Cyphacolus sallyae 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 : 33

Cyphacolus sallyae Valerio, Masner & Austin , new species

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Figures 78–83; Morphbank51

Description. Female. Body length: 1.63–1.71 mm (n=2).

Antenna color: mostly yellow except clava dark brown. Body color: mostly dark brown except gena, lateral areas of pronotal, metapleuron, mesoscutellum, propodeum and metasomal T1 other than horn honey yellow. Coxae color: yellow. Leg color (excluding the coxae): yellow. 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: smooth. 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: with fan-like striae extending onto antennal scrobe. 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:> 1.5x maximum ocellar width. Length of OOL: approximately 0.5x width of ocellus. Sculpture of vertex: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Surface of occiput: with wide, sharply defined depression. 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: simply arcuate medially. Sculpture of occiput: weakly foveate.

Sculpture of pronotal cervical area: transversely costate. Sculpture of pronotal lateral area: longitudinally costate. Netrion: absent, obscured by longitudinal sculpture on lateral pronotum. Notauli: present, simple. Width of notauli: narrow. Length of notaulus: approximately 0.5x length of mesoscutum. Sculpture of mesoscutum: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctures. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth, foveae of submarginal sulcus subequal in size. Mesoscutellum shape: flat, conspicuously wider than long. Sculpture of lateral propodeum: sparsely, transversely costate. Shape of propodeal anterior spines: short, very broad, apex rounded. Sculpture of propodeum between anterior spines: longitudinally costate. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: largely smooth, with sparse, setigerous punctulae. Density of longitudinal costae on dorsal mesepisternum: sparse. 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: smooth. Sculpture of metapleuron: with weak to well-defined longitudinal costae throughout.

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: mostly smooth, with few 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: sparsely, finely costate laterally, otherwise with setigerous punctulae.

Male. Unknown.

Diagnosis. This species can be easily identified by the very conspicuously depressed midposterior area of the head, the flat mesoscutellum, and the presence of notauli.

Etymology. We have much pleasure in describing this species after Sally Collins who is a leading expert in all things to do with Shetland ponies.

Link to distribution map. 52

Material examined. Holotype female: AUSTRALIA: SA, Kangaroo Isl., West Bay, coastal mallee, Flinders Chase National Park, I-1986, A. D. Austin, OSUC 237892 (deposited in SAMA). Paratype: AUSTRALIA: 1 female, OSUC 237893 ( CNCI).

51. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514196

52. http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 240839 FIGURES 78–83. Cyphacolus sallyae n. sp., holotype female ( OSUC 237892). 78, Dorsal habitus; 79, Lateral habitus; 80, Mesosoma , dorsal view; 81, Mesosoma , lateral view; 82, Head, anterior view; 83, Metasoma, dorsal view. Morphbank53