Axea nommo Valerio & Yoder

Yoder, Matthew J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Masner, Lubomír & Johnson, Norman F., 2009, Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae), Zootaxa 2003, pp. 1-45 : 32-34

Axea nommo Valerio & Yoder , n.sp.

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D595C7E0-4AB3-4897-B33A-6B4532C298CD urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:223471 Figures 89–94; Morphbank55

General (Figs. 89–90): Female body length: 2.7–3.0 mm (n=7). Male body length: unknown. Head: Color of female head: dark brown to nearly black. Mandible color: mostly dark brown to black. Body color of male: unknown. Lateral ocellus position: touching compound eye. Pilosity of medial frons between anterior ocellus and apex of torular triangle: absent, a small patch without setae clearly visible, or present. Sculpture of medial glabrous area of frons: present, with horizontal to slightly arcuate striae or, if patch minute, then irregularly rugulose (Fig. 93). Mesosoma (Figs. 91–92): Color of female mesosoma: dark brown to nearly black. Dorsal surface of lateral pronotal area adjacent to mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: with uniform microsculpture only. Setae on netrion: absent or present. Notaulus: indicated by an uninterrupted channel, with slight irregular

http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=223460 http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226874

FIGURES 89–94. 56 Axea nommo , paratype female (OSUC 211612). 89, dorsal habitus; 90, lateral habitus; 91, head and mesosoma, dorsal view; 92, head and mesosoma, lateral view; 93, head, anterior view; 94, apex of metasoma, dorsal view. lc, lateral carina on T6. Scale bars in millimeters.

sculpture along bottom. Metascutellum: projecting, more or less truncate, but with a narrow medial notch. Mesopleural depression sculpture: mostly transversely rugulose, larger fovea absent. Pilosity bounding anterior margin of posterior mesepimeral area: completely absent, or partially present dorsally. Legs: Coxae color: brown to dark brown (contrasting remainder of leg which is yellow). Color of legs beyond coxae: femur light to dark brown with base and tip lighter, yellowish, remaining yellow. Wings: Length of fore wing: not or just reaching posterior margin of metasoma. Hind wing submarginal vein: absent to spectral everywhere but basal stub that is nebulous to tubular. Metasoma: Color of female metasoma: dark brown to nearly black. Longitudinal sculpture of T1: carinate, parallel to subparallel, interspersed with fine rugulose sculpture.

http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226913 Female T1 horn: absent, sculpture more or less uniform throughout T1. Anterior strip of T2: punctate, punctures nearly the length of strip, puncture borders confluent. Female T6 width to length ratio: more or less equal in length (subtriangular). Female T6 carinate basal extension of lateral spine: long, extending past 1/2 length of T6. T6/S6 apical curvature: present, tips flexed outwards in lateral view. T6 posterolateral margin: without short spine or carinate expansion absent or apparently so or with truncate lateral projection, outer corner of which is rarely slightly spinelike (Fig. 94). S6 shape at tip: constricted, forming a slight lobe.

Diagnosis. Differs from other brown-bodied species, particularly A. mwari , by the well-developed spines of lateral T6 and the associated carinae which extend beyond one-half the length of T6.

Etymology. Named in reference to an early god of the Dogon people of Mali, Sudan, and Upper Volta.

Link to Distribution Map. 57

Material Examined. Holotype female: ZIMBABWE: Harare, XII.1981, A. Watsham, OSUC 211608 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: 6 females. ZIMBABWE: OSUC 211607, OSUC 211609–211613 ( CNCI).