Fusicornia fax Taekul & Johnson, 2008

Taekul, Charuwat, Johnson, Norman F., Masner, Lubomír & Shu-Pei, Chen, 2008, Revision of the world species of the genus Fusicornia Risbec (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae), Zootaxa 1966, pp. 1-52 : 26-28

publication ID

1175­5334

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:AFB6DC4C-E568-44B5-9CA7-EA9626C7CDB1

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/75A0396D-F46C-44A1-A3CE-64D90F21509A

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:75A0396D-F46C-44A1-A3CE-64D90F21509A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Fusicornia fax Taekul & Johnson
status

sp. nov.

Fusicornia fax Taekul & Johnson , new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:75A0396D-F46C-44A1-A3CE-64D90F21509A urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:230114

Figures 67–72; Morphbank 48

Description. Female body length: 1.68 mm (n=1). Male body length: unknown.

Head: Vertex between posterior ocelli: rounded. Female OOL: more than one ocellar diameter. Frontal sculpture: at least partly smooth or considerably effaced. Sculpture of central frons: smooth or with shallowly impressed reticulate microsculpture. Setation of central frons: glabrous. Inner orbit in frontal view: more or less parallel. Upper gena in dorsal view of female: expanded, convex, therefore in lateral view compound eye separated from posterior margin by gena. Sculpture of gena behind lower half of eye: smooth. Setation of gena: sparsely setose. Antenna: Radicle color: bright yellow. Color of female A1: dark brown to black. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2. Claval color: bright yellow.

Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate. Longitudinal sculpture in posterior half of mesoscutum: absent. Admedian line: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: foveolate. Notauli: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: rounded. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: almost entirely smooth. Length of medial metascutellar spine: medial spine short to moderately long, distinctly shorter than distance between medial and lateral spines. Length of lateral metascutellar spine: short, only slightly longer than wide. Sculpture of propodeal nucha: smooth to weakly sculptured. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: smooth. Sculpture in lower pronotum: longitudinally striate. Netrion setation: sparsely setose to glabrous. Mesopleural carina: complete. Mesepimeral sulcus: abbreviated. Area 2 on metapleuron: polygonal, setose. Setation of area 4 of metapleuron: setose ventrally. Setation in anteroventral metapleural triangle: absent. Setation of propodeum anterior to spiracle: sparsely setose (less than 10) or absent. Legs: Coxae color: all coxae brown to black.

47. http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=230113

48. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226380

Wings: Female fore wing maculation: hyaline or with slight infuscation below marginal vein. Metasoma: Length of T1: less than or equal to one times width. Horn on T1 of female: well developed, sculpture on horn very weak or absent. Lateral setation of T1: sparsely to moderately setose (6–15/side). Medial sculpture on T3: smooth and shiny.

49. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226380

Diagnosis. The bright yellow clava is unique to Fusicornia fax and will immediately distinguish this species ( Figs. 67, 68, 72). Etymology. The specific epithet fax , torch or firebrand, refers to the unique bright color of the clava. Link to Distribution Map. 50 Material Examined. Holotype female: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Laing Isl., 16.VIII.1982, P. Grootaert, OSUC 149013 (deposited in CNCI).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Scelionidae

Genus

Fusicornia

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