Dentalion noyesi, Hansson, Christer, 2011

Hansson, Christer, 2011, Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species, Zootaxa 2811, pp. 1-21 : 13-14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.207919
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184942
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87C4-FF85-FFDB-FF67-FA2DFD33818C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Dentalion noyesi
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Dentalion noyesi sp. nov.

( Figs 31–34 View FIGURES 31 – 34 , 49, 53 View FIGURES 47 – 53 , 66 View FIGURES 56 – 68 )

Diagnosis. Frontal suture reaching eyes at level equal with anterior margin of anterior ocellus ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); forewing costal cell bare ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 47 – 53 ); propodeum smooth ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ), callus with 6 setae.

Description. FEMALE. Length 1.4–2.0 mm. Scape yellowish-brown with dorsal and ventral edges dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Frons metallic purple. Vertex inside ocellar triangle golden-purple, outside ocellar triangle metallic bluish-green. Mesoscutum metallic bluish-green with posterior ½ of midlobe metallic dark purple. Scutellum metallic bluish-green, with purple tinges in posterior ¼. Propodeum metallic bluish-green. Coxae dark and metallic; femora and tibiae dark brown; mid tarsus completely white, fore and hind tarsi with tarsomeres 1–3 white, 4 dark brown. Forewing hyaline. Gaster with tergites 1 and 6 metallic bluish-green, tergites 2– 5 with anterior ½ metallic bluish-green and posterior ½ golden-purple, tergite 7 golden-purple.

Antenna as in Fig. 66 View FIGURES 56 – 68 . Frons with raised, strong reticulation below frontal suture and with very weak reticulation above frontal suture ( Fig. 31 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); frontal suture reaching eyes at level equal with anterior margin of anterior ocellus. Vertex with engraved, strong reticulation inside ocellar triangle, but smooth outside ocellar triangle ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ). Occipital margin rounded. Eyes with sparse, scattered hairs ( Figs 31, 34 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ).

Pronotum without transverse carina close to posterior margin ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ). Mesoscutum with raised, strong reticulation ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); notauli as narrow distinct grooves in anterior 1/3, indistinct in posterior 2/3. Scutellum with raised, rather weak reticulation except posterior margin smooth ( Fig. 32 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum smooth ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 34 ); callus with 6 setae. Forewing speculum closed below; costal cell bare.

Petiole 0.2X as long as wide, smooth. Gaster elongate with apex acuminate; tergites smooth.

MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female ( BMNH) labelled “ COSTA RICA, Puntarenas, Reserva Privada Karen Mogensen, 09˚52'N 85˚03'W, 305 m, 14–15.ii.2005, J.S. Noyes”. Paratypes. 2Ψ on cards. COSTA RICA. Puntarenas: from same locality as holotype but collected 18.iii–4.iv.2003 (1Ψ, INBio). TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. Curepe, 9.vi.1978, malaise trap (1Ψ, CNC).

Etymology. Named after the collector of the holotype, John S. Noyes, Scientific Associate of the Entomology Department of the Natural History Museum in London.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago.