Cyphacolus watshami 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 : 39-42

Cyphacolus watshami Valerio, Masner & Austin , new species

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Description. Female. Body length: 1.13–1.5 mm (n=14).

Antenna color: antennal A1 honey yellow, remainder of antenna dark brown. Body color: mostly honey yellow except area around lateral ocelli, mesopleuron, metapleuron, dorsal and posterior 1/3 of metasomal horn on T1, posterolateral areas of metasomal T2–T3 and metasomal T4–T6 dark brown, remainder of metasoma yellow. Coxae color: honey yellow. Leg color (excluding the coxae): honey 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: 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: with fine, sinuate, transverse ridges throughout. 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 2/ 3x 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: upper 2/3 punctate, otherwise smooth. 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 for one row of punctures at lateral margin, anterior edge with weak, small, coriaceous sculpture, posterior edge with foveae of subequal size. Mesoscutellum shape: strongly convex, wider than long. Sculpture of lateral propodeum: densely, 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: dorsal half smooth, anterior 2/3 of ventral region with weak, setigerous punctulae, posterior 1/3 of ventral region longitudinally costate.

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

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FIGURES 96–101. Cyphacolus watshami n. sp., paratype female (OSUC 237861). 96, Dorsal habitus; 98, Mesosoma , dorsal view; 99, Mesosoma , lateral view; 100, Head, anterior view; 101, Metasoma, dorsal view. Cyphacolus watshawi n. sp., holotype female (OSUC 237854) 97, Lateral habitus. Morphbank62

Shape of horn on T1 (in posterior view): narrow and short. Lateral carinae on posterior part of horn: present, cristate, not fused posteriorly. Sculpture of upper portion of T1 horn: mostly smooth with few longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of posterior portion of T1 horn: mostly smooth, with few longitudinal carinae. Lateral carinae on T2: present and conspicuously. Sculpture of T2: largely smooth, anterior margin costate, costae subequal in length. Sculpture of T3: largely smooth, weakly coriaceous lateromedially. Sculpture of S3–S6: mainly smooth, with sparse setigerous punctulae.

62. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514199 FIGURES 102–107. Cyphacolus harteni n. sp., paratype male (OSUC 0237916). 102, Dorsal habitus; 103, Lateral habitus. C. leblanci n. sp., paratype male (OSUC 237851). 104, Dorsal habitus; 105, Lateral habitus. C. lucianae n. sp., paratype male (OSUC 237842). 106, Dorsal habitus; 107, Lateral habitus. Morphbank63

Male. Similar to females except for: metasoma tergum darker colored areas more diffused and spread out; head and mesosoma uniformly honey brown; body length 1.2 mm; frons almost completely smooth except for sparse punctulate sculpture;mesoscutum longitudinal costate sculpture denser, finer and shorter; T1 (in dorsal view) slightly more elongated.

63. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=514200 FIGURES 108–111. Cyphacolus tullyae n. sp., paratype male (OSUC 237894). 108, Dorsal habitus; 109, lateral habitus. C. watshami n. sp., male paratype (OSUC 237866). 110, Dorsal habitus; 111, Lateral habitus. Morphbank64

Diagnosis. This species can be easily identified by the single row of punctate sculpture laterally on the globose mesoscutellum which is otherwise mostly clean of sculpture dorsally and smooth.

Etymology. We have much pleasure in describing this species for Anthony Watsham for his dedicated collecting of parasitic Hymenoptera in Africa and his fantastic paintings and drawings of microhymenoptera, including the genus Cyphacolus (see Fig. 1 ).

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Material examined. Holotype female: SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo Prov., 15km E Klaserie, Guernsey Farm, 19.XII–31.XII.1985, M. Sanborne, OSUC 237854 (deposited in SAMC). Paratypes: (18 females, 5 males) CAMEROON: 1 female, OSUC 237855 ( CNCI). KENYA: 1 female, OSUC 238571 ( CNCI). MADAGASCAR: 3 females, CASENT 2134270 ( CASC); OSUC 207804, OSUC 229729 ( OSUC). SOUTH AFRICA: 3 females, 2 males, OSUC 237852–237853, 237867, 237869 ( CNCI); OSUC 207749 ( OSUC). ZIMBABWE: 10 females, 3 males, OSUC 237831, 237842, 237856–237863, 237865–237866, 237868 ( CNCI).

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Figures

FIGURE 1. Cyphacolus copelandi n. sp. dorsal view, water color illustration by Rev. Anthony Watsham.