Oxyscelio dorsalis (Kieffer)

Burks, Roger A., Masner, Lubomir, Johnson, Norman F. & Austin, Andrew D., 2013, Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s. l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna, ZooKeys 292, pp. 1-263 : 104-105

Oxyscelio dorsalis (Kieffer) Figures 178-179Morphbank58

Camptoteleia dorsalis Kieffer, 1916: 64, 173 (original description, keyed); Kieffer 1926: 380, 381 (description, keyed); Kelner-Pillault 1958: 150 (type information).

Oxyscelio dorsalis (Kieffer): Dodd 1931: 75 (generic transfer).

Description.

Female. Unknown.

Male.Length of mesosoma plus metasoma (head of holotype missing): 3.5 mm (n=1). Epomial corner: weak. Netrion surface anteriorly: not inflexed. Mesoscutum anteriorly: not steep. Mesoscutal median carina: present and complete. Longitudinal carina between median carina and notauli: absent. Major sculpture of medial mesoscutum anteriorly: umbilicate-foveate. Major sculpture of medial mesoscutum posteriorly: umbilicate-foveate. Microsculpture of medial mesoscutum anteriorly: granulate. Microsculpture of medial mesoscutum posteriorly: absent. Major sculpture of mesoscutellum: umbilicate-foveate. Microsculpture of mesoscutellum medially: absent. Microsculpture of mesoscutellum laterally: granulate. Mesoscutellar apex: convex or straight. Number of carinae crossing speculum above femoral depression: 2. Metascutellum dorsally: flat. Metascutellar sculpture dorsally: with scattered rugae. Median carina of metascutellum: absent or branched. Metascutellar setae: absent. Metascutellar apex: convex or straight. Metapleuron above ventral metapleural area: crossed by carinae. Metasomal depression setae: absent. Anterior areoles of metasomal depression: absent. Anterior longitudinal carinae in metasomal depression: absent. Lateral propodeal areas: separated medially. Postmarginal vein: present.

Median lobe of T1: with 6 longitudinal carinae. Metasomal apex: with acuminate lateral corners.

Diagnosis.

Male: Mesoscutellum with granulate sculpture. T1 midlobe with 6 longitudinal carinae. T7 with sharp, protruding posterolateral corners.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=5015]

Material examined.

Holotype, male, Camptoteleia dorsalis : PHILIPPINES: Mindanao Isl., Butuan Chartered City, no date, Baker, Museum Paris EY0000003994 (deposited in MNHN).

Comments.

The damaged holotype of Oxyscelio dorsalis lacks a head. Nevertheless, the metascutellum and T1 midlobe indicate that this is a male of the latitudinis-group. Females are expected to have a broader, more strongly sculptured metascutellum and an elongate metasoma.