Phoenoteleia buka Lahey, 2021

Lahey, Zachary, Musetti, Luciana, Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2021, Revision of Phoenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Scelioninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 87, pp. 575-611 : 575

Phoenoteleia buka Lahey sp. nov.

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Description.

Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Color of antenna in female: radicle and A1-A6 light brown, A7-A12 brown. Color of A7 of female: concolorous with clavomeres. Color of antenna in male: radicle and A1-A8 orange, A9 light brown, A10-A12 brown. Color of head: light orange. Color of mesosoma: mostly orange, darker on mesoscutum lateral to horn. Color of metasoma: horn orange apically, becoming progressively darker posteriorly; T1 posterior to armilla burnt orange; T2-T3 orange; T4 burnt orange; T5-T6 nearly brown. Color of legs: becoming progressively darker distally. Setation of frons: short, sparse. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Sculpture of frons: transversely rugose. Sculpture of vertex: sharply areolate-rugose. Excavation on posteromedial vertex: absent. Sculpture of posteromedial vertex: same as remainder of vertex. Sculpture of gena: rugose. Length of LOL: <1 OD. Length of POL: three times as long as LOL. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: areolate-rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: transversely striate. Sculpture of netrion: transversely striate. Notaulus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Sculpture of mesoscutum: longitudinally areolate-rugose. Parapsidial line: absent. Setation of mesoscutellum: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: granulate throughout. Form of metascutellum: two times wider than length, unsculptured, lateral corner acute. Sculpture of propodeum: rugose. Setation of plical area: present. Median area of the lateral propodeal area: present. Sculpture of mesofemoral depression: smooth. Setation of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: sparse. Sculpture of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: punctate. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth throughout. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: smooth. Length of horn on T1: reaching apex of mesoscutum. Sculpture of horn on T1: areolate-rugose basally and along margin of armilla, otherwise transversely aciculate. Sculpture of T1 posterior to armilla: longitudinally striate throughout, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T2: longitudinally striate, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T3: longitudinally striate throughout, interstices reticulate medially, granulate laterally. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally striate laterally, granulate medially. Sculpture of T5: smooth. Sculpture of T6: smooth. Length of T6 in female: 1.5 times maximum width. Relative length of hind basitarsus in female: 2.5 times as long as remaining tarsomeres. Relative length of hind basitarsus in male: 2.5 times as long as remaining tarsomeres.

Diagnosis.

Phoenoteleia buka sp. nov. comes closest to P. sanma sp. nov. from which it differs by having the frons transversely rugose and the apical surface of the T1 horn with aciculate sculpture. Other characters that allow for its recognition include the darkened T5 and T6, and the margins of the median channel that are distinctly elevated relative to the lateral mesoscutum. The male of P. Phoenoteleia buka sp. nov. shares the transversely rugose sculpture on the frons and is easily separated other Phoenoteleia males by the rugose mesoscutellum.

Etymology.

Buka is the Fijian word for fire and is used to refer to the coloration of this species. The epithet is treated as a noun in apposition.

Material examined.

Holotype, female: Fiji: Central Div. , Rewa Prov., Viti Levu Isl., 3.5km N Veisari Settlement, MT 3, 300m, 18.068°S, 178.367°E, logging road to Waivudawa, 14.II-8.III.2003, Malaise trap, E. Schlinger & M. Tokota’a, FBA136312 (deposited in BPBM) . Paratypes: Fiji: 3 females, 1 male, FBA136316, FBA136318 (BPBM); FBA136327 (CNCI); FBA136330 (OSUC) .

Comments.

The vertex is slightly declivous in females, most likely due to the length of the horn which surpasses the anterior margin of the mesoscutum.

Figures

Figures 11 - 13. Phoenoteleia buka Lahey, female holotype (FBA 136312) 11 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 12 mesosoma, lateral view 13 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 14 - 16. Phoenoteleia buka Lahey, male paratype (FBA 136318) 14 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 15 mesosoma, lateral view 16 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.