Phanuromyia cudo Nesheim & Masner

Nesheim, Katherine C., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2017, The Phanuromyiagaleata species group (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Telenominae): shining a lantern into an unexplored corner of Neotropical diversity, ZooKeys 663, pp. 71-105 : 77-80

Phanuromyia cudo Nesheim & Masner sp. n. Figures 25-30

Description.

Female body length: 1.33-1.82 mm (n=20).

Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: with 3-6 transverse rugae medially. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with 2 rows of setiferous punctures.

Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: smooth. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.

Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.

T1: distinctly swollen throughout entire length. Anterior margin of T2: with costae or foveolae throughout its width. T2 sculpture: with neither transverse series of small punctures nor scrobiculate lateral areas. Sculpture of T1: almost entirely smooth. Posterior margin of T2: straight. Number of visible terga past T2: 3 or 4. Setation on T2: limited to at most 1 row of setae posteriorly and sparse setation laterally.

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia cudo can be recognized by the swelling of the entire T1 segment.

Etymology.

The name cudo is derived from the Latin word for a helmet made of raw skin because this species has a large head evoking the image of a knight wearing a helmet. This name is to be used as a noun in apposition.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389327]

Material examined.

Holotype, female: COSTA RICA: Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 100m, X-1992, Malaise trap, P. Hanson, OSUC549938 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (129 females) BELIZE: 1 female, OSUC550084 (CNCI). BOLIVIA: 10 females, OSUC149379, 149405-149406, 550016-550019, 550080-550082 (CNCI). BRAZIL: 2 females, OSUC149400, 550012 (CNCI). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC149407 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 37 females, OSUC149381-149382, 149388, 149390-149391, 149394-149395, 149399, 149408, 549929-549935, 549937, 549956-549957, 549964-549965, 549978-549979, 549983, 549987, 550007, 550010, 550014, 550020-550026, 550079, 575268 (CNCI). ECUADOR: 65 females, OSUC149387, 149393, 149397, 240600, 549936, 549939-549946, 549948-549955, 549958-549963, 549966-549970, 549973-549977, 549981-549982, 549984-549986, 549988-549996, 549998-550006, 550008, 550013, 550113-550115 (CNCI). FRENCH GUIANA: 1 female, OSUC550099 (CNCI). PANAMA: 7 females, OSUC149380, 149384, 149389, 149401, 149409, 549971, 549997 (CNCI). PERU: 2 females, OSUC549980, 550107 (CNCI). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2 females, OSUC149383, 550015 (CNCI). VENEZUELA: 1 female, OSUC149403 (CNCI).

Comments.

This species exhibits variation in several characters, but can be reliably diagnosed by the swollen appearance of the entirety of T2.