Trichoteleia funesta Talamas

Talamas, Elijah J., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2011, Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), ZooKeys 80, pp. 1-126 : 40-42

Trichoteleia funesta Talamas sp. n. Figures 114-119Morphbank 17

Description.

Color of head: black throughout. Central keel of frons: present, bifurcating ventrally around interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose laterally, smooth medially. Sculpture of posterior vertex: punctate rugose. Occipital rim: comprised of medium to large sized cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: dark brown to black. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: smooth furrow incomplete, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as row of punctures. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: smooth and sparsely punctate posteriorly, densely punctate and transverely rugulose anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth with few very fine punctures laterally. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: coarsely punctate. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: coarsely punctate. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: punctate rugose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: straight to moderately convex. Color of legs: brown throughout.

Color of metasoma in female: black. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: weakly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: present. Microsculpture on T3: present. Microsculpture on T4: present. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally strigose throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: weakly longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: longitudinally strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: longitudinally strigose laterally. Punctation of T5 in female: moderately dense throughout. Shape of T5 in female: width of posterior margin less than length. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth with sparse fine setigerous punctures throughout. Sculpture of S2: coarsely punctate throughout. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: hyaline throughout. Color of hind wing: hyaline throughout. Density of setation in fore wing: uniform throughout. Density of setation in hind wing: uniform throughout. Length of R1: more than 1.5 times as long as r. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: spectral.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia funesta is most similar to Trichoteleia tezitra in both habitus and characters. The longitudinal strigae on T4-T5 of Trichoteleia funesta serve to separate Trichoteleia funesta .

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet funesta, meaning “mournful”, refers to the black color of this species.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=253565]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Prov., 35km SSE Antsirabe, Uapacca forest, MA-24-32, Italaviana, 20°10.40'S 47°05.16'E, 1360m, 16. X– 26.X.2003, malaise trap, R. Harin’Hala, OSUC 254608 (deposited in CASC).