Trichiscus luboi Azevedo

Azevedo, Celso O., 2014, Revision of Trichiscus Benoît, 1956 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), Zootaxa 3802 (3), pp. 318-334 : 330

Trichiscus luboi Azevedo , sp. nov.

( Figs19 , 57–59 )

Description. MALE. Length 3.2–3.5 mm. Head and mesosoma almost black, metasoma dark castaneous. Wings subhyaline. Clypeus with median lobe concave, 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 large callus. Vertex almost straight. Notaulus present on anterior third of mesoscutum. Propodeal disc rugose. Hypopygium ( Fig. 19 ) with posterior margin with deep and narrow median emargination. Genitalia ( Figs 57–59 ). Basal parameral expansion subconical. Basivolsella with two apical spines. Aedeagal ventral ramus long, reaching base of digitus, apex laminar, surface vertical, progressively narrowing apicad, apex spine-shaped. Aedeagal dorsal body with three pairs of apical lobes, outer pair laminar, surface folded, apex sharpened slightly curved ventrad in lateral view, ventral margin with quadrate expansion; ventral pair laminar, surface folded, apex rounded in lateral view; inner pair membranous, hairy.

Variations. In one specimen, the basivolsella has one spine in one side.

FEMALE unknown.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ UGANDA, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere, University Biological Field Station, Rainforest, primary mid-altitude, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, 1582m, 0°33.823’N 30°21.490’E, 12-26. viii.2008, UG08-KF3-M13 ( ISAM). Paratypes: UGANDA, Kibale National Park, Kanyawara, Makerere, University Biological Field Station, Rainforest, primary mid-altitude, S. van Noort, Malaise trap, 0 2 ♂, 1582m, 0°33.823’N 30°21.490’E, 12-26. viii.2008, UG08-KF3-M13,01 ♂, 1506m, 0°33.891’N 30°21.468’E, 12-26. viii.2008, UG08-KF7-M17, 0 1 ♂, 1500m, 0°33.784’N 30°21.617’E, 12-26. viii.2008, UG08- KF4-M14, 0 1 ♂, 1484m, 0°34.405’N 30°21.646’E, 12-26. viii.2008, UG08-KF10-M20, near stream, 0 1 ♂, 0°33.823’N 30°21.490’E, 2-12. viii.2008, UG08-KF3-M33, 0 1 ♂, 1582m, 0°33.836’N 30°21.700’E, 2-12. viii.2008, UG08-KF3-M08, Sweep, 0 1 ♂, 1465m, 0°35.442’N 30°21.741’E, 10. viii.2008, UG08-KF12-S03, near stream ( ISAM)

Etymology. This species is named after Lubomir Masner (Lubo), for his contribution on the studies of Proctotrupoidea, old sense.

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).