Trichoteleia oculea Talamas & Masner

Talamas, Elijah J., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2011, Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 80, pp. 1-126 : 64-66

Trichoteleia oculea Talamas & Masner sp. n. Figures 1526180-185Morphbank 28

Description.

Female body length: 2.94-3.36 mm (n=3). Color of head: reddish brown. 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: moderately punctate throughout; punctate laterally, mostly smooth medially. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate medially, densely punctate laterally. Occipital rim: comprised of medium to large sized cells. Sculpture of gena: dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: reddish brown throughout. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: sparsely punctate, becoming denser anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth with sparse fine punctures throughout. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of large cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: finely 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: rugulose; punctate rugose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: with blunt kink near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: pale brown throughout.

Color of metasoma in female: reddish brown. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: present. Microsculpture on T3: present. Microsculpture on T4: present. Horn on T1 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent; weakly longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of m edial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: punctate rugulose; longitudinally strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: absent along midline, otherwise moderately dense. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: moderately dense throughout. 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: smooth with sparse fine setigerous punctures throughout. Sculpture of S 2: longitudinally strigose throughout, punctate interstitially. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: infuscate throughout. Color of hind wing: infuscate throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: less than 1.5 times as long as rs. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia oculea is most similar to Trichoteleia tahotra with which it shares an apical projection on the lateral propodeal area and R1 (postmarginal vein) approximately equal in length to r (stigmal vein) in the forewing. These species are easily separated by the prominent striation of the lateral pronotum (Fig. 15) and lack of a basiconic sensillum on A7 in Trichoteleia oculea (as in Fig. 2).

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet oculea, meaning "having many eyes," refers to the large size of the eyes in this species.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=243415]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana Auto. Prov., 10.8km (229°) SW Antanambao, leaf mold / rotten wood / rainforest, #1996, Manongarivo Special Reserve, 13°57.7'S 48°26.0'E, 400m, 8.XI.1998, sifted litter, B. L. Fisher, CASENT 2135906 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 2 females, CASENT 2135907-2135908 (CASC).