Cyphacolus normani Valerio, Masner & Austin

Valerio, Alejandro A., Masner, Lubomir & Austin, Andrew D., 2010, Systematics of Cyphacolus Priesner (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s. l.), an Old World genus of spider egg parasitoid, Zootaxa 2645, pp. 1-48 : 31-32

Cyphacolus normani Valerio, Masner & Austin , new species

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Figures 72–77; Morphbank48

Description. Female. Body length: 1.43 mm (n=1).

Antenna color: antennal A1–A2 yellow, remainder of antenna dark brown. Body color: mostly yellow, including anterior 2/3 of metasomal T1, remainder of metasoma and transverse band on lower head dark brown. Coxae color: yellow. Leg color (excluding the coxae): yellow. Fore wing color: basal 1/3 and area at 2/ 5 hyaline, area below stigma infuscate as well as area beyond basal 1/3.

Head shape in lateral view: broad, short. Sculpture of antennal scrobe: almost completely cover with semicircular fine ridges. Shape of torular triangle: not bulging, flat. Development of central keel on frons: completely absent. Sculpture of frons: largely smooth, with sparse setigerous punctulae. Sculpture of malar space: nearly completely cover by fine, semicircular ridges from antennal scrobe. Medial surface of vertex: flat to weakly convex (normal). Size of lateral ocellus: small (as in C. bouceki ). Distance between lateral ocellus and occipital carina: 0.5–1.2x maximum ocellar width. Length of OOL: ≥ 1x width of ocellus. Sculpture of vertex: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Surface of occiput: evenly concave (normal). Sculpture of occipital carina: largely simple, at most with few, weak crenulae medially. Proximity of occipital carina to orbital carina: well separated by distance at least 2x width of occipital carina. Shape of occipital carina: simply arcuate medially. Sculpture of occiput: smooth.

Sculpture of pronotal cervical area: with dense but weakly subcircular foveolae. Sculpture of pronotal lateral area: foveate throughout. Netrion: absent, obscured by longitudinal sculpture on lateral pronotum. Notauli: absent. Sculpture of mesoscutum: completely cover by broad longitudinal costae, these converging anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: mainly smooth except anterior 1/4 with coriaceous sculpture, remainder of mesoscutellum with longitudinal costate sculpture. Mesoscutellum shape: strongly convex, length subequal to width. Sculpture of lateral propodeum: sparsely, transversely costate. Shape of propodeal anterior spines: elongate, narrow, apex conspicuously broadened. Sculpture of propodeum between anterior spines: transversely costate. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Density of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: sparse. Thickness of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: broad. Length of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: reaching to approximately half of speculum width. Sculpture of mesopleural femoral depression: smooth. Sculpture of metapleuron: dorsal half smooth, ventral half with few longitudinal ridges and weak setigerous punctulae, metapleural sulcus smooth.

Shape of wings: very convex in lateral view, with a conspicuous constriction at 2/5 of its length.

Shape of horn on T1 (in posterior view): narrow and short. Lateral carinae on posterior part of horn: present, cristate, fused posteriorly. Sculpture of upper portion of T1 horn: longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of posterior portion of T1 horn: mostly smooth, with few longitudinal carinae. Lateral carinae on T2: present and conspicuously. Sculpture of T2: largely smooth, anterior 1/3 broadly costate, these shorter medially. Sculpture of T3: smooth. Sculpture of S3–S6: mainly smooth, with sparse setigerous punctulae.

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis. This species can be identified from all other species by the very conspicuously oval and elongate globose mesoscutellum, and the mesoscutum longitudinal costate sculpture emerging from one spot anteriorly.

Etymology. This species is named after our colleague and friend Norman Johnson at Ohio State University, for his vision and dedication in developing the Platygastroidea PBI.

Link to distribution map. 49

47. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=576239

48. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514195

49. http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 240835 Material examined. Holotype female: INDIA: Karnataka St., Bandipur National Park, 900m, 20.VII– 30.VII.1984, flight intercept trap, B. Gill, OSUC 237818 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (2 females) INDIA: 1 female, OSUC 238717 (CNCI). UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 1 female, OSUC 250615 (CNCI).

FIGURES 72–77. Cyphacolus normani n. sp., holotype female (OSUC 237818). 72, Dorsal habitus; 73, Lateral habitus; 74, Mesosoma , dorsal view; 75, Mesosoma , lateral view; 76, Head, anterior view; 77, Metasoma, dorsal view. Morphbank50

50. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514195