Trichoteleia parvipennis 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 : 69-70

Trichoteleia parvipennis Talamas & Masner sp. n. Figures 192-197Morphbank 30

Description.

Female body length: 2.17-2.34 mm (n=4). 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: finely punctate throughout, dorsoventrally strigose laterally; moderately punctate throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate; moderately punctate, rugose posterior to eyes and posterior ocellus. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugulose; dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: present.

Color of mesosoma in female: variably yellow to brown. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined; striate, striae short and poorly 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 small cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: areolate rugose. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: areolate rugose. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: smooth. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: rugulose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: with triangular point near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: yellow throughout; pale brown throughout.

Color of metasoma in female: variably patterned in alternating orange and brown. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large protuberance, curved posteriorly at apex. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: striate anteriorly, with few striae reaching T3. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: absent; weakly obliquely rugulose along anterior margin. Punctation of T4 in female: absent along midline, otherwise sparse. 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 fine setigerous punctures along lateral margin. Sculpture of S2: crenulate along anterior margin, otherwise smooth with small punctures throughout. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: brachypterous, apex of forewing ending before midpoint of T3. Color of forewing in female: slightly infuscate throughout. Color of hind wing: slightly infuscate throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia parvipennis , Trichoteleia echinata and Trichoteleia halterata are the only known brachypterous species of Trichoteleia . Trichoteleia parvipennis has a basiconic sensillum on A7 that separates it from these species in the female sex.

Etymology.

The Latin name parvipennis, a noun in apposition, refers to the reduced size of the wings.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=243850]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Prov., rainforest, 36km S Ambalavao, 22°12'S 46°58'E, 23.X.1993, Berlese funnel, B. L. Fisher, OSUC 181021 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 3 females, CASENT 2135903, OSUC 181022, OSUC 181023 (CASC).