Trichoteleia hemlyae 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 : 44-46

Trichoteleia hemlyae Talamas & Masner sp. n. Figures 393144126 –131309– 310Morphbank 19

Description.

Female body length: 2.66-3.47 mm (n=12). Male body length: 2.24-3.11 mm (n=22). Color of head: dark orange, becoming brown at vertex; orange throughout; dark brown to black; yellow throughout. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Sculpture of medial frons in male: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: absent. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: densely punctate throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate; densely punctate. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugose; dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: dark brown to black; variably orange to brown. Color of mesosoma in male: dark brown to black. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: smooth furrow incomplete, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as row of punctures. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: moderately punctate in posterior half, becoming denser anteriorly; moderately punctate in posterior half, becoming denser and transversely rugulose anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth with sparse fine punctures throughout; smooth medially, sparsely punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of small cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: punctate; sparsely punctate. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: finely punctate. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse; moderately dense. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: punctate rugose; densely punctate. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: straight to moderately convex; with blunt kink near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: pale brown throughout; brown throughout; fore coxa and trochanter yellow, otherwise brown.

Color of metasoma in female: dark brown to black throughout. Color of metasoma in male: pale to dark brown throughout. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: present. Microsculpture on T3: present. Microsculpture on T4: present. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: weakly longitudinally striate throughout; striate anteriorly, with few striae reaching T3. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent; weakly longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: absent; longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: absent. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally; absent in medial third, sparse laterally; sparse throughout. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: moderately dense throughout; sparse along midline, otherwise dense. Shape of T5 in female: width of posterior margin less than length. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth along midline, densely and finely punctate laterally. Macrosculpture of T2 in male: striate anteriorly, with few striae reaching T3; weakly longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in male: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in male: absent. Macrosculpture of T4 in male: absent. Punctation of T4 in male: sparse throughout; absent in medial third, sparse laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in male: absent. Punctation of T5 in male: sparse along midline, otherwise dense throughout; sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate medially, punctate interstitially. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: macropterous, apex of forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: slightly infuscate with longitudinal dark streak. Color of forewing in male: slightly infuscate throughout; slightly infuscate with longitudinal dark streak. Color of hind wing: slightly infuscate throughout; hyaline with faint infuscate patches posterior to R and along anterior margin apical to R. 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. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia hemlyae is most similar to Trichoteleia pauliani and Trichoteleia ravaka . The central keel on the frons and coarsely sculptured metapleural triangle will serve to separate this species from Trichoteleia pauliani . The primary difference between Trichoteleia hemlyae and Trichoteleia ravaka is the color pattern in the forewing. Trichoteleia hemlyae has forewings that are faintly infuscate throughout with a nebulous darker streak along the longitudinal midline (Figs 31, 126, 128, 131). The forewings of Trichoteleia ravaka have infuscation in patch near the apex of the wing and in a transverse band intersecting R (marginal vein) (Fig. 231).

Etymology.

This species is named to honor the work and pleasant demeanor of Sara Hemly (OSU, Columbus), whose meticulous processing of specimens greatly contributed to this revision.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=241293]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Prov., radio tower, forest edge / mixed tropical forest, MA-02-09B-54, Ranomafana National Park, 21°15.05'S 47°24.43'E, 1130m, 27. II– 9.III.2003, malaise trap, R. Harin’Hala, CASENT 2132833 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 18 females, 68 males, CASENT 2008625, 2008631, 2042872, 2043435, 2043487-2043488, 2043528, 2043942, 2118406, 2118409, 2118415-2118416, 2118423, 2132655, 2132725-2132726, 2132757, 2132834, 2132843, 2133932-2133933, 2134084-2134085, 2134089-2134090, 2134092, 2134162, 2134174, 2134177, 2134182, 2135732, 2135791, 2135808, 2135828, 2135832, 2135835, 2135841, 2135867-2135868, 2135881, 2135888, 2135891-2135892, 2135894-2135896, 2135899-2135900, 2135959, 2135961-2135962, 2135971, 2136001, 2136017, 2136019, 2136166, 2136179, 2136274, 2138045, 2138092, OSUC 181024, OSUC 181025, OSUC 181026, OSUC 266087 (CASC); CASENT 2043529, OSUC 181027 (CNCI); CASENT 2008627, 2042964-2042965, 2043525, 2118407, 2118414, 2132758, 2134100, 2134163, 2135810, 2135829, 2135846, 2135857, 2135875, 2135893, 2136020, 2136156, 2136158, 2136188, 2136194 (OSUC). Other material: MADAGASCAR: 2 females, OSUC 334219-334220 (OSUC).