Phoenoteleia kuboa Lahey, 2021

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 kuboa Lahey sp. nov.

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Description.

Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Color of antenna in female: radicle and A1-A6 light brown, A7-A12 brown. Color of A7 of female: concolorous with clavomeres. Color of antenna in male: unknown. Color of head: black. Color of mesosoma: black. Color of metasoma: black. Color of legs: dark yellowish-brown, coxae darkest. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-1. Number of clavomeres: 5. Setation of frons: short, sparse. Sculpture of frons: sparsely punctate ventrolaterally and dorsally, unsculptured medially. Sculpture of vertex: sparsely puncate anteriorly, mostly smooth posteriorly except for short, longitudinal striae posteromedially. Excavation on posteromedial vertex: absent. Sculpture of posteromedial vertex: longitudinally striate. Sculpture of gena: sparsely punctate dorsally, longitudinally striate ventrally. Length of LOL: 3 OD. Length of POL: two times as long as LOL. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: transversely punctate. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: transversely striate. Sculpture of netrion: transversely striate. Notaulus: present. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: present. Sculpture of mesoscutum: mostly smooth; coriaceous adjacent to notaulus between median channel. Parapsidial line: absent. Setation of mesoscutellum: absent medially. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: granulate posteriorly. Form of metascutellum: twice as long as wide, foveolate. Sculpture of propodeum: lateral propodeal area smooth; plical area rugose. Setation of plical area: present. Median area of the lateral propodeal area: present. Sculpture of mesofemoral depression: smooth. Setation of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: sparse. Sculpture of mesepisternum ventral to mesofemoral depression: canaliculate anteromedially, otherwise smooth. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth throughout. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: smooth. Length of horn on T1: reaching apex of mesoscutum. Sculpture of horn on T1: rugose basally, otherwise faintly transversely aciculate. Sculpture of T1 posterior to armilla: transversely striate medially, longitudinally striate laterally. Sculpture of T2: longitudinally striate, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T3: longitudinally striate, interstices rugose. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally striate laterally, faintly granulate medially. Sculpture of T5: weakly longitudinally striate laterally, faintly granulate medially. Sculpture of T6: faintly granulate. Length of T6 in female: 1.5 times maximum width. Relative length of hind basitarsus in female: 3 times as long as remaining tarsomeres. Relative length of hind basitarsus in male: unknown.

Diagnosis.

The presence of notauli on the mesoscutum and/or the completely smooth frons can be used to distinguish P. kuboa sp. nov. from other members of the genus.

Etymology.

The epithet was inspired by the Fijian word for smoke (kubou) and is intended to be treated as a noun in apposition.

Material examined.

Holotype, female: Fiji: Northern Div. , Bua Prov. , Vanua Levu Isl., FJ-58A, 146m, 16°48.927'S 178°59.110'E, Kilaka Village, 3.VI-10.VI.2004, Malaise trap, M. Irwin, E. Schlinger & M. Tokota’a, FBA040453 (deposited in BPBM) . Paratypes: Fiji: 1 female, FBA047851 (CNCI) .

Figures

Figures 42 - 44. Phoenoteleia kuboa Lahey, female holotype (FBA 040453) 42 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 43 mesosoma, lateral view 44 head, anterior view. Scale bars in millimeters.