Cyphacolus leblanci Valerio, Masner & Austin

Valerio, Alejandro A., Masner, Lubomir & Austin, Andrew D., 2010, Systematics of Cyphacolus Priesner (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s. l.), an Old World genus of spider egg parasitoid, Zootaxa 2645, pp. 1-48 : 27-28

Cyphacolus leblanci Valerio, Masner & Austin , new species

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Figures 60–65, 104–105; Morphbank42

Description. Female. Body length: 1.3–1.55 mm (n=4).

Antenna color: antennal A1 yellow, remainder of antenna dark brown. Body color: mostly dark brown, pronotum slightly lighter than remainder of mesosoma . Coxae color: dark brown. Leg color (excluding the coxae): honey yellow with femora dark brown. Fore wing color: basal 1/3 and area at 2/5 hyaline, area below stigma infuscate as well as area beyond basal 1/3.

Head shape in lateral view: broad, short. Sculpture of antennal scrobe: with weak sinuate transverse costae. Shape of torular triangle: not bulging, flat. Development of central keel on frons: completely absent. Sculpture of frons: largely smooth, with sparse setigerous punctulae. Sculpture of malar space: smooth. Medial surface of vertex: flat to weakly convex (normal). Size of lateral ocellus: minute (as in C. lucianae ). Distance between lateral ocellus and occipital carina: 0.5–1.2x maximum ocellar width. Length of OOL: approximately 0.5x width of ocellus. Sculpture of vertex: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Surface of occiput: evenly concave (normal). Sculpture of occipital carina: largely simple, at most with few, weak crenulae medially. Proximity of occipital carina to orbital carina: well separated by distance at least 2x width of occipital carina. Shape of occipital carina: simply arcuate medially. Sculpture of occiput: smooth.

Sculpture of pronotal cervical area: foveate, foveae generally rounded to weakly ovoid. Sculpture of pronotal lateral area: weakly punctate. Netrion: absent, obscured by longitudinal sculpture on lateral pronotum. Notauli: absent. Sculpture of mesoscutum: completely cover by broad, parallel, longitudinal costae, which do not converge anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: mainly smooth except anterior lateral half with fine coriaceous sculpture, lateral margin with two rows of punctate sculpture. Mesoscutellum shape: strongly convex, wider than long. Sculpture of lateral propodeum: sparsely, transversely costate. Shape of propodeal anterior spines: elongate, narrow, apex conspicuously broadened. Sculpture of propodeum between anterior spines: transversely costate. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: with longitudinally costae. Density of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: sparse. Thickness of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: broad. Length of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: reaching to meso-metapleural suture. Sculpture of mesopleural femoral depression: smooth. Sculpture of metapleuron: with weak to welldefined longitudinal costae throughout.

Shape of wings: very convex in lateral view, with a conspicuous constriction at 2/5 of its length.

Shape of horn on T1 (in posterior view): broad and short. Lateral carinae on posterior part of horn: present, cristate, not fused posteriorly. Sculpture of upper portion of T1 horn: longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of posterior portion of T1 horn: with well-defined longitudinal carinae. Lateral carinae on T2: present and conspicuously. Sculpture of T2: largely smooth, anterior margin costate, costae subequal in length. Sculpture of T3: smooth. Sculpture of S3–S6: S3 with few weakly defined coarse granulae, S4–S6 largely smooth with sparse setigerous punctulae.

Male. Similar to female except for: body length 1.56 mm; fore wings darker; frons with transverse ridges not as cristate and curved; mesoscutellum not as globose;mesoscutum longitudinal costate sculpture denser; propodeum anterior spines subequal in width throughout their length, tip not conspicuously “spoon shaped”.

Diagnosis. This species is easily identified by the globose mesoscutellum exhibiting two rows of punctures laterally, the dark brown body color,and the mesoscutum having longitudinal costate sculpture not emerging from one spot anteriorly. No other species with a globose mesoscutellum exhibits such a dark colored body.

Etymology. This species is named after L. Leblanc who collected all of the specimens of this species.

Link to distribution map. 43

42. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514205

43. http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 240836 Material examined. Holotype female: GUINEA: Lola Pref., rainforest, Mount Nimba, 07°41-42'N 08°23'W, 514–740m, XII-1990 – III-1991, flight intercept trap, L. Leblanc, OSUC 237850 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: GUINEA: 3 females, 2 males, OSUC 237827, 237849, 237851, 238718–238719 (CNCI).

FIGURES 60–65. Cyphacolus leblanci n. sp., holotype female (OSUC 237850). 60, Dorsal habitus; 61, Lateral habitus; 62, Mesosoma , dorsal view; 63, Mesosoma , lateral view; 64, Head, anterior view; 65, Metasoma, dorsal view. Morphbank44

44. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514194