Dentalion pnigaliae, Hansson, Christer, 2011
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.207919 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184946 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF87C4-FF86-FFC7-FF67-F88CFE188131 |
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Plazi |
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Dentalion pnigaliae |
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sp. nov. |
Dentalion pnigaliae sp. nov.
( Figs 39–42 View FIGURES 39 – 42 , 68 View FIGURES 56 – 68 )
Diagnosis. Frons with an interscrobal procession ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); frontal suture reaching eyes below anterior ocellus at a level equal to 1.5X diameter of an ocellus ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); propodeum with median carina, plicae and costulae ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ), and callus with 6 setae; forewing costal cell ventrally with a sparse row of setae in apical ½ (as in Fig. 51 View FIGURES 47 – 53 ); petiole as long as wide.
Description. FEMALE. Length 1.9 mm. Scape pale brown with dorsal edge dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Frons below frontal suture metallic bluish-green, above frontal suture metallic bluish-purple. Vertex inside ocellar triangle golden-green, outside ocellar triangle metallic bluish-purple. Mesoscutum with anterior 1/3 metallic dark purple, posterior 2/3 metallic bluish-green. Scutellum with anterior ½ golden-purple, posterior ½ metallic bluish-green. Propodeum metallic bluish-green. Coxae, femora and tibiae dark and metallic; tarsi with tarsomeres 1–3 white, 4 dark brown. Forewing hyaline. Gaster with tergite 1 metallic bluish-purple, remaining tergites golden-purple.
Antenna as in Fig. 68 View FIGURES 56 – 68 . Frons with raised, weak reticulation below level of toruli except smooth just below toruli and close to mouth margin above mandibles, parts up to frontal suture with raised, strong reticulation, and smooth above frontal suture ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); frontal suture reaching eyes below anterior ocellus at a level equal to 1.5X diameter of an ocellus. Vertex with engraved, strong reticulation inside ocellar triangle, but smooth outside ocellar triangle ( Fig. 42 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ). Occipital margin rounded. Eyes with sparse, scattered hairs ( Figs 39, 42 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ).
Pronotum without transverse carina close to posterior margin ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ). Mesoscutum with raised, strong reticulation ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); notauli as narrow distinct grooves in anterior 1/3, as indistinct impressions in posterior 2/3. Scutellum with raised, rather strong reticulation in anterior ½ and very weak reticulation to smooth in posterior ½ ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum with median carina, plicae and costulae ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES 39 – 42 ); callus with 6 setae. Forewing speculum closed below; forewing costal cell ventrally with a sparse row of setae in apical ½.
Petiole 1X as long as wide, smooth. Gaster elongate with apex acuminate; tergites smooth.
MALE. Unknown.
Material examined. Holotype female ( BMNH) labelled “ COSTA RICA, Heredia, Estación Biológica La Selva, 10˚26'N 84˚01'W, 75 m, 27–28.ii.2003, J.S. Noyes”.
Etymology. Named for the similarity of the propodeum in the genus Pnigalio Schrank (subfamily Eulophinae).
Distribution. Costa Rica.
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