Trichiscus normani Azevedo

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Trichiscus Benoît, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3802 (3), pp. 318-334 : 328

Trichiscus normani Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs 18 , 54–56 )

Description. MALE. Length 3.0 mm. Head black, metasoma and mesosoma dark castaneous. Wings subhyaline. Clypeus with median lobe concave (bidentate), apical margin thick in frontal view, medially with wide trapezoidal polished area; median carina absent. Frons strongly coriaceous, punctures little distinguishable from texture surface. Frons with anterior median small callus. Vertex almost straight. Notaulus present on anterior half of mesoscutum. Propodeal disc rugose. Hypopygium ( Fig. 18 ) with posterior margin with short and narrow median emargination, with sides subparallel. Genitalia ( Figs 54–56 ). Basal parameral expansion subconical. Aedeagal ventral ramus very short, laminar, surface vertical, apex rounded in lateral view. Aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs of apical lobes, outer pair laminar, surface vertical, dilated subapically, apex sharpened and ventrad in lateral view; ventral pair laminar, surface vertical, apex somewhat sharpened, inclined dorsal; inner pair membranous, hairy.

FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Parc National de Dzanga-Ndoki, 38.6km 173°S Lidjombo, 2°21.60’N 16°03.20’E, 350m, 24-25.v.2001, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, CAR 01-M206, Lowland rainforest ( ISAM).

Etymology. This species is named after Norman Johnson, for his contribution on the studies of Platygastridae .

Figures

FIGURES 10 – 22. Hypopygium, dorsal view; 10. Trichiscus suzannae; 11. T. wittei; 12. T. noorti sp. nov.; 13. T. denisi sp. nov.; 14. T. briani sp. nov.; 15. T. copelandi sp. nov.; 16. T. mourei sp. nov.; 17. T. lynnae sp. nov.; 18. T. normani sp. nov.; 19. T. luboi sp. nov.; 20. T. zuparkoi sp. nov.; 21. T. ohli sp. nov.; 22. T. camargoi sp. nov. (Scale bars = 50 µm).

FIGURES 54 – 62. Male genitalia. 54 – 56 Trichiscus normani sp. nov.; 54. dorsal view; 55. ventral view; 56. lateral view. 57 – 59 T. luboi sp. nov.; 57. dorsal view; 58. ventral view; 59. lateral view. 60 – 62 T. zuparkoi sp. nov.; 60. dorsal view; 61. ventral view; 62. lateral view. (Scale bars = 50 µm).