Moritiella elegans Buffington

Buffington, Matthew L., 2006, The description of Moritiella Buffington, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), Zootaxa 1237, pp. 61-68 : 66-67

Moritiella elegans Buffington n. sp.

( Figs 1 A–C and 2A–E)

Description and diagnosis

As in description of genus, with: scutellar plate elongate with sides parallel ( Fig. 2 E). Differs from M. astrudae by having an elongate scutellar plate.

Material examined

HOLOTYPE. VENEZUELA: Merida, Merida City, 1860m, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R. 3.V.1981. L. Masner (1 female). Deposited in CNC.

Additional material. PARATYPES. BRAZIL: Rio Grande, Guanabara, IX.1969, M. Alvarenga (1 female) [ USNM]; COLOMBIA: Valle 10 km S Cali, 1000m, roadside by sugarcane field, 3.IV.1971. W. Eberhard, C. Garcia (1 female) [ CNC]; Vichada PNN, Tupairo Centro Administrativa, Malaise 17, 140m 19–29.VI.2000, ‘Muestra 268’, W.

Villalba, coll. (1 female, DNA voucher MB085, UCR56842) [ UCRC]; ECUADOR: Napo Province, Huahua Sumaco, km.45 on Hollin­Loreto road, XII.21.1989, Malaise trap, M & J Wasbauer, H. Real (3 females, one used for SEM in Figs 1–2 ) [ CSCA]; VENEZUELA: Merida, Merida City, 1860m, sweep veg. along trib. to Chama R. 3.V.1981. L. Masner (1 female) [ CNC].

Figures

FIGURE 1. Moritiella elegans, n. sp. A, SEM, lateral habitus; B, SEM, female antenna; C, SEM, head, anterior view.

FIGURE 2. Moritiella elegans n. sp. and M. astrudae n. sp. A, SEM head and mesosoma, lateral view (M. elegans); B, SEM, scutellum, lateral view (M. elegans); C, SEM, mesoscutum and scutellum, dorsal view (M. elegans); D, light microscope, forewing (M. elegans); E, light microscope, scutellar plate, dorsal view (M. elegans); arrow indicates lateral margin of scutellar plate; F, light microscope, scutellar plate, dorsal view (M. astrudae); arrow indicates lateral margin of scutellar plate.