Scelio harinhalai Yoder

Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Polaszek, Andrew, Noort, Simon van, Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2014, Monograph of the Afrotropical species of Scelio Latreille (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae), egg parasitoids of acridid grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae), ZooKeys 380, pp. 1-188 : 124-127

Scelio harinhalai Yoder sp. n. Figures 293-298; Morphbank 63

Description.

Female body length: 3.32-4.00 mm (n=20). Male body length: 3.32-3.92 mm (n=20). Sculpture of posterior vertex: weakly reticulate. Sculpture of frons in female: reticulate throughout; reticulate in upper 3/4. Arcuate carinae of lower frons: “open”, arcuate carina terminating along malar sulcus. Form of RSS on A5 in male: carinate. Sculpture of medial mesonotum: longitudinally striate in posterior half, otherwise reticulate. Surface of propodeal shelf in females: anterolaterally with small smooth patch, otherwise with slightly irregular curved sinuate carinae. Surface of meso- and metapleural depressions: sculptured throughout. Fore wing length: shorter than apex of metasoma.

Diagnosis.

This species is most similar to Scelio parkeri with which it shares the combination of smooth patches on the meso- and metapleuron, a tendency for the mesoscutellum to be longitudinally striate, and reticulate sculpture of the posterior head. It differs from Scelio parkeri by the “closed” arcuate sculpture of the frons, with arcs terminating near base of mandible, not along the malar sulcus.

Etymology.

The epithet is used as a genitive noun derived from the name of one of the three collectors who together amassed hundreds of specimens of the irwini-group.

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=244777

Material examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Auto. Prov., 8km NW Amboasary, gallery forest, MA-02-22-10, Berenty Private Reserve, 25°00.40'S, 46°18.20'E, 85m, 16. XII– 27.XII.2002, malaise trap, M. Irwin, F. Parker & R. Harin’Hala, CASENT 2132273 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 141 females, 889 males, 2 unknowns, CASENT 2042048, 2042057, 2042118, 2042125 -2042126, 2042293, 2042962, 2043062, 2043153, 2043271, 2043273, 2043407, 2043624, 2043911, 2043922, 2132024, 2132088, 2132113-2132114, 2132117, 2132120-2132122, 2132125-2132126, 2132131-2132133, 2132137, 2132141-2132142, 2132145-2132146, 2132148-2132149, 2132153, 2132156, 2132160-2132163, 2132165-2132169, 2132173, 2132177, 2132182-2132183, 2132185-2132187, 2132189-2132192, 2132197, 2132201-2132204, 2132210, 2132213, 2132218, 2132220, 2132222-2132224, 2132228-2132230, 2132237, 2132239-2132241, 2132247, 2132249-2132252, 2132255, 2132261, 2132265, 2132271, 2132275-2132277, 2132284, 2132287-2132288, 2132292-2132294, 2132301, 2132306, 2132308-2132309, 2132311, 2132316, 2132319, 2132333, 2132337, 2132342, 2132344, 2132349, 2132355-2132357, 2132362-2132364, 2132366-2132368, 2132370, 2132372, 2132374, 2132376-2132377, 2132379, 2132385-2132386, 2132388-2132395, 2132399, 2132405, 2132415, 2132572-2132576, 2132580, 2132584, 2132591, 2132597, 2132600-2132601, 2132603-2132605, 2132607, 2132610-2132611, 2132614, 2132616, 2132619-2132621, 2132626-2132628, 2132630, 2132633, 2132637-2132639, 2132653, 2132663, 2132665-2132671, 2132673, 2132677-2132678, 2132683, 2132689-2132691, 2132695-2132699, 2132704-2132705, 2132771, 2132782, 2132801, 2132807, 2132815, 2132852-2132859, 2132861-2132862, 2132867, 2132870-2132871, 2132873, 2132875-2132882, 2132885-2132886, 2132888-2132890, 2132893, 2132895-2132896, 2132899, 2132901, 2132903-2132907, 2132909-2132911, 2132914, 2132916-2132917, 2132919-2132921, 2132923, 2132925, 2132927, 2132930-2132933, 2132937-2132938, 2132940-2132942, 2132944, 2132947, 2132949-2132950, 2132952-2132954, 2132962, 2132964, 2132966, 2132970, 2132979-2132980, 2132985-2132986, 2132988-2132989, 2133079, 2133082, 2133090, 2133095, 2133100, 2133105-2133106, 2133115-2133116, 2133149, 2133161, 2133168, 2133184, 2133250, 2133302, 2133329, 2133332, 2133338, 2133342, 2133344, 2133346, 2133359, 2133430, 2133503, 2133527-2133528, 2133530, 2133538, 2133550, 2133553, 2133555-2133557, 2133560, 2133563, 2133567, 2133569-2133570, 2133572, 2133574-2133576, 2133578, 2133585, 2133591, 2133593-2133594, 2133597-2133598, 2133600, 2133607, 2133610-2133612, 2133616-2133617, 2133619, 2133621-2133623, 2133632, 2133635, 2133637-2133639, 2133642, 2133644, 2133646, 2133648-2133651, 2133653, 2133657-2133659, 2133663, 2133669, 2133671, 2133674, 2133677, 2133683, 2133686, 2133688-2133689, 2133691, 2133695, 2133698, 2133700, 2133705, 2133708, 2133714-2133715, 2133717, 2133721-2133722, 2133724, 2133726, 2133729-2133730, 2133733, 2133735-2133736, 2133739-2133740, 2133744, 2133746-2133747, 2133749-2133752, 2133756, 2133758, 2133763, 2133768, 2133770, 2133772, 2133775, 2133778-2133780, 2133786-2133789, 2133792, 2133794, 2133801, 2133804, 2133825-2133826, 2133830, 2133835, 2133838, 2133842-2133844, 2133849, 2133851, 2133855-2133856, 2133860, 2133864, 2133871-2133872, 2133877-2133878, 2133938, 2133942, 2133953, 2133956, 2133958-2133959, 2133962, 2133966-2133967, 2133969, 2133971-2133972, 2133974, 2133978, 2133981-2133982, 2133986-2133987, 2133989, 2133992-2133994, 2133998, 2134012-2134016, 2134018-2134019, 2134021-2134022, 2134024-2134025, 2134027-2134031, 2134034, 2134038-2134039, 2134042-2134046, 2134048, 2134051-2134052, 2134116, 2134216, 2134253, 2134264, 2134268-2134269, 2134272, 2134275, 2134277, 2134301, 2134310-2134313, 2134315-2134316, 2134318, 2134322-2134324, 2134326, 2134329-2134331, 2134333, 2134335-2134336, 2134338-2134341, 2134343, 2134346-2134350, 2134352, 2134355, 2134357-2134367, 2134370-2134373, 2134377-2134384, 2134387-2134391, 2134393-2134400, 2134402-2134404, 2134444-2134445, 2134448-2134450, 2134521-2134522, 2134585-2134586, 2134629, 2134632, 2134639-2134640, 2134650, 2134654-2134655, 2134691, 2134769, 2134843, 2134847, 2134853, 2134878, 2134883, 2134893, 2135052-2135053, 2135296, 2135920, 2135933, 2135937, 2135981-2135982, 8097491, 8106051, 8106053, 8106060, 8106066-8106068, 8106090-8106091, 8106097, 8106119, 8106305, 8106673, 8106675-8106676, 8106679, 8106682-8106683, 8106686, 8106688-8106689, 8106694, 8106697, 8106700, 8106707, 8106709, 8106712, 8106714, 8106720-8106721, 8106724, 8106729, 8106731, 8106735-8106742, 8106744, 8106746-8106747, 8106759-8106760, 8106762, 8106764, 8106766-8106768, 8106770-8106772, 8106776-8106779, 8106784, 8106787, 8106790, 8106803, 8106805, 8106811, 8106813, 8106815, 8106820, 8106822, 8106825-8106826, 8106829, 8106831-8106832, 8106854, 8106858, 8106860, 8106862-8106863, 8106865, 8106867-8106870, 8106875, 8106878-8106879, 8106881, 8106887-8106890, 8106895, 8106898-8106899, 8106977, 8106993 (CASC); CASENT 2042007, 2042043, 2042045, 2042055, 2042107, 2042115, 2042120-2042122, 2042127-2042128, 2042250-2042251, 2042273, 2042670-2042671, 2042674, 2043069, 2043073, 2043075-2043078, 2043080, 2043082-2043083, 2043085-2043087, 2043089, 2043092-2043094, 2043097-2043098, 2043156, 2043201, 2043252, 2043272, 2043274, 2043298, 2043300, 2043349, 2043401, 2043405, 2043408, 2043410-2043412, 2043418, 2043453, 2043548-2043549, 2043615, 2043856, 2043913, 2043916, 2043921, 2043927-2043928, 2132096, 2132130, 2132140, 2132176, 2132178, 2132209, 2132226, 2132234, 2132267, 2132279, 2132281, 2132283, 2132291, 2132346-2132348, 2132783, 2132908, 2133072, 2133080-2133081, 2133089, 2133091, 2133093-2133094, 2133098-2133099, 2133101-2133102, 2133111-2133114, 2133117, 2133120-2133122, 2133160, 2133180, 2133189, 2133193, 2133236, 2133248-2133249, 2133254, 2133313-2133314, 2133318, 2133321, 2133323-2133324, 2133326, 2133331, 2133335, 2133337, 2133343, 2133345, 2133357, 2133363, 2133929, 2133951, 2134026, 2134406, 2134524, 2134604, 2134630-2134631, 2134633, 2134649, 2134661, 2134858, 2134888, 2135930, 8097460-8097461, 8097465, 8097468, 8097473, 8097477-8097479, 8097482-8097483, 8097486-8097487, 8097489-8097490, 8097493-8097494, 8106047, 8106049, 8106055, 8106057, 8106063-8106064, 8106072, 8106075, 8106077-8106078, 8106081-8106089, 8106092, 8106094-8106096, 8106098, 8106100-8106101, 8106103, 8106106-8106108, 8106110, 8106112, 8106115-8106116, 8106118, 8106120, 8106122, 8106124-8106130, 8106133-8106139, 8106215-8106216, 8106218-8106220, 8106223-8106224, 8106229, 8106231-8106232, 8106234-8106236, 8106239, 8106246, 8106252-8106253, 8106255-8106256, 8106264-8106265, 8106268-8106269, 8106282-8106283, 8106291-8106293, 8106298, 8106302-8106303, 8106307, 8106309-8106310, 8106312-8106313, 8106316-8106317, 8106321, 8106326-8106327, 8106329-8106331, 8106333-8106339, 8106344, 8106346, 8106351-8106353, 8106359, 8106362-8106364, 8106367-8106373, 8106376-8106379, 8106389, 8106394-8106395, 8106451, 8106506, 8106524, 8106527, 8106536, 8106538, 8106543, 8106547, 8106553-8106554, 8106566-8106567, 8106571-8106574, 8106576-8106580, 8106583, 8106591, 8106594-8106596, 8106599, 8106603, 8106608-8106609, 8106611-8106619, 8106621-8106624, 8106626, 8106629, 8106632-8106634, 8106639, 8106641, 8106643, 8106645-8106647, 8106653, 8106655, 8106658, 8106660, 8106662, 8106666-8106668, 8106670, 8106674, 8106677, 8106708, 8106749-8106750, 8106752-8106753, 8106757, 8106763, 8106824, 8106836-8106839, 8106841-8106842, 8106846-8106848, 8106850-8106851, 8106872, 8106876, 8106884 (OSUC).

Comments.

Scelio harinhalai has the smallest smooth patches on the meso- and metapleuron among species who share this character ( Scelio irwini has the largest). The arcuate carinae of the face are somewhat hidden due to the surrounding reticulate elements that are present more or less throughout. See also Scelio parkeri . The mesonotal sculpture medially tends to be more reticulate than longitudinal.