Trichoteleia zuparkoi Talamas & Masner

Talamas, Elijah J., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2011, Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 80, pp. 1-126 : 105-108

Trichoteleia zuparkoi Talamas & Masner sp. n. Figures 299-304Morphbank 48

Description.

Female body length: 2.55 mm (n=1). Color of head: yellow throughout. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate, rugulose posterior to eyes and posterior ocellus. Occipital rim: comprised of medium to large sized cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugulose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: yellow throughout. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: moderately punctate in posterior half, becoming denser and transversely rugulose anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, moderately punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: present as a smooth furrow. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate rugose. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: smooth. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: smooth. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: rugulose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: straight to moderately convex. Color of legs: yellow throughout.

Color of metasoma in female: yellow. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: obliquely strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse throughout. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: wea kly rugulose laterally. Punctation of T5 in female: sparse throughout. Shape of T5 in female: width of posterior margin greater than or equal to length. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth with fine setigerous punctures along lateral margin. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteromedially, otherwise smooth. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: infuscate apical to R with white spot near apex of wing. Color of hind wing: hyaline throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia zuparkoi shares its pattern of wing coloration with Trichoteleia cincta , Trichoteleia delilah , and Trichoteleia picturata . The posterior half of the medial mesoscutum in Trichoteleia delilah and Trichoteleia picturata is longitudinally rugulose, and mostly smooth with moderately dense punctation in Trichoteleia zuparkoi . In Trichoteleia cincta , the frons below the median ocellus is dorsoventrally strigose and in Trichoteleia zuparkoi it is punctate rugulose.

Etymology.

This species is named for Dr. Robert Zuparko in gratitude for the tremendous amount of work involved to make the multitude of specimens available for this study.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=243937]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana Auto. Prov., #1938, Manongarivo Special Reserve, 13°59.9'S 48°25.7'E, 1175m, 20.X.1998, B. L. Fisher, OSUC 181061 (deposited in CASC). Other material: MADAGASCAR: 1 female, OSUC 266091 (CASC).