Fusicornia fortuna 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 : 28-29

Fusicornia fortuna Taekul & Johnson , new species urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:7AC0CD3C-8D72-4562-A177-72E7548B07B5

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Figures 73–78; Morphbank 51

Description. Female body length: 1.23–1.73 mm (n=2). Male body length: 1.71 mm (n=1).

Head: Vertex between posterior ocelli: rounded. Female OOL: less than or equal one ocellar diameter. Frontal sculpture: at least partly smooth or considerably effaced. Sculpture of central frons: smooth or with shallowly impressed reticulate microsculpture. Setation of central frons: glabrous. 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: sparsely setose. Antenna: Radicle color: yellow to orange brown. Color of female A1: yellow to orange-brown. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2. Claval color: dark brown to black.

Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate. Longitudinal sculpture in posterior half of mesoscutum: absent. Admedian line: present or absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: foveolate. Notauli: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: rounded. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: almost entirely smooth. Length of medial metascutellar spine: medial spine short to moderately long, distinctly shorter than distance between medial and lateral spines. Length of lateral metascutellar spine: short, only slightly longer than wide. Sculpture of propodeal nucha: smooth to weakly sculptured. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: puncticulate, pustulate. 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: linear, glabrous, linear, 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 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, 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 fortuna is most similar to F. speculum with which it shares the absence of setation on area 2 and 4 on metapleuron and smooth to weakly sculptured propodeal nucha ( Fig. 78). It may be distinguished by gena behind lower half of the eye with reticulate to coriaceous microsculpture ( Fig. 76).

Etymology. The epithet fortuna , is an arbitrary name, inspired by the code originally used for this species, F-8.

Link to Distribution Map. 52

50. http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=230114

51. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226364

52. http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=230117

Material Examined. Holotype female: YEMEN: Ta'izz, Ta'izz Gov., IX.1999, light trap, A. van Harten, OSUC 149017 (deposited in CNCI) . Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 1 male, 1 female, OSUC 148997 , 206215 ( CNCI) . KENYA: 1 female, OSUC 211159 ( CNCI) .