Mirotelenomus orientalis

Tortorici, Francesco, Caleca, Virgilio, Noort, Simon Van & Masner, Lubomir, 2016, Revision of Afrotropical Dyscritobaeus Perkins, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), Zootaxa 4178 (1), pp. 1-59 : 36

orientalis -group s.l., parvipennis -subgroup

The following species have a preoccipital lunula as in other species of the orientalis -group s.l., but share a metascutellum that is visible in dorsal view, is wide with margins subparallel to the mesoscutellar margin; a small metanotal spine (Figs 32, 35, 36, 37, 80, 81, 84, 85, 87, 88, 92, 96, 99); and an elongate fore wing with a short or absent pm and a long posterior fringe as D. parvipennis (Dodd) ( Figs 39c, d, e, f , Figs 40a, b, d, e ).

Figures

FIGURES 39 a – f. Fore wings: a — Dyscritobaeus sulawensis ♀, from Zimbabwe; b — D. sulawensis Ƌ, from Kenya; c — D. bicolor ♀, from Central African Republic; d — D. bicolor Ƌ, from Uganda; e — D. flavus Tortorici et Caleca sp. nov. ♀, from Central African Republic; f — D. flavus Tortorici et Caleca sp. nov. Ƌ, from Central African Republic.

FIGURES 40 a – f. Fore wings: a — Dyscritobaeus. parvipennis ♀, from Western Australia; b — D. parvipennis Ƌ, from Zimbabwe; c — D. orientalis holotype ♀; d — D. parvipennis Ƌ, from Queensland; e — D. kilimanjarensis Tortorici et Caleca sp. nov. holotype Ƌ; f — D. tanzaniensis Tortorici et Caleca sp. nov. holotype Ƌ.