Dyscritobaeus microocellus Kozlov & Le, 2017

Talamas, Elijah J. & Pham, Hong-Thai, 2017, An online photographic catalog of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Hanoi, Vietnam), with some taxonomic notes, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56, pp. 239-239 : 239

Dyscritobaeus microocellus Kozlov & Le comb. n. Figures 1-4

Gryon microocellus Kozlov & Lê, 1996: 9 (original description); Lê, 2000: 96, 124 (description, keyed, type information).

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=179794

Material examined.

Holotype, female: VIETNAM: Dak Lak Prov., Crong Buc (Krongbuk), 27.IX.1978, IEBR 0164 (deposited in IEBR).

Comments.

We transfer this species from Gryon to Dyscritobaeus based on the location of the lateral ocelli distant from the inner orbits of the eyes, the general shape of the head, the presence of malar striae, and a well-developed occipital carina that is dorsally continuous. The generic concept of Dyscritobaeus somewhat recently was modified by Mineo et al. (2011), who subdivided it into multiple genera based on characters that will likely require reevaluation in the context of the world fauna. However, these issues do not affect our generic transfer of D. microocellus , because this species matches their constricted concept of the Dyscritobaeus .

Figures

Figures 1 - 4. Dyscritobaeus microocellus, female holotype (IEBR 0164). 1 head, anterolateral view 2 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 3 metasoma, dorsal view 4 head and mesosoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.