Macroteleia spinitibia, Chen, Hua-yan, Johnson, Norman F., Masner, Lubomir & Xu, Zai-fu, 2013

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 : 72-75

Macroteleia spinitibia sp. n. Plates 5961

Description.

Male. Body length 6.08-6.17 mm (n=2).

Color. Head yellow; mesosoma variably yellow to brown; metasoma black; mandible dark brown; palpi yellow; legs yellow with hind tarsi brown; A1 and A12 yellow, A2-A7 brown, A8-A11 dark brown; fore wing hyaline with medial longitudinal infuscate streak extending to near apex of wing (Plate 60D).

Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 1.38 –1.40× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; lateral ocellus contiguous with inner orbit of compound eye; POL 1.81 –1.88× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, densely punctate; central keel well developed (Plate 60A), extending onto interantennal process; medial frons largely smooth, finely strigose dorsally; remainder of frons punctate rugulose; vertex punctate reticulate, narrow interspaces with fine microsculpture; gena punctate rugulose; length of A3 1.04 × length of A2.

Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area punctate rugulose; dorsal pronotal area areolate; lateral pronotal area smooth anteriorly, densely punctate posteriorly; netrion rugulose; notaulus deep, distinctly foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum punctate reticulate throughout, narrow interspaces in part with fine microsculpture; lateral lobes of mesoscutum sparsely punctate throughout, interspaces with fine microsculpture; mesoscutellum densely punctate throughout; metascutellum transverse (Plate 60B), posterior margin concave medially, irregularly rugose; propodeum continuous medially, not divided into two separated lobes (Plate 60B), posterior margin convex, each side with several irregular longitudinal carinae medially, otherwise rugose; upper mesepisternum with a row of longitudinal fine striae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum punctate rugulose; mesopleural depression longitudinally striate (Plate 60C); metapleuron longitudinally striate throughout.

Legs. Robust; hind femur strongly swollen, 2.86 × as long as its maximum width; hind tibia with numerous semi–erect, yellow spines over outer surface (Plate 61D); hind basitarsus 6.53 –6.67× as long as its maximum width.

Wings. Apex of fore wing extending as far as basal third of T5; R 1.50 –1.53× as long as r-rs, R1 1.04 –1.53× length of R.

Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 straight (Plate 61A); sublateral tergal carinae well developed on T1-T2; T1 sparsely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; T2-T6 densely longitudinally striate, with numerous delicate punctures in interstices; T7 finely rugulose posterolaterally; T6 slightly longer than wide; length of T6 4.00 –4.55× length of T7; T7 transverse, apex truncate (Plate 61B); length of T7 0.61 –0.71× length of S7; S2-S6 densely longitudinally striate, with numerous punctures in interstices; S7 densely punctate; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S6.

Female. Unknown.

Diagnosis.

The combination of infuscate fore wing, short R1 and spinulate hind tibia renders this species rather straightforward to identify.

Etymology.

The name spinitibia refers to hind tibia with numerous semi-erect spines over outer surface in this species. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition.

Distribution.

China (Hainan). Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=320508].

Material Examined.

Holotype, ♂: CHINA: Hainan, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, 19°07'N, 109°03'E, 7-11.VII.2006, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000014 (deposited in SCAU). Paratype: 1 ♂, Hainan, Mt. Yinggeling, 18°49'N, 109°11'E, 16.XI.2008, Manman Wang, SCAU 000015 (SCAU).