Macroteleia dolichopa Sharma

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 : 22-26

Macroteleia dolichopa Sharma Plates 18-21

Macroteleia dolichopa Sharma 1980: 300 (original description); Mani and Sharma 1982: 171 (description).

Description.

Female. Body length 5.13-7.50 mm (n=8).

Color. Head black; mesosoma orange yellow; metasoma with T1, T5 and T6 variably dark brown to black, otherwise orange yellow; mandible dark brown; palpi yellow; legs yellow throughout; A1-A6 yellowish brown, A7-A12 dark brown to black; fore wing hyaline.

Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 1.42 –1.44× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; lateral ocellus contiguous with inner orbit of compound eye; POL 1.36 –1.67× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, irregularly punctate; central keel absent (Plates 18C, 20C); medial frons punctate rugulose ventrally, irregularly smooth dorsally; ventrolateral frons punctate rugose; frons below median ocellus punctate reticulate; ocellar triangle largely smooth, with scattered punctures; posterior vertex punctate reticulate; gena punctate rugose; length of A3 equal to length of A2.

Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area densely punctate; dorsal pronotal area punctate rugose; lateral pronotal area smooth anteriorly, punctate rugulose posteriorly; netrion punctate rugulose; notaulus contiguously foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate, becoming denser anteriorly and at posterior end; lateral lobes of mesoscutum densely punctate throughout; mesoscutellum finely punctate throughout; metascutellum transverse (Plates 18D, 20B), posterior margin slightly pointed medially, longitudinally carinate; propodeum continuous medially (Plates 18D, 20B), 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 fine longitudinal carinae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum punctate rugulose; mesopleural depression smooth (Plates 18E, 20C); metapleuron longitudinally striate dorsally, punctate rugulose ventrally.

Legs. Slender; hind femur weakly swollen, 3.85 –4.38× as long as its maximum width; hind tibia without spines over outer surface; hind basitarsus 9.50 –12.33× as long as its maximum width.

Wings. Apex of fore wing extending as far as mid-length of T4 to mid-length of T5; R 1.47 –2.41× as long as r-rs, R1 1.57 –2.40× length of R.

Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 slightly convex (Plate 20D); sublateral tergal carinae developed on T1-T3; T1 densely longitudinally striate medially, with scattered punctures in interstices anteriorly, rugulose laterally; T2-T3 densely longitudinally striate medially, with delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T4-T5 densely finely longitudinally striate throughout, with delicate punctures in interstices; T6 finely punctate dorsally, densely longitudinally striate laterally, with scattered small punctures in interstices; length of T3 0.95 –1.15× length of T6; T5 slightly longer than wide; S2-S4 longitudinally striate, with finely punctate rugulose interstices; S5-S6 longitudinally striate, with finely punctate interstices; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S5.

Male. Differing from female as follows: body length 5.21-5.41 mm (n=5); mesosoma orange yellow or brown; metasoma variably brown to black; A1 yellow, remainder of antenna brown to dark brown; T1 sparsely longitudinally striate medially, with punctate rugulose interstices anteriorly, punctate rugulose laterally; T6-T7 longitudinally punctate rugulose; T6 slightly longer than wide; length of T6 1.10 –1.33× length of T7; T7 subtriangular, apex sharply pointed (Plate 21B, C); length of T7 1.55 –1.80× length of S7; S6-S7 longitudinally punctate rugulose.

Diagnosis.

Themale of this species is similar to that of Macroteleia striativentris in body size, but can be separated by the combination of the black head; T7 sharply pointed medially; metapleuron longitudinally striate dorsally, punctate rugulose ventrally.

Distribution.

China (Hubei, Guangdong); Vietnam; India. Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4798].

Material examined.

Holotype, ♂: INDIA: "Vindhya Survey, School of Entomology, St. John’s College, Agra-282002, India, 21.5. Harsa, M.S. Mani & Party, 9 –10.IX.1979”, “Holotype”, " Macroteleia dolichopa Sharma, S.K., ♀" (deposited in USNM).

Other material. CHINA: 1 ♀, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 9-18.VII.2004, Juanjuan Ma, SCAU 000035 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hubei, Huanggang, Mt. Dahu, 31°27'N, 114°32'E, VIII.2009, Chunhong Zheng, SCAU 0000502 (SCAU); 1$, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 23-28.VII.2008, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000038 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 8-17.VIII.2010, sweeping, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000037 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 16-21.VII.2008, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000036 (SCAU); 1 ♀ + 1 ♂, Guangdong, Xinfeng, Mt. Yunji, 24°04'N, 114°10'E, 19.VII.2003, Yanxia Song, SCAU 000039, 000040 (SCAU); 3 ♂, Guangdong, Mt. Nankun, 23°37.287'N, 113°51.267'E, 2.VII.2005, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000041-000043 (SCAU). VIETNAM: 1 ♂, "Bac Thai, Phu Luong, Quan Chu, 21.IV.1986, A. Sarkov", "Paratypus, Macroteleia fugacious sp. n." (IEBR).