Trichoteleia solocis Talamas

Talamas, Elijah J., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2011, Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 80, pp. 1-126 : 85-87

Trichoteleia solocis Talamas sp. n. Figures 239-244Morphbank 38

Description.

Female body length: 2.90-3.02 mm (n=2). Color of head: yellow throughout. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: finely punctate throughout, dorsoventrally strigose laterally. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: yellow throughout. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae short and poorly defined; rugulose. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: moderately punctate throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, sparsely punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of small cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: coarsely punctate. 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 blunt kink near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: yellow throughout.

Color of metasoma in female: yellow. 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. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: longitu dinally striate. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: longitudinally strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: absent along midline, otherwise sparse. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: punctate rugulose laterally. Punctation of T5 in female: absent along midline, otherwise moderately dense. 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: moderately punctate throughout. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteromedially, otherwise smooth. 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 hind wing: slightly infuscate throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

Diagnosis.

This species is most similar to Trichoteleia rugifrons and Trichoteleia warreni . It may be separated from Trichoteleia warreni by the smooth frons immediately below the median ocellus (Fig. 243) and from Trichoteleia rugifrons by its yellow color and weak rugae laterad of the median ocellus (Fig. 243).

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet solocis, meaning “coarse” or “rough” in Latin, refers to the sculpture of T6 in females of this species.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=248829]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Toamasina Auto. Prov., 18km (21°) NNE Ambinanitelo, rainforest, BLF8003, Mount Anjanaharibe, 15°11'18"S, 49°36'54"E, 450m, 8. III– 12.III.2003, pitfall trap, Fisher, Griswold et al., CASENT 2136151 (deposited in CASC). Paratype: MADAGASCAR: 1 female, CASENT 2135949 (CASC).