Phoenoteleia kaca Lahey, 2021

Lahey, Zachary, Musetti, Luciana, Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2021, Revision of Phoenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Scelioninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 87, pp. 575-611 : 575

Phoenoteleia kaca Lahey sp. nov.

Figures 39-41

Description.

Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Color of antenna in female: radicle and A1-A7 yellow, A8-A12 brown. Color of A7 of female: distinctly lighter than clavomeres. Color of antenna in male: unknown. Color of head: light yellow anteriorly, light yellow anterodorsally, burnt orange posterodorsally. Color of mesosoma: light yellow-orange laterally, burnt orange-brown dorsally. Color of metasoma: T1 including horn orange apically, becoming progressively darker posteriorly; T2-T4 brown laterally, burnt orange-orange sublaterally, brown medially; T5 mostly brown, yellow-orange anterolaterally; T6 orange. Color of legs: coxae, trochanters, femurs light yellow; tibiae orange; tarsi burnt orange-brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Setation of frons: long, moderate. Sculpture of frons: areolate-rugose. Excavation on posteromedial vertex: absent. Sculpture of posteromedial vertex: same as remainder of vertex. Sculpture of vertex: areolate-rugose. Sculpture of gena: rugose. Length of LOL: 1 OD. Length of POL: two times as long as LOL. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: areolate-rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: rugose. Sculpture of netrion: transversely rugose. Notaulus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Sculpture of mesoscutum: areolate-rugose. Parapsidial line: present. Setation of mesoscutellum: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: granulate throughout. Form of metascutellum: twice as long as wide, unsculptured. Sculpture of propodeum: rugose. Setation of plical area: present. Median area of the lateral propodeal area: present. Sculpture of mesofemoral depression: transversely rugose. Setation of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: dense. Sculpture of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: punctate. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth anteriorly, rugose posteriorly. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: rugose. Length of horn on T1: reaching middle of mesoscutum. Sculpture of horn on T1: areolate-rugose basally and along margin of armilla, otherwise transversely aciculate. Sculpture of T1 posterior to armilla: rugose medially, longitudinally striate laterally, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T2: longitudinally striate, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T3: longitudinally striate throughout most of length, interstices rugose, posteromedially granulate. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally striate laterally, granulate medially. Sculpture of T5: weakly longitudinally striate laterally, smooth throughout remainder. Sculpture of T6: smooth. Length of T6 in female: 1.25 times maximum width. Relative length of hind basitarsus in female: 3 times as long as remaining tarsomeres. Relative length of hind basitarsus in male: unknown.

Diagnosis.

Phoenoteleia kaca sp. nov. can be distinguished from other species in the genus by having T5 smooth and T6 lighter than T5.

Etymology.

Kaca is the Indonesian word for glass and is used to reference the appearance of T5. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition.

Material examined.

Holotype, female: Malaysia: Sabah: Danum Valley, Silam Rd. km 57, XI.86, MT, P. Eggleton, OSUC 359936 (deposited in CNCI) . Paratypes: Indonesia: 10 females, OSUC 256840 (ROME); OSUC 359937-359942, 359945 (CNCI); OSUC 359943, 359944 (OSUC) .

Figures

Figures 39 - 41. Phoenoteleia kaca Lahey, female holotype (OSUC 359936) 39 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 40 mesosoma, lateral view 41 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.