Helava aureipes Masner & Talamas, 2016

Talamas, Elijah J. & Masner, Lubomir, 2016, Revision of New World Helava Masner & Huggert (Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 53, pp. 1-24 : 10-11

Helava aureipes Masner & Talamas sp. n.

Figures 24-28

Description.

Female body length: 0.95-1.36 mm (n=20). Male body length: 0.98-1.10 mm (n=20). Male antenna: apically clubbed. Number of antennomeres in male club: uncertain, 3. Number of female clavomeres: 4. Setation of frons anterior to ocellar triangle: present. Setation of vertex posterior to lateral ocellus: dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Pronotum in dorsal view: present mostly as lateral shoulders. Dorsoventral band of dense setation on posterior part of lateral pronotum: absent. Setation of pronotal cervical sulcus: sparse to absent. Width of dorsal mesopleuron in lateral view: about equal ventrally and dorsally to 1.5 times as wide ventrally. Longitudinal striation on dorsal mesopleuron: present. Transepisternal line: present. Mesofurcal pit: present. Notaulus: percurrent. Rs+M in fore wing: nebulous. Wings: macropterous. Rs+M in hind wing: nebulous. Color of legs: yellow. Foamy structures of lateral propodeum: smaller than hairy metapleuron. Median tubercule on T2: present. Setation of anterior T2: interrupted medially. Lateral patch on T2: absent. Foamy structures on S1: absent. Transverse felt field on anterior S2: present. Shape of S2 in lateral view: broadly convex.

Diagnosis.

Helava aureipes and H. allomera are the only two South American species with notauli. They can be separated from each other by the transepisternal line, which is absent in H. allomera and present as a distinct groove in H. aureipes .

Etymology.

The epithet " Helava aureipes " is given to this species in reference to the golden colour of the legs.

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=354390

Material examined.

Holotype, female: CHILE: Araucanía Reg., Malleco Prov., 1200m, 37.809°S 73.016°W, Nahuelbuta National Park , 9.I-12.I.2000, Malaise trap, D. Webb & D. Yeates, USNMENT00989205 (deposited in CNCI) . Paratypes: CHILE: 25 females, 88 males, CNC424741, 425033-425101, 494411-494451, 494813, USNMENT00989206 (CNCI) .

Figures

Figures 24 - 28. Helava aureipes 24 female holotype (USNMENT 00989205), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 25 female holotype (USNMENT 00989205), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 26 female holotype (USNMENT 00989205), head, anterior view 27 male paratype (USNMENT 00989206), antenna, anterior view 28 female holotype (USNMENT 00989205), antenna, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.