Revision of the World species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae)
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Chen, Hua-yan
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Talamas, Elijah J.
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Valerio, Alejandro A.
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Masner, Lubomir
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Johnson, Norman F.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.778.25775
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.778.25775
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Chromoteleia tricarinata Kieffer
Figures 1-2, 224-229, 230-235, 236
Chromoteleia rufithorax
var.
tricarinata
Kieffer, 1909: 250 (original description).
Petalosema tricarinata
(Kieffer): Kieffer, 1926: 358, 359 (generic transfer, description, change to species status, keyed).
Chromoteleia tricarinata
Kieffer: Masner, 1976: 25 (type information, taxonomic status); Johnson, 1992: 364 (cataloged, type information).
Description.
Body length of female: 5.28-5.90 mm (n = 20). Body length of male: 5.20-5.83 mm (n = 20). Color of A1: yellow to orange. A6 in female: as wide as long. A5 in female: distinctly longer than wide. A6 in male: approximately 2.0
x
longer than wide. Number of basiconic sensilla on A7: 0. Number of basiconic sensilla on A12: 2. Sculpture of dorsal A1: striate. Color of head: black. Sculpture of frons directly above interantennal process: punctate rugose. Central keel: complete, extending from interantennal process to median ocellus. Ventral margin of clypeus: pointed. Granulate microsculpture of dorsal frons: present. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Granulate microsculpture of vertex: present. Sculpture of occiput: smooth medially, striate laterally. Sculpture of gena: coarsely punctate rugose.
Color of mesosoma: orange. Sculpture of epicoxal lobe posterior of propleural epicoxal sulcus: smooth. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area above pronotal cervical sulcus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of netrion: transversely striate. Microsculpture of mesoscutum: granulate. Macrosculpture of mesoscutal midlobe: punctate rugose throughout. Macrosculpture of lateral lobe of mesoscutum: punctate rugose. Sculpture of notaulus: foveate. Notaular foveae: interconnected. Median mesoscutal carina: absent. Mesoscutellum in lateral view: convex. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: densely punctate rugose. Shape of metascutellum: trapezoidal with broad posterior margin. Median metascutellar carina: present. Sculpture of metascutellum: rugose. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: rugose. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of mesepisternum below femoral depression: punctate rugose. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: rugose. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: present. Setation of area directly dorsal to the metapleural triangle: absent. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: rugose anteriorly, obliquely striate posteriorly. Color of legs: orange yellow throughout. Length of hind basitarsus: about as long as remaining segments combined. Sculpture of hind coxa: largely smooth, with sparse fine punctures.
Length of postmarginal vein: distinctly longer than stigmal vein.
Color of metasoma in female: black. Color of metasoma in male: black. Horn on T1 in female: present. Striae of posterior margin of T1 in female: dense. Striae of T1 in male: dense. Transverse sulcus on T2: present. Sculpture of T2: densely longitudinally striate, punctate rugulose in interstices. Sculpture of T6 in female: longitudinally punctate rugose. Length of T6 in female: approximately as long as wide; wider than long. Shape of T6 in female in lateral view: flat. Apical spine on female T6: absent. Sculpture of T6 in male: densely punctate. Sculpture of T7 in male: granulate. Posterior margin of T7 in male: straight. Sculpture of medial S2: densely longitudinally striate with fine punctures in interstices.
Figures 224-229.
Chromoteleia tricarinata
Kieffer, male, holotype (CAS TYPE9759). 224 Lateral habitus 225 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 226 Dorsal habitus 227 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 228 Head, anterior view 229 Metasoma, dorsal view.
Figures 230-235.
Chromoteleia tricarinata
Kieffer, female (OSUC584805). 230 Lateral habitus 231 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 232 Dorsal habitus 233 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 234 Head, anterior view 235 Metasoma, dorsal view.
Figures 236-239. Mesoscutum, mmc: median mesoscutal carina 236
Chromoteleia tricarinata
Kieffer, male, holotype (CAS TYPE9759) 237
Chromoteleia connectens
Kieffer, female, holotype (CAS TYPE9618) 238
Chromoteleia longitarsis
Kieffer, male, holotype (CAS TYPE9682) 239
Chromoteleia curta
sp. n., female, holotype (OSUC185626).
Diagnosis.
This species can be distinguished from other
Chromoteleia
by the following combination of characters: female A7 without basiconic sensillum, mesoscutum without median mesoscutal carina, dorsal metapleural area with setae, ventral metapleural area obliquely striate, male T7 with posterior margin straight.
Link to distribution map.
[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4218]
Material examined.
Holotype, male,
C. rufithorax
var.
tricarinata
: BELIZE: no date, CAS TYPE9759 (deposited in CAS).
Other material: (330 females, 551 males) BELIZE: 32 females, 27 males, OSUC556957, 584778-584798, 584800-584804, 584806, 584921, 584932-584934, 586445, 586758, 586870-586871 (CNCI); OSUC186068, 186070, 225287, 232140-232142, 47918-47919, 47940, 48011, 48037, 64021, 64026-64028, 64046-64047, 93534, 93586-93588, 94076-94077 (OSUC). BRAZIL: 1 female, 2 males, OSUC 56227-56229 (OSUC). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC586287 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 191 females, 340 males, OSUC149653, 149657, 202538 (AEIC); OSUC232992 (BPBM); OSUC232058, 232120-232138, 232188, 232190-232191, 374050, 556994, 556998, 557003, 557007, 557009, 557015, 557017, 557020-557022, 557024-557029, 557046-557047, 557052, 557054-557057, 557059-557060, 557063-557080, 557082, 577894, 577897, 577900-577901, 577905, 577925, 577928, 577930-577931, 577942, 577952, 577956-577961, 577963, 577965-577970, 577972, 578010-578011, 578019, 578023-578024, 578044, 578046, 578053, 578059, 578063-578065, 578067-578070, 578072, 578074-578075, 578077-578078, 578084, 578087-578090, 578093-578096, 578098, 578100-578102, 578105, 583414, 583417-583418, 583421, 583429, 583437, 583460, 583462, 583465-583466, 583470, 583514-583515, 583518-583520, 583709-583715, 583718, 583720-583722, 583724-583730, 583732-583738, 583740-583750, 583754-583755, 583759, 583761-583762, 583766-583767, 583772, 583774-583775, 583777-583783, 583786, 583788-583793, 583795, 583797-583798, 583818-583828, 583830-583833, 583835-583849, 583851-583877, 583883-583885, 583888, 583893-583895, 583899-583900, 583902-583909, 583911-583912, 583914-583915, 583917-583924, 583929-583930, 583939, 583941-583942, 583945-583946, 583950-583951, 583977, 583979, 583983-583987, 583991, 583995-583996, 583999-584002, 584007, 584013, 584015, 584018, 584020-584022, 584024, 584029-584030, 584034, 584036, 584040, 584043-584044, 584046, 584138, 584225, 584227, 584230, 584233, 584240, 584242, 584244, 584250, 584264-584270, 584274-584276, 584281-584283, 584287, 585121-585124, 585126-585144, 586127-586128, 586139-586141, 586152-586156, 586165, 586172, 586174, 586184, 586195, 586197, 586199, 586202, 586204, 586207-586208, 586211, 586215, 586218-586221, 586262-586266, 586270, 586275-586286, 586291-586292, 586296-586301, 586374-586375, 586379-586389, 586391, 586405, 586407-586410, 586414, 586473, 586481-586484, 586486, 586488, 586490-586492, 586495-586497, 586506, 586508, 586511, 586514-586515, 586535-586537, 586540, 586560-586564, 586566, 586569-586571, 586628, 586630, 586632, 586634, 586636-586637, 586642-586643, 586647, 586650-586655, 586657, 586660-586661, 586663, 586665-586666, 586671, 586763, 586765-586768, 586779, 586835, 586872 (CNCI); DPI_FSCA 00010211 (CSCA); SM0810075, SM0810348T (KUNH); OSUC185844, 374051-374054 (OSUC); OSUC320638, 320648-320650 (TAMU); OSUC204982, 204999 (UCDC); OSUC157812 (UCMC). GUATEMALA: 9 females, 16 males, OSUC584920, 584922-584924, 584926-584931, 584935-584936, 584940-584948, 584950, 584952-584953 (CNCI); OSUC317963 (OSUC). HONDURAS: 13 females, 16 males, OSUC584961-584963 (CNCI); OSUC369620, 369622, 369624, 369626-369627, 413758-413759, 413761-413763, 413766-413771, 413773-413782 (MZLU). MEXICO: 14 females, 20 males, OSUC556947, 584937-584939, 584949, 584951, 584954-584960 (CNCI); OSUC268812-268813, 268815-268818, 271011, 271013-271014, 271016, 56230-56233, 56235, 56237-56241, 56243 (OSUC). NICARAGUA: 1 female, 1 male, DPI_FSCA 00010212 (CSCA); OSUC204951 (UCDC). PANAMA: 68 females, 128 males, OSUC149652, 149655, 202542-202543, 202557, 202559, 202561-202575 (AEIC); OSUC557099-557112, 578054, 583459, 583483, 583501, 583505-583507, 584179-584181, 584183-584224, 584337-584373, 584375-584376, 584383-584397, 586158, 586345, 586373, 586377, 586465-586468, 586477-586479, 586521-586527, 586565, 586613-586617, 586627, 586631, 586682-586692, 586815-586817, 586820-586823, 586825, 586874 (CNCI); OSUC221922-221923, 319208-319209, 320642, 320645-320647, 321353 (TAMU). VENEZUELA: 1 male, OSUC557086 (CNCI).