Phanuromyia odo Nesheim

Nesheim, Katherine C., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2017, The Phanuromyiagaleata species group (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Telenominae): shining a lantern into an unexplored corner of Neotropical diversity, ZooKeys 663, pp. 71-105 : 87-90

Phanuromyia odo Nesheim sp. n. Figures 61-66

Description.

Female body length: 1.51-2.78 mm (n=22).

Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: with 3-6 transverse rugae medially; with irregular rugosity medially. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with 2 rows of setiferous punctures.

Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: rugose-punctate. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.

Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.

T1: flat, at most slightly swollen. Anterior margin of T2: with costae or foveolae throughout its width. T2 sculpture: with neither transverse series of small punctures nor scrobiculate lateral areas. Sculpture of T1: entirely costate. Posterior margin of T2: distinctly concave. Number of visible terga past T2: 2 or 3. Setation on T2: limited to at most 1 row of setae posteriorly and sparse setation laterally.

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia odo can be recognized by the distinctly concave posterior margin of T2 combined with the entirely costate sculpture of T1.

Etymology.

The name odo is derived from the name of the Changeling in the popular television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine because this species has variable morphology. This name is to be used as a noun in apposition.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389324]

Material examined.

Holotype, female: COSTA RICA: Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 1. V– 8.V.1989, Malaise trap, B. V. Brown, OSUC149335 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (175 females, 2 males) BELIZE: 2 females, OSUC149352, 550252 (CNCI). BOLIVIA: 6 females, OSUC149354, 149372, 149375, 550122, 550127-550128 (CNCI). BRAZIL: 9 females, OSUC149341-149342, 149345, 149378, 550075-550076, 550232, 550238 (CNCI); OSUC151125 (OSUC). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC149373 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 100 females, 1 male, OSUC149329-149331, 149333-149334, 149336-149337, 149348, 149350, 149353, 149355-149357, 149362-149364, 149367, 149369, 149377, 164001, 550085-550086, 550098, 550123-550126, 550129-550133, 550135, 550148, 550150, 550157-550158, 550204-550219, 550221-550231, 550233-550237, 550239, 550241-550251, 550253-550268, 550270, 575269-575270 (CNCI); OSUC575271 (OSUC). ECUADOR: 43 females, 1 male, OSUC149338-149340, 149343-149344, 149347, 149351, 149361, 149365-149366, 240601, 320966, 550134, 550136-550147, 550149, 550151-550156, 550159-550160, 550162-550169, 550220, 550240 (CNCI). EL SALVADOR: 1 female, OSUC149374 (CNCI). FRENCH GUIANA: 6 females, OSUC550103-550104, 550108, 555797, 555799-555800 (CNCI). GUATEMALA: 1 female, OSUC149371 (CNCI). MEXICO: 1 female, OSUC149346 (CNCI). PANAMA: 1 female, OSUC149368 (CNCI). PERU: 1 female, OSUC149376 (CNCI). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 1 female, OSUC550161 (CNCI). VENEZUELA: 2 females, OSUC149332, 149349 (CNCI).

Comments.

The specimens here referred to as Phanuromyia odo were originally split into two provisional species. This was based upon differences in the relative length of the wings, specifically, whether the wings reached beyond the apex of the metasoma. Figure 67 illustrates the relationship between body size and wing length: larger specimens indeed have relatively shorter wings. However, there is no distinctive gap in the ratio between the two. Therefore, we treat them here as a single species.