Dichoteleas umbra, Schwartz & Van Noort & Johnson, 2023

Schwartz, Johanna, Van Noort, Simon & Johnson, Norman F., 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), ZooKeys 1182, pp. 183-205 : 183

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1182.104943

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5CE38750-EECC-4275-B53A-3ADB32DB908B

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C86B76DC-5B02-4FDF-842F-60F2E98B4B06

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:C86B76DC-5B02-4FDF-842F-60F2E98B4B06

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scientific name

Dichoteleas umbra
status

sp. nov.

Dichoteleas umbra sp. nov.

Figs 38-40 View Figures 38–40

Description.

Color of head: black. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Frontal depression: absent. Malar striae: present. Facial striae: present. Setation of eyes: absent. Sculpture of frons: smooth above interantennal prominence, areolate laterally. Setation of frons: sparsely setose throughout. Submedian carina: absent. Interantennal process: undifferentiated. Central keel: absent. Transverse pronotal carina: present. Color of pronotum: dark brown to black. Pronotal cervical sulcus: present. Mesepimeral sulcus: present. Sulcus along mesopleural carina: foveolate. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present as an uninterrupted groove. Median mesoscutal line: absent. Color of mesoscutum: black with xanthic posterolateral corners. Sculpture of mesoscutum: punctate. Notaulus: complete. Visibility of notaulus: unobscured. Parapsidal line: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Shape of axillular carinae in lateral view: without a posteroventral hooklike. Color of axillular carina: slighter lighter than mesoscutellum. Sculpture of T3-6: punctate. Median carina on T1-T4: absent.

Diagnosis.

D. umbra can be distinguished from D. rugosus by the xanthic posterolateral corners of the mesoscutum. This species differs from D. hamatus and D. striatus by the punctate mesoscutum.

Etymology.

The name Dichoteleas umbra is from the Latin word for shadow or shade, referring to the dark color. This epithet is treated as a noun.

Distribution.

Tanzania (Uluguru Mts.).

Material examined.

Holotype, female: Tanzania: Uluguru Mts. Lupanga , East, 1300m; OSUC 875037 (CNCI) . Paratypes. Tanzania: 1 female, 1 male, OSUC 875038-875039 (CNCI) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Scelionidae

Genus

Dichoteleas