Pulchrisolia nephelae Lahey, 2019

Lahey, Zachary, van Noort, Simon, Polaszek, Andrew, Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2019, Revision of the Afrotropical genus Pulchrisolia Szabo (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 73, pp. 39-71 : 39

Pulchrisolia nephelae Lahey sp. nov.

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Description.

Female body length: 0.73-1.14 mm (n = 10). Male body length: 0.73-1.07 mm (n = 10). Coloration of head, female: concolorous with mesosoma. Shape of dorsal interantennal process: simple; apically bilobed. Length of interantennal process: longer than radicle. Hyperoccipital carina: indicated as lateral tubercles; sunken between lateral ocelli. Frontal ledge: present; not traceable to ventral margin of compound eye. Preocellar depressions: present. Setation of pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Setation of cervical pronotal area: absent. Sculpture of pronotal shoulders: reticulate. Sculpture of anterior margin of pronotal shoulders: carinate. Posterolateral margin of pronotal shoulders: evenly rounded. Posterior margin of pronotal shoulders: rounded. Antero-admedian line: absent. Anterior admedian depression or pit: present. Parapsidial line: absent. Median mesoscutal line: present; indicated posteriorly. Notaulus: absent. Coloration of mesoscutum: concolorous with pronotum. Shape of mesoscutum in lateral view: strongly convex. Scupture of mesoscutum: longitudinally striate. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: longitudinally striate. Setation of anterodorsal metapleuron: present. Length of setation of anterodorsal metapleuron: long. Setation of anteroventral metapleuron: present. Length of setation of anteroventral metapleuron: long. Foamy structures on anterior metapleuron: absent. Shape of fore wing: elliptical. Infuscate banding of fore wing: absent. Costal margin of hind wing: fuscous posterior to hamuli. Marginal cilia of female fore wing: absent. Marginal cilia of male fore wing: present.

Diagnosis.

Pulchrisolia nephelae closely resembles P. ankremos but can be separated from all other Pulchrisolia species due to the circular arrangement of black microtrichia in the disc of the fore wing.

Etymology.

Named for the cloud nymphs of Greek mythology. The epithet is treated as a noun in the genitive case.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=457303]

Material examined.

Holotype, female: MALI: Koulikoro Reg., Mourdiah, 25.VIII-5.IX.1986, Malaise trap, M. Matthews, OSUC 666433 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (29 females, 12 males) BENIN: 3 females, OSUC 666440-666441 (CNCI); OSUC 418469 (OSUC). BURKINA FASO: 4 females, 8 males, OSUC 666409-666416-666419, 666442-666443 (CNCI). GAMBIA: 2 females, OSUC 666438-666439 (CNCI). IVORY COAST: 18 females, 1 male, OSUC 666444-666462 (CNCI). MALI: 1 female, 3 males, OSUC 666432, 666434-666436 (CNCI). NIGERIA: 1 female, OSUC 666437 (CNCI).

Comments.

The most abundant and widely distributed Pulchrisolia species currently known. Pulchrisolia nephelae is the species figured in the line drawings of Masner and Huggert (1989).

Figures

Figure 38. Pulchrisolia nephelae, female (OSUC 697956) 38 fore wing, slide mount. Scale bar in micrometers.

Figures 32 - 37. Pulchrisolia nephelae, female holotype (OSUC 666433) 32 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 33 mesosoma, dorsal view 34 head, mesosoma, metasoma, posterodorsal view 35 mesosoma, lateral view 36 head, anterior view 37 metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.