Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer, 1916

Lahey, Zachary, Musetti, Luciana, Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2021, Revision of Phoenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae, Scelioninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 87, pp. 575-611 : 575

Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer

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Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer, 1916: 63 (original description); Kieffer, 1926: 551 (description); Baltazar, 1966: 185 (cataloged, type information, distribution); Johnson, 1992: 461 (cataloged, type information).

Phoenateleia rufa Kieffer: Kelner-Pillault, 1958: 151 (type information, spelling error).

Description.

Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Color of antenna in female: radicle and A1-A7 yellow, A8-A12 brown. Color of A7 of female: distinctly lighter than clavomeres. Color of antenna in male: unknown. Color of head: reddish-brown. Color of mesosoma: reddish-brown. Color of metasoma: reddish-brown. Color of legs: light yellow-brown, fore legs darkest. Setation of frons: short, sparse. Sculpture of frons: transversely rugose ventrally, smooth dorsally, punctate throughout. Sculpture of vertex: punctate throughout, mostly smooth, reticulate along margin of inner eye and minute, transverse sulci between punctures posteriorly. Excavation on posteromedial vertex: absent. Sculpture of posteromedial vertex: same as remainder of vertex. Sculpture of gena: punctate throughout, longitudinally rugose ventrally, granulate dorsally. Length of LOL: 1 OD. Length of POL: two times as long as LOL. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: areolate-rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: transversely striate medially, rugose ventrally, granulate dorsolaterally. Sculpture of netrion: transversely striate. Notaulus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not clearly differentiated from surrounding surface sculpture. Sculpture of mesoscutum: punctate throughout, rugose posterolaterally and along margins, granulate anteromedially. Parapsidial line: present. Setation of mesoscutellum: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: granulate throughout. Form of metascutellum: twice as wide as long, unsculptured, lateral corner acute. Sculpture of propodeum: rugose. Setation of plical area: present. Median area of the lateral propodeal area: present. Sculpture of mesofemoral depression: transversely rugose. Setation of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: dense. Sculpture of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: punctate. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth anteriorly, rugose posteriorly. Setation of ventral metapleural area: present posteriorly. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: punctate posteriorly, otherwise smooth. Length of horn on T1: reaching middle of mesoscutum. Sculpture of horn on T1: areolate-rugose basally and along margin of armilla, reticulate apically. Sculpture of T1 posterior to armilla: transversely striate-rugose medially, longitudinally striate laterally, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T2: longitudinally striate, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T3: longitudinally striate throughout most of length, interstices rugose, posteromedially granulate. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally striate laterally, granulate medially. Sculpture of T5: weakly longitudinally striate laterally, faintly granulate medially. Sculpture of T6: punctate. Length of T6 in female: 1.25 times maximum width. Relative length of hind basitarsus in female: 2.5 times as long as remaining tarsomeres.

Diagnosis.

Phoenoteleia rufa is most similar to P. canalis from which is can be separated by the sculpture of the frons and vertex.

Material examined.

Holotype, female: Philippines: Mindanao Isl., Butuan Chartered City, Baker , MNHN 0025 (deposited in MNHN) . Other material: Philippines: 2 females, OSUC 359931 (ROME); OSUC 376916 (MCZC). Taiwan: 2 females, OSUC 359929, 359930 (CNCI) .

Comments.

Kieffer (1916) proposed the genus Phoenoteleia for a single female collected in the Philippines. The head of the holotype is missing ( Baltazar 1966), but the meso- and metasoma are in good condition. We examined four specimens that we consider conspecific with the holotype; two are from the Philippines and two are from Taiwan. Additional specimens of P. rufa have been collected from the Amami Islands, part of the Ryukyu Island chain, in Japan (Y. Komeda, personal communication). The Japanese material represents the most northernly distribution of the genus.

Figures

Figures 45 - 48. Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer, female holotype (MNHN 0025) 45 mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 46 mesosoma, dorsal view 47 mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 48 mesosoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 49 - 51. Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer, female (OSUC 376916) 49 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 50 mesosoma, lateral view 51 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 52 - 54. Phoenoteleia rufa Kieffer, female (OSUC 359930) 52 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 53 mesosoma, lateral view 54 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.