Fusicornia sabrina 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 : 40-42

Fusicornia sabrina Taekul & Johnson , new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F32FAFEB-EB1C-471A-B01E-E3306865104F

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Description. Female body length: 2.68 mm (n=1). Male body length: unknown.

Head: Vertex between posterior ocelli: rounded. Female OOL: less than or equal one ocellar diameter. Frontal sculpture: entirely and evenly sculptured. Sculpture of central frons: with transversely arcuate striae. Setation of central frons: glabrous. Inner orbit in frontal view: converging dorsally. Upper gena in dorsal view of female: flat to weakly concave, therefore in lateral view compound eye appearing to reach posterior margin of head. Sculpture of gena behind lower half of eye: with reticulate to coriaceous microsculpture. Setation of gena: sparsely setose. Antenna: Radicle color: yellow to orange brown. Color of female A1: yellow to orangebrown. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): A3, base of A4 yellow,apex of A4, A5–A6 dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2-1. Claval color: dark brown to black.

Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate. 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 smooth. Length of medial metascutellar spine: medial spine very elongate, distinctly longer than distance between median and lateral spines. Length of lateral metascutellar spine: moderately elongate, length distinctly greater than width.

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Sculpture of propodeal nucha: smooth to weakly sculptured. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: smooth. Sculpture in lower pronotum: longitudinally striate. Netrion setation: sparsely setose to glabrous. Mesopleural carina: complete. Mesepimeral sulcus: absent. 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.

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Wings: Female fore wing maculation: with distinct infuscation at level of marginal vein.

Metasoma: Length of T1: less than or equal to one times width. Horn on T1 of female: well developed, sculpture on horn very weak or absent. Lateral setation of T1: sparsely to moderately setose (6–15/side). Medial sculpture on T3: smooth and shiny.

Diagnosis. Fusicornia sabrina is very similar to F. crista in having transversely arcuate striae on the central frons. The former can be identified by the rounded shape of the scutellum and the lack of longitudinal sculpture on the posterior half of mesoscutum ( Figs. 123, 125, 126).

Etymology. The epithet sabrina refers to the water nymph and to the collecting locality along the river valley.

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Material Examined. Holotype female: SOMALIA: Mogadishu , Afgoi Shabelli Valley, 1–12.V.1977, Malaise trap, F. Bin, OSUC 208106 (deposited in CNCI).