Macroteleia emarginata Dodd

Chen, Hua-yan, Johnson, Norman F., Masner, Lubomir & Xu, Zai-fu, 2013, The genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s. l., Scelioninae) from China, ZooKeys 300, pp. 1-98 : 27-31

Macroteleia emarginata Dodd Plates 22-24

Macroteleia emarginata Dodd 1920: 326 (original description); Masner, 1965: 82 (type information).

Description.

Female. Body length 5.48-6.14 mm (n=18).

Color. Body black; mandible reddish brown; palpi brown; base of hind coxa blackish, remainder of legs pale brown, becoming darker distally; A1 brown, A2-A5 dark brown, remainder of antenna black; fore wing hyaline.

Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 1.30 –1.50× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; OOL short, 0.10 –0.31× times minimum diameter of lateral ocellus; POL 1.29 –1.64× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, irregularly punctate; central keel absent (Plate 23A); medial frons obliquely strigose ventrally, irregularly smooth dorsally; ventrolateral frons punctate rugose; frons below median ocellus densely punctate, with punctures in part contiguous; ocellar triangle largely smooth, with scattered punctures; posterior vertex densely punctate, with punctures in part contiguous; gena coarsely punctate rugose; length of A3 equal to length of A2.

Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area densely punctate; dorsal pronotal area densely coarsely punctate; lateral pronotal area smooth anteriorly, punctate rugulose ventrally; netrion densely finely punctate; notaulus deep, distinctly foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate anteriorly and at posterior end, usually sparsely punctate on a small area across middle; lateral lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate throughout; mesoscutellum densely punctate throughout; metascutellum transverse (Plate 23B), posterior margin slightly pointed medially, longitudinally carinate; propodeum continuous medially (Plate 23B), not divided into two separated lobes, posterior margin narrowly notched medially, each side with several irregular longitudinal carinae medially, otherwise punctate rugulose, covered by dense, recumbent, white setae; upper mesepisternum with a row of robust longitudinal carinae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum variably smooth to punctate rugulose; mesopleural depression smooth (Plate 23C); metapleuron longitudinally striate dorsally, punctate rugulose ventrally.

Legs. Slender; hind femur weakly swollen, 3.68 –4.76× as long as its maximum width; hind tibia without spines over outer surface; hind basitarsus 9.44 –12.33× as long as its maximum width.

Wings. Apex of fore wing extending from as far as posterior fourth of T4 to anterior third of T5; R 1.41 –1.94× as long as r-rs, R1 1.73 –2.26× length of R.

Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 slightly to strongly convex (Plate 23D); sublateral tergal carinae developed on T1-T3; T1 densely longitudinally striate, with punctate rugulose sculpture in interstices anteriorly, punctate rugulose laterally; T2-T3 densely longitudinally striate medially, with delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T4-T5 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with delicate punctures in interstices; T6 punctate rugulose dorsally, densely longitudinally striate laterodorsally, with scattered small punctures in interstices; length of T3 0.93 –1.03× length of T6; T5 longer than wide or slightly wider than long; S2-S4 sparsely and longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; S5-S6 densely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S5.

Male. Differing from female as follows: body length 4.08-6.26 mm (n=20); A1 brown, remainder of antenna dark brown; T4-T6 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with numerous delicate punctures in interstices; T7 punctate rugulose throughout; T6 slightly longer than wide; length of T6 1.42 –1.84× length of T7; T7 subtriangular, apex pointed (Plate 24B, C); length of T7 1.43 –1.87× length of S7; S7 longitudinally punctate rugulose; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S6.

Distribution.

China (Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan); Malaysia. Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4802].

Material Examined.

Other material. CHINA: 1 ♀, Zhejiang, Mt. Fengyang, 27°56'N, 119°12'E, 18.VIII.2003, Wuqing Fang, SCAU 000324 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Fujian, Huangzhulin Nature Reserve, 26°12'N, 118°51'E, 5.VII.2005, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000325 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Hunan, Nanyue, Mt. Heng, 27°15'N, 112°43'E, 4.IX.1980, Xinwang Tong, SCAU 000326 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hunan, Nanyue, Mt. Heng, 27°15'N, 112°43'E, 5.IX.1980, Xinwang Tong, SCAU 000327 (SCAU); 2 ♀ + 14 ♂, Hunan, Mangshan Nature Reserve 24°56'N, 112°69'E, 13.VIII.2010, sweeping, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000328-000343 (SCAU); 1 ♀ + 1 ♂, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 23-28.VII.2008, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000344, 000345 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 5.VI.2010, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000346 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 9-18.VII.2004, Juanjuan Ma, SCAU 000347 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 12.V.2004, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000348 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 2-3.VII.2005, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000349 (SCAU); 3 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 15.VI.2007, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000350-000352 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 6.V.2010, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000353 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 23.V.2010, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000354 (SCAU); 2 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.941'N, 113°50.182'E, 540m, 4.VI.2011, yellow pan trap, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000355, 000356 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Guangzhou, Liuxihe, 23°44'N, 113°47'E, 29.VIII.2004, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000357 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Hainan, Mt. Diaoluo, 18°39'N, 109°53'E, 1-2.VI.2007, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000358 (SCAU); 2 ♀, Guizhou, Guiyang Forest Park, 26°33'N, 106°44'E, 23.IX.2007, Cuihong Xie, SCAU 000359, 000360 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Guizhou, Leishan County, Fangxiang Town, 26°25'N, 108°16'E, 2.VI.2005, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000361 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guizhou, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, Xiaodanjiang, 25°53'N, 108°24'E, 150 m, 4.VI.2005, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000362 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Guizhou, Leigongshan National Nature Reserve, Xiaodanjiang, 25°53'N, 108°24'E, 150M, 4.VI.2005, Hongying Zhang, SCAU 000363 (SCAU); 2 ♂, Guizhou, Dashahe Nature Reserve, 29°00'N, 107°36'E, 18.VIII.2004, Qiong Wu, SCAU 000364, 000365 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Yunnan, Nabanhe Basin National Nature Reserve, 22°15.474'N, 100°36.322'E, 892M, 19-23.VII.2011, yellow pan trap, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000366 (SCAU).

Comments.

We did not examine the holotype of this species. The identification is based upon the careful description provided by Alan Dodd in the original publication.