Cyphacolus tullyae 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 : 36-38

Cyphacolus tullyae Valerio, Masner & Austin , new species

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Figures 90–95, 108–109; Morphbank57

Description. Female. Body length: 1.1–1.58 mm (n=7).

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FIGURES 90–95. Cyphacolus tullyae n. sp., holotype female (OSUC 237896). 90, Dorsal habitus; 91, Lateral habitus; 92, Mesosoma , dorsal view; 94, Head, anterior view. Cyphacolus tullyae n. sp., female (OSUC 237900). 93, Mesosoma , lateral view; 95, Metasoma, dorsal view. Morphbank58

Antenna color: mostly yellow except clava dark brown. Body color: yellow, metasoma slightly lighter than head and dorsal mesosoma , except antennal clava and dorsal area of metasomal horn on T1 dark brown. Coxae color: yellow. Leg color (excluding the coxae): yellow. Fore wing color: slightly infuscate throughout. Head shape in lateral view: broad, short. Sculpture of antennal scrobe: smooth. Shape of torular triangle: not bulging, flat. Development of central keel on frons: completely absent. Sculpture of frons: largely smooth,

58. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514198 with sparse setigerous punctulae. Sculpture of malar space: with fan-like striae extending onto antennal scrobe. Medial surface of vertex: flat to weakly convex (normal). Size of lateral ocellus: normal (as in C. copelandi ). Distance between lateral ocellus and occipital carina: 0.5–1.2x maximum ocellar width. Length of OOL: ≥ 1x width of ocellus. Sculpture of vertex: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Surface of occiput: evenly concave (normal). Sculpture of occipital carina: strongly crenulate throughout. Proximity of occipital carina to orbital carina: separated by distance slightly greater than width of occipital carina. Shape of occipital carina: weakly concave medially. Sculpture of occiput: with dense, broad, longitudinal ridges.

Sculpture of pronotal cervical area: smooth medially, otherwise with elongated foveae. Sculpture of pronotal lateral area: longitudinally costate dorsally, otherwise smooth. Netrion: absent, obscured by longitudinal sculpture on lateral pronotum. Notauli: present, simple. Width of notauli: narrow. Length of notaulus: approximately 2/ 3x length of mesoscutum. Sculpture of mesoscutum: largely smooth, anterolateral margin with sparse, short, broad carinae. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth, foveae of submarginal sulcus slightly smaller medially. Mesoscutellum shape: flat, conspicuously wider than long. Sculpture of lateral propodeum: sparsely, transversely costate. Shape of propodeal anterior spines: short, broad, apex rounded. Sculpture of propodeum between anterior spines: longitudinally costate. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: with longitudinally costae. Density of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: dense. Thickness of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: thin. Length of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: reaching to meso-metapleural suture. Sculpture of mesopleural femoral depression: finely, densely costate. Sculpture of metapleuron: dorsal half and ventral 1/3 with fine longitudinal costae, otherwise smooth.

Shape of wings: slightly convex, not constricted at base.

Shape of horn on T1 (in posterior view): narrow and short. Lateral carinae on posterior part of horn: absent. Sculpture of upper portion of T1 horn: smooth. Sculpture of posterior portion of T1 horn: with welldefined longitudinal carinae. Lateral carinae on T2: absent. Sculpture of T2: largely finely costate, smooth along posterior margin and midline. Sculpture of T3: largely weakly coriaceous, posterior margin smooth or sculpture strongly effaced. Sculpture of S3–S6: S3 with few weak costae, otherwise S3 and S4–S6 essentially smooth.

Male. Similar to female except for: body length 1.42 mm; vertex coverwithgranulate sculpture; occipital carina dorsal meson with sinuate and long transverse ridges; mesoscutellum with clearly defined granulate sculpture; notauli wider and with few weak transverse ridges along their length, not reaching upper edge of furrow;propodeum anterior spines minute.

Diagnosis. This species can be identified by the well-developed fan-like sculpture that reaches at least to themid height of the face,having a flat mesoscutum, and the frons with clearly defined punctures. Cyphacolustessae n. sp. is very similar butcan be easily identified from C. tullyae n. sp. by the weak fan-like sculpture constrained manly to the lower 1/3 of the frons, as well by the mesoscutum with weak longitudinal sculpture on most of the posterior lateral 2/3 of its length contrasting with the smooth mesoscutum of C. tullyae . Cyphacolus bouceki Austin & Iqbalis also similar but this species can be identified by its very small lateral ocelli which are well separated from the occipital carina and the smooth frons.

Etymology. This species is named after Tully Farrington, the daughter of our colleague Lachlan Farrington.

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Material examined. Holotype female: AUSTRALIA: NSW, 22km SE Wollomombi, Falls Road, Styx River State Park, 15.XII.1984, flight intercept trap, K. MacGregor, OSUC 237896 (deposited in ANIC). Paratypes: AUSTRALIA: 6 females, 2 males, OSUC 237894–237895, 237897–237900 ( CNCI); OSUC 237902–237903 ( WAMP).