Fusicornia koreica Choi & Kozlov, 2001

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 : 33-35

Fusicornia koreica Choi & Kozlov

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Current concept: urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:182494

Figures 97–102; Morphbank 59

Fusicornia koreica Choi & Kozlov, 2001: 100 (original description).

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Description. Female body length: 3.55–3.83 mm (n=12). Male body length: 3.47–3.52 mm (n=2).

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: reticulate punctate. Setation of central frons: moderately setose throughout. 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: moderately setose. Antenna: Radicle color: yellow to orange brown. Color of female A1:

60. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226366 dark brown to black. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): A3, base of A4 yellow,apex of A4, A5–A6 dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2-2. Claval color: dark brown to black.

Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate with superimposed punctures. Longitudinal sculpture in posterior half of mesoscutum: absent. Admedian line: present. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: foveolate. Notauli: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: rounded. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: almost entirely covered by microsculpture. 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. Sculpture of propodeal nucha: strongly foveolate to longitudinally striate. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: densely punctate. Sculpture in lower pronotum: longitudinally striate. Netrion setation: densely setose. Mesopleural carina: complete. Mesepimeral sulcus: complete, foveate throughout. Area 2 on metapleuron: polygonal, setose. Setation of area 4 of metapleuron: setose ventrally. Setation in anteroventral metapleural triangle: absent. Setation of propodeum anterior to spiracle: densely setose (more than 10). Legs: Coxae color: all coxae yellow.

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: absent, T1 longitudinally furrowed throughout length. Lateral setation of T1: sparsely to moderately setose (6–15/side). Medial sculpture on T3: smooth and shiny.

Diagnosis. Fusicornia koreica is most similar to F. indica and F. skopelos and it may be immediately recognized by the intense setation on propodeum anterior to spiracle area, a unique character among the species in this genus ( Figs. 1, 100, 102).

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Material Examined. PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 1 female, OSUC 232499 ( TARI) . JAPAN: 3 males, 13 females, OSUC 148999–149003 , 164021 , 206220–206229 (deposited in CNCI) . PHILIPPINES: 1 female OSUC 149025 ( CNCI) .

Comments. The holotype and paratype could not be examined. Both are male specimens. The locality data for the holotype cited in the original description is: KOREA: Seongpo-ri , Sadeung-myeon , Geojesi , Gyeongsangnam-do, 4.VI.1994, D.S. Ku (Is. Geojedo) .