Oreiscelio zuzkae Talamas & Johnson, 2009

Talamas, Elijah, Johnson, Norman, van Noort, Simon, Masner, Lubomir & Polaszek, Andrew, 2009, Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 6 (6), pp. 1-68 : 62-65

Oreiscelio zuzkae Talamas & Johnson , sp. n.

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Figures 5 , 18 , 133-138 ; Morphbank 64

Description. General: Body length of female: 3.3-3.9 mm (n=14). Body color: black.

Antenna: Color of antennae in female: A1–A6 yellow; A7–A12 dark brown to black. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, not reaching apex of A3.

Head: Color of setae on the head: white. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: areolate. Preocellar pit in females: absent, indicated by a small round depression, present as a distinct pit. Transverse rugae at vertex: present. Sculpture of posterior vertex: areolate. Sculpture of occipital rim: areolate. Interantennal process: simple. Number of anteriorly projecting setae on anteclypeus: 6. Color of mandibles in female: yellow throughout with teeth brown. Mandibular teeth in female: ventral tooth larger, but less than 2x as long as dorsal tooth. Sculpture of ventral gena anterior to genal carina: row of shallow areolae with reduced ridges between cells. Sculpture of ventral gena posterior to genal carina: coarsely and irregularly punctate, irregularly rugose. Shape of anteclypeus: striplike, straight to slightly convex.

Legs: Color of legs: coxae brown, legs otherwise yellow.

Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: white, yellow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: areolate. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: same as medial mesoscutum with a subtle confusion of sculptural elements. Notaulus in female: present. Parapsidal line: delimited. Sculpture of scutellum: areolate. Median furrow on scutellum: present as a distinct furrow reaching from

posterior to anterior margin. Posterior margin of scutellum: deeply notched. Outer projection of the propodeum: present as distinct corner or posteriorly projecting spine. Posterior margin of propodeal shelf between inner and outer propodeal projections in female: concave. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: large. Pronotal cervical sulcus: well defined by contiguous punctures. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated by dorsoventral line of foveae, crenulate. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: transversely striate throughout, anterior half smooth, posterior half finely foveate, finely foveate throughout. Mesopleural carina: present as one or two carinae. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: foveate, with smooth area surrounded by small foveae. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in female: present as many short fine white setae. Sculpture of ventral area of metapleuron: smooth, foveate reticulate, foveate reticulate, with slightly appressed ridges.

Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: percurrent, well-defined, indicated by an irregular ridge. Sublateral carina on T2: present in anterior half. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate rugose, longitudinally strigose with rugose interstices. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally strigose, longitudinally striate. Sculpure of T5: longitudinally strigose. Shape of subapical T 6 in female in dorsal view: short, width along anterior margin at least three times the length. Longitudinal medial keel on S1: absent. Sculpture of medial S 2 in female: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: foveate, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 4 in female: effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 5 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 3 in female: reticulate rugose, foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in female: reticulate rugose, foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in female: reticulate rugose, longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 2 in female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae, rugulose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 4 in female: mostly smooth with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 5 in female: rugulose, mostly smooth with scattered punctures. Apical spine on S 6 in female: not extending beyond apex of T6 and not visible in dorsal view.

Diagnosis. Oreiscelio zuzkae is a widespread species, extending from Guinea east to Tanzania and south to South Africa. It is not particularly similar to any other continental species and may be separated from them by its medially furrowed mesoscutellum (Fig. 136), lack of a spine on S6 (Fig. 134) and the simple interantennal process (Fig. 137). It shares the most characters with O. sechellensis from which it can be separated by the longitudinally reticulate sculpture of the sternites (Fig. 138).

Etymology. Th is species is named for conceptual artist Zuzana Muranicová.

Link to distribution map. 65

Material examined. Holotype, female: TANZANIA: Tanga Reg., 10km WNW Mabokweni , 4°59.6’S 38°59.0’E, 16.I-18.I.2003, M. A. Prentice, CASENT 2042528 (deposited in CASC) 66 . Paratypes: (75 females) BENIN: 4 females, OSUC 233797- 233800 ( CNCI) . CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 25 females, OSUC 234345- 234347 ( CNCI) ; OSUC 179100-179102 , 180837-180839 , 186296 , 188471 , 207582 , 207588 ( OSUC) ; SAM–HYM–P029309 ( OSUC 248280 ), SAM–HYM–P029310

( OSUC 248283), SAM–HYM–P029311 ( OSUC 248284 ), SAM–HYM–P029312 ( OSUC 248281 ), SAM–HYM–P029337 ( OSUC 248282 ), SAM–HYM–P029367 ( OSUC 186466 ), SAM–HYM–P029368 ( OSUC 211413 ), SAM–HYM–P029369 ( OSUC 211417 ), SAM–HYM–P029370 ( OSUC 211418 ), SAM–HYM–P029371 ( OSUC 211419 ), SAM–HYM–P029372 ( OSUC 211436 ), SAM–HYM–P029373 ( OSUC 211825 ) ( SAMC). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1 female, OSUC 233709 ( CNCI). GUINEA: 1 female, OSUC 234343 ( CNCI). IVORY COAST: 7 females, OSUC 233762-233763, 234281, 234328-234331 ( CNCI). NI-GERIA: 26 females, BMNH #790232 ( OSUC 253149-253158 ), BMNH #790235 ( OSUC 253148 ), OSUC 253140–OSUC 253147 ( BMNH) ; OSUC 234216- 234217 , 234219-234221 , 234253 , 234326 ( CNCI). SOUTH AFRICA: 8 females, OSUC 233801-233802, 234269-234271, 234342 ( CNCI) ; OSUC 180836 ( OSUC) ; OSUC 174702 ( SANC). TANZANIA: 2 females, OSUC 207758-207759 ( CNCI). ZIMBABWE: 1 female, OSUC 234257 ( CNCI) .

Figures

Figures 1-6.86 1, Oreiscelio badius sp. n., head, posterolateral view, female (OSUC 202158); 2, Oreiscelio turneri Nixon, head, posterolateral view, female (CASENT 2042526); 3, Oreiscelio turneri, T1, ventrolateral view, female (OSUC 202160); 4, Oreiscelio rugosus Sundholm, T1, ventrolateral view, female (OSUC 211421); 5, Oreiscelio zuzkae sp. n., metapleural triangle, lateral view, female (OSUC 211413); 6, Oreiscelio alluaudi (Risbec), metapleural triangle, lateral view, female (CASENT 2043457). Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 61-66.96 Oreiscelio iommii, sp. n., female holotype (OSUC 233703). 61, Lateral habitus; 62, Dorsal habitus; 63, Head and mesosoma, lateral view; 64, Head and mesosoma dorsal view; 65, Head, anterior view; 66, Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 13-18.88 13, Oreiscelio rugosus Sundholm, upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 234351); 14, Oreiscelio rugosus, upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 211420); 15, Oreiscelio alluaudi (Risbec), upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (CASENT 2042636); 16, Oreiscelio badius sp. n., upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 202167); 17, Oreiscelio coracinus sp. n., upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 234341); 18, Oreiscelio zuzkae sp. n., upper frons, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 207588). Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 133-138.I08 Oreiscelio zuzkae, sp. n. 133, 135-138, female (CASENT 2042528). 133, Lateral habitus, female (CASENT 2042528); 134, Metasoma, dorsal view, female (OSUC 207588); 135, Head and mesosoma, lateral view, female (CASENT 2042528); 136, Head and mesosoma, dorsal view, female (CASENT 2042528); 137, Head, anterior view, female (CASENT 2042528); 138 Metasoma, ventral view, female (CASENT 2042528). Scale bars in millimeters.