Coccobius islandicus Geng & Polaszek, 2020

Geng, Hui, Li, Cheng-De, Mottern, Jason & Polaszek, Andrew, 2020, Synonymy of Idiococcobius Hayat with Coccobius Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae): evidenced by a new species from Malaysian Borneo, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 78, pp. 33-40 : 33

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.78.53064

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:058EF85F-777D-4ED5-BFF2-B54B72E19E6A

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EE1EE627-07A5-4DFD-B7C1-CB70AD20A853

taxon LSID

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scientific name

Coccobius islandicus Geng & Polaszek
status

sp. nov.

Coccobius islandicus Geng & Polaszek sp. nov.

Figs 1 A-C View Figure 1 , 2 A, B View Figure 2

Material examined.

Holotype ♀ (on slide): 21-25 Aug 2016, MALAYSIA: Sabah (N. Borneo), Keningau, Jungle Girl Camp , 5°26'55.7"N, 116°27'08.6"E, rainforest. H. Geng; NHMUK; specimen ID: GH025-92 GoogleMaps

Diagnosis.

Antennal F1 and clava brown (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). Pronotum medially membranous; mid lobe of mesoscutum with 8 setae (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ); maximum length of marginal fringe of fore wing 0.68 × wing width.

Description (female holotype).

Length 0.60 mm.

Colour. Head brown, frons paler. Mandibles very dark, especially toward apices (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ). Antenna pale, F1 and clava brown (Fig. 1B View Figure 1 ). Pronotum and anterior margin of mesoscutal mid lobe brown, remainder of body largely pale, but brown laterally. Fore and mid tibiae pale brown, hind femora and tibiae brown (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ). Wings hyaline except tegula pale brown(Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ).

Morphology. Head 1.5 times as broad as frontovertex width (Fig. 1A View Figure 1 ), frontovertex width less than length of clava (0.74). Upper margins of antennal toruli slightly below lower eye margins. Eye setose. Antennal radicle long, 0.37 × scape length. Pedicel just over 0.5 × scape length, 1.56 × length F1. F1 as long as F2, 0.78 × F3. Clava slightly longer than funicle. Antennomeres with the following numbers of sensilla: F1:0; F2:1; F3:2; C1:3; C2:5.

Mid lobe of mesoscutum with 8 setae arranged in approximate bilateral symmetry. Sculpture of mesoscutal mid lobe consisting of large irregular reticulations, that of scutellum with longitudinal elements. Scutellum with 2+2 setae, the front pair placed slightly behind the level of the scutellar sensilla (Fig. 2A View Figure 2 ). Wings elongate. Fore wing 3.22 × as long as wide, marginal fringe 0.68 × as long as maximum wing width, submarginal vein with 1 seta, stigmal vein sensilla in a cluster of 4 (Fig. 1C View Figure 1 ). Hind wing 7 × as long as wide, marginal fringe 1.6 × as long as maximum wing width. Mid tibial spur 1.29 × mid basitarsus.

Metasomal setation: T1: 0+0; T2:1+1; T3-T5: 2+2; T6:4; T7:6. Ovipositor length 1.21 × mid tibia; 3rd valvula 0.27 × ovipositor (Fig. 2B View Figure 2 ).

Male.

Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.

Etymology.

" island "-(icus) is the latinised form of the English word “Iceland”, in this case referring to a British food retailer that has banned the use of palm oil in its products. The species name does not imply any endorsement by the authors of this retailer's products.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Aphelinidae

Genus

Coccobius