Platecrizotes Ferriere , 1934

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Lee, Jaehyeon & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2024, A taxonomic study of four rare pteromalid genera: Amblyharma Huang & Tong, Fusta Xiao & Ye, Nazgulia Hedqvist and Platecrizotes Ferriere from the Eastern Palaearctic (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Pachyneurinae), ZooKeys 1189, pp. 349-363 : 349

Genus Platecrizotes Ferriere, 1934

Platecrizotes Ferrière, 1934: 90. Type species Platecrizotes sudanensis Ferrière, 1934, by original designation and monotypy.

Redescription.

Head without occipital carina. Gena without hollow at mouth corner; gena lamina absent. Lower margin of clypeus protruding and rounded; tentorial pits indistinct (Fig. 22 ). Antennal formula 11354; anelli small, F1-F5 transverse, antennal clava not large, micropilosity area small and occupies the lower part of 2 last claval segments. Antennal toruli situated above level of lower edges of eyes; antennal protuberance absent; scrobes shallow. (Fig. 25 )Both mandibles with 4 teeth.

Mesosoma depressed (Fig. 20 ). Pronotum narrower than mesoscutum; collar margin not carinate (Fig. 21 ). Notauli complete and shallow; metapleuron reticulate (Fig. 24 ). Scutellum depressed, without conspicuous sublateral grooves, frenal area and frenal groove. Metapleuron entirely reticulate. Propodeum with weak plicae indicated anteriorly; costula and median carina absent; nucha short and convex; propodeal spiracles near to front margin of sclerite (Fig. 27 ). Prepectus distinct, triangular, longer than tegula. Fore wing hyaline, with speculum; M widened proximally and tapering in distal part; M longer than S (Figs 19 , 26 ). Hind coxa dorsally bare; hind tibia with two spurs.

Metasoma on distinct reticulate petiole, longer or shorter than broad (Fig. 27 ). Metasoma ovate, flattened dorsally, shorter than combined length of mesosoma and head; Mt2 and Mt3 large, hind margin Mt2 produced in middle (Figs 18 , 20 ). Cerci with setae subequal in length. Hypopygium situated at one-quarter the length of metasoma. Ovipositor not much protruding.

Distribution.

Palaearctic, Oriental, Afrotropical and Neotropical regions.

Figures

Figures 20 - 27. 20 - 27 Platecrizotes jedii sp. nov., female, holotype 20 habitus, lateral view 21 head and pronotum, dorsal view 22 head, frontal view 23 metasoma, dorsal view 24 head and mesosoma, lateral view 25 head, lateral view and antenna 26 fore wing 27 propodeum and petiole, dorsal view.

Figures 14 - 19. 14 - 17 Nazgulia petiolata Hedqvist, 1973, female, non-type 14 habitus, lateral view 15 fore wing 16 habitus, dorsal view 17 head, frontal view 18, 19 Platecrizotes europaeus Boucek, 1964, female, holotype 18 habitus, lateral view 19 fore wing.