,659,686]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">O. sechellensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, respectively. We do not consider
<bibRefCitation author="Kieffer JJ" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="45 - 80" refId="ref31653" refString="Kieffer JJ (1912) Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 45 - 80. 73" type="journal article" year="1912">Kieffers 1912</bibRefCitation>
description of
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to be an emendation because it makes no mention of the 1910 publication, or the names therein, and thus does not fulfill article 33.2 of the Code. Consequently, we agree with
<bibRefCitation author="Masner L" box="[595,765,765,792]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="1 - 87" refId="ref31803" refString="Masner L (1976) Revisionary notes and keys to world genera of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 97: 1 - 87. 78" type="journal article" year="1976">Masner (1976)</bibRefCitation>
that the similar generic name was an error by Kieffer and do not render
<emphasis box="[615,709,800,826]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oriscelio</emphasis>
as available.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="5.[140,1108,166,897]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[185,498,835,861]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis box="[185,242,835,861]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" reason="1">Link</emphasis>
to distribution map.
</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Kieffer" authorityYear="1910" box="[524,628,835,861]" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Oreiscelio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[524,628,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Oreiscelio</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found widely through sub-Saharan Africa, as well as
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, the
<collectingCountry box="[494,610,870,896]" name="Seychelles" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Seychelles</collectingCountry>
, and the Arabian Peninsula.
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