Loboscelidia mediata, Hisasue & Pham & Mita, 2023
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.887.2203 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:788AE14A-0698-4C42-819C-BC2412F76FCA |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8224912 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6A304EBB-F336-4F03-99F8-5CB598F9DF78 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:6A304EBB-F336-4F03-99F8-5CB598F9DF78 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Loboscelidia mediata |
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sp. nov. |
Loboscelidia mediata sp. nov.
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Figs 2D View Fig , 17 View Fig , 25L View Fig
Etymology
Named after the Latin ‘ mediata ’, meaning ‘oblique’, referring to the unusual and deviant morphological characteristics of the genus Loboscelidia .
Type material
Holotype VIETNAM • ♂; Kon Tum Province, Chu Mom Ray NP , Bar Goc Station ; 14.434° N, 107.720° E; 31 Apr.–4 May 2014; H.T. Pham; MT; VNMN. GoogleMaps
Description
Male ( Fig. 17A View Fig )
MEASUREMENTS. Body length 2.6 mm; forewing length 2.6 mm.
HEAD. Head ( Fig. 17B–D View Fig ) 1.7 times as long as high, 1.2 times as long as wide; inner ocular length 0.68 times as long as head width; frontal projection rectangular in frontal view ( Fig. 17B View Fig ); apical margion of frontal projection depressed ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); frons polished, with longitudinal striae ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); frons without ridge along inner orbit of eye ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); spraclypeal area with transverse carinae ( Fig. 17B View Fig ); temple 3.2 times as long as MOD ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); POL 1.7 times as long as MOD; OOL 2.4 times as long as MOD; LOL 0.57 times as long as MOD; behind ocelli with transverse depression ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); cervical expansion strongly convex in lateral view ( Fig. 17D View Fig ); basal part of cervical expansion strongly constricted in dorsal view ( Fig. 17C View Fig ); scape 4.4 times as long as wide; scape without longitudinal grooves; scape without transparent flange; F1 2.2 times as long as wide; F2 2.3 times as long as wide; F11 2.3 times as long as wide; relative length of F1–F11: 1.7: 1.4: 1.2: 1.2: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 2.3.
MESOSOMA. Pronotum 0.95 times as long as posterior width of pronotum ( Fig. 17E View Fig ); posterior width of pronotum 1.4 times as wide as anterior width and 0. 80 times as wide as head width; dorsolateral surface of pronotum rounded ( Fig. 17A View Fig ); notauli of scutum straight, reaching posterior margin ( Fig. 17F View Fig ); scutellum polished ( Fig. 17F View Fig ); apico-lateral area of scutellum with longitudinal grooves ( Fig. 17F View Fig ); metanotum with two ridges; scrobal sulcus absent ( Fig. 17A View Fig ); metanotum 0.42 times as long as scutellum ( Fig. 17F View Fig ); propodeal angle weakly developed; propodeum without transverse carina above foramen.
WINGS. Forewing ( Fig. 17G View Fig ) with M curved; cu-a absent; A absent; R1 0.29 times as long as R; Rs 2.3 times as long as R.
LEGS. Tibiae smooth, without flanges; flange on forefemur 0.18 times longer, 0.60 times wider than tubular part of forefemur; flange on midfemur 0.16 times longer, 0.33 times wider than tubular part of midfemur; hindcoxa 2.3 times as long as hind trochanter; hindcoxa dorso-laterally carinate; basal part of hindfemur simple; hindfemur basally not stout, as wide as distal part; ventral margin of hindfemur swollen; outer surface of hindfemur smooth; flange on hindfemur 0.20 times longer, 0.60 times wider than tubular part of hindfemur; tarsal claw of hindtibia with one tooth and not extending half of tarsal claw ( Fig. 25L View Fig ).
PILOSITY. Scape with sparse suberect cuneate and forked setae ( Fig. 17B View Fig ); pedicel with sparse suberect cuneate setae; gena and frontal projection with separate ribbon-like setae; dorsal rurface of pronotum with sparse suberect and erect forked setae ( Fig. 17E View Fig ); dorso-frontal margin of pronotum with short ribbon-like setae; lateral surface of pronotum with sparse suberect and erect forked setae; propleuron with sparse suberect and erect forked setae; scutum with sparse suberect and erect forked setae ( Fig. 17F View Fig ); mesopleuron with sparse suberect and erect forked setae; tegula with sparse suberect and erect forked setae; scutellum with dense suberect forked setae; forecoxa with sparse decumbent simple and cuneate setae; foretrochanter with sparse suberect simple setae; midcoxa with sparse decumbent cuneate setae; midtrochanter with sparse suberect simple setae; hindcoxa with sparse decumbent cuneate setae; hindtrochanter with sparse decumbent cuneate setae.
COLORATION. Body reddish brown; antenna reddish brown; legs reddish brown; flanges yellowish brown; ribbon-like setae whitish yellow.
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Vietnam (Central Vietnam) ( Fig. 28 View Fig ).
Remarks
This species can be easily distinguished from other species by the shorter ribbon-like setae and forked setae, similar to another genus Rhadinoscelidia . We assigned this new species to Loboscelidia because it has the developed wing venation; however, other characteristics (e.g., long scape with dense erect or suberect setae; cervical expansion with shorter ribbon-like setae; pronotum with forked erect setae; and tibiae without flanges) are rather similar to those of Rhadinoscelida.
| MT |
Mus. Tinro, Vladyvostok |
| VNMN |
Vietnam National Museum of Nature |
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Apocrita |
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Chrysidoidea |
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Loboscelidiinae |
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