Fusicornia plicata Taekul & Johnson, 2008

Taekul, Charuwat, Johnson, Norman F., Masner, Lubomír & Shu-Pei, Chen, 2008, Revision of the world species of the genus Fusicornia Risbec (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae), Zootaxa 1966, pp. 1-52 : 38-40

Fusicornia plicata Taekul & Johnson , new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8B4A9E49-E7FE-4076-9647-94F102868D78

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Figures 116–120; Morphbank 66

Description. Female body length: 1.59 mm (n=1). Male body length: unknown.

Head: Vertex between posterior ocelli: rounded. Female OOL: more than one ocellar diameter. Frontal sculpture: entirely and evenly sculptured. Sculpture of central frons: reticulate punctate. Setation of central

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66. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226368 frons: with dense, decumbent silvery setae. Inner orbit in frontal view: more or less parallel. Upper gena in dorsal view of female: expanded, convex, therefore in lateral view compound eye separated from posterior margin by gena. Sculpture of gena behind lower half of eye: with reticulate to coriaceous microsculpture. Setation of gena: very densely setose. Antenna: Radicle color: yellow to orange brown. Color of female A1: yellow to orange-brown. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): A3, base of A4 yellow,apex of A4, A5–A6 dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2. Claval color: dark brown to black.

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Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate with superimposed punctures. Longitudinal sculpture in posterior half of mesoscutum: absent. Admedian line: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: foveolate. Notauli: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: rounded. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: almost entirely covered by microsculpture. Length of medial metascutellar spine: medial spine short to moderately long, as long as distance between median and lateral spines. Length of lateral metascutellar spine: short, only slightly longer than wide. Sculpture of propodeal nucha: strongly foveolate to longitudinally striate. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: puncticulate. Sculpture in lower pronotum: reticulate to weakly rugulose. Netrion setation: sparsely setose to glabrous. Mesopleural carina: present dorsally, interrupted or absent ventrally. Mesepimeral sulcus: abbreviated. Area 2 on metapleuron: polygonal, setose. Setation of area 4 of metapleuron: glabrous. Setation in anteroventral metapleural triangle: absent. Setation of propodeum anterior to spiracle: sparsely setose (less than 10) or absent. Legs: Coxae color: all coxae brown to black.

Wings: Female fore wing maculation: hyaline or with slight infuscation below marginal vein.

Metasoma: Length of T1: less than or equal to one times width. Horn on T1 of female: present as low elevation, sculpture on horn variable. Lateral setation of T1: sparsely to moderately setose (6–15/side). Medial sculpture on T3: smooth and shiny.

Diagnosis. Fusicornia plicata is most similar to F. tehrii , probably the most common tropical Asian species, and may be distinguished from it by the punctate reticulate sculpture on the central frons and scutellum which is almost entirely covered by microsculpture ( Figs. 117, 119, 120).

Etymology. The epithet plicata, Latin for folded, refers to the intricate sculpture of central frons and mesoscutellum.

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Material Examined. Holotype female: SRI LANKA: Mahailupallama , dry zone, North Central Prov., XII.1987, A. Wijesekara, OSUC 206285 (deposited in CNCI).