Chromoteleia tricarinata Kieffer

Chen, Hua-yan, Talamas, Elijah J., Valerio, Alejandro A., Masner, Lubomir & Johnson, Norman F., 2018, Revision of the World species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae), ZooKeys 778, pp. 1-95 : 5

Chromoteleia tricarinata Kieffer Figures 1-2, 224-229, 230-235, 236

Chromoteleia rufithorax var. tricarinata Kieffer, 1909: 250 (original description).

Petalosema tricarinata (Kieffer): Kieffer, 1926: 358, 359 (generic transfer, description, change to species status, keyed).

Chromoteleia tricarinata Kieffer: Masner, 1976: 25 (type information, taxonomic status); Johnson, 1992: 364 (cataloged, type information).

Description.

Body length of female: 5.28-5.90 mm (n = 20). Body length of male: 5.20-5.83 mm (n = 20). Color of A1: yellow to orange. A6 in female: as wide as long. A5 in female: distinctly longer than wide. A6 in male: approximately 2.0 × longer than wide. Number of basiconic sensilla on A7: 0. Number of basiconic sensilla on A12: 2. Sculpture of dorsal A1: striate. Color of head: black. Sculpture of frons directly above interantennal process: punctate rugose. Central keel: complete, extending from interantennal process to median ocellus. Ventral margin of clypeus: pointed. Granulate microsculpture of dorsal frons: present. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Granulate microsculpture of vertex: present. Sculpture of occiput: smooth medially, striate laterally. Sculpture of gena: coarsely punctate rugose.

Color of mesosoma: orange. Sculpture of epicoxal lobe posterior of propleural epicoxal sulcus: smooth. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area above pronotal cervical sulcus: smooth throughout. Sculpture of netrion: transversely striate. Microsculpture of mesoscutum: granulate. Macrosculpture of mesoscutal midlobe: punctate rugose throughout. Macrosculpture of lateral lobe of mesoscutum: punctate rugose. Sculpture of notaulus: foveate. Notaular foveae: interconnected. Median mesoscutal carina: absent. Mesoscutellum in lateral view: convex. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: densely punctate rugose. Shape of metascutellum: trapezoidal with broad posterior margin. Median metascutellar carina: present. Sculpture of metascutellum: rugose. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: rugose. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of mesepisternum below femoral depression: punctate rugose. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: rugose. Setation of dorsal metapleural area: present. Setation of area directly dorsal to the metapleural triangle: absent. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: rugose anteriorly, obliquely striate posteriorly. Color of legs: orange yellow throughout. Length of hind basitarsus: about as long as remaining segments combined. Sculpture of hind coxa: largely smooth, with sparse fine punctures.

Length of postmarginal vein: distinctly longer than stigmal vein.

Color of metasoma in female: black. Color of metasoma in male: black. Horn on T1 in female: present. Striae of posterior margin of T1 in female: dense. Striae of T1 in male: dense. Transverse sulcus on T2: present. Sculpture of T2: densely longitudinally striate, punctate rugulose in interstices. Sculpture of T6 in female: longitudinally punctate rugose. Length of T6 in female: approximately as long as wide; wider than long. Shape of T6 in female in lateral view: flat. Apical spine on female T6: absent. Sculpture of T6 in male: densely punctate. Sculpture of T7 in male: granulate. Posterior margin of T7 in male: straight. Sculpture of medial S2: densely longitudinally striate with fine punctures in interstices.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished from other Chromoteleia by the following combination of characters: female A7 without basiconic sensillum, mesoscutum without median mesoscutal carina, dorsal metapleural area with setae, ventral metapleural area obliquely striate, male T7 with posterior margin straight.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4218]

Material examined.

Holotype, male, C. rufithorax var. tricarinata : BELIZE: no date, CAS TYPE9759 (deposited in CAS).

Other material: (330 females, 551 males) BELIZE: 32 females, 27 males, OSUC556957, 584778-584798, 584800-584804, 584806, 584921, 584932-584934, 586445, 586758, 586870-586871 (CNCI); OSUC186068, 186070, 225287, 232140-232142, 47918-47919, 47940, 48011, 48037, 64021, 64026-64028, 64046-64047, 93534, 93586-93588, 94076-94077 (OSUC). BRAZIL: 1 female, 2 males, OSUC 56227-56229 (OSUC). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC586287 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 191 females, 340 males, OSUC149653, 149657, 202538 (AEIC); OSUC232992 (BPBM); OSUC232058, 232120-232138, 232188, 232190-232191, 374050, 556994, 556998, 557003, 557007, 557009, 557015, 557017, 557020-557022, 557024-557029, 557046-557047, 557052, 557054-557057, 557059-557060, 557063-557080, 557082, 577894, 577897, 577900-577901, 577905, 577925, 577928, 577930-577931, 577942, 577952, 577956-577961, 577963, 577965-577970, 577972, 578010-578011, 578019, 578023-578024, 578044, 578046, 578053, 578059, 578063-578065, 578067-578070, 578072, 578074-578075, 578077-578078, 578084, 578087-578090, 578093-578096, 578098, 578100-578102, 578105, 583414, 583417-583418, 583421, 583429, 583437, 583460, 583462, 583465-583466, 583470, 583514-583515, 583518-583520, 583709-583715, 583718, 583720-583722, 583724-583730, 583732-583738, 583740-583750, 583754-583755, 583759, 583761-583762, 583766-583767, 583772, 583774-583775, 583777-583783, 583786, 583788-583793, 583795, 583797-583798, 583818-583828, 583830-583833, 583835-583849, 583851-583877, 583883-583885, 583888, 583893-583895, 583899-583900, 583902-583909, 583911-583912, 583914-583915, 583917-583924, 583929-583930, 583939, 583941-583942, 583945-583946, 583950-583951, 583977, 583979, 583983-583987, 583991, 583995-583996, 583999-584002, 584007, 584013, 584015, 584018, 584020-584022, 584024, 584029-584030, 584034, 584036, 584040, 584043-584044, 584046, 584138, 584225, 584227, 584230, 584233, 584240, 584242, 584244, 584250, 584264-584270, 584274-584276, 584281-584283, 584287, 585121-585124, 585126-585144, 586127-586128, 586139-586141, 586152-586156, 586165, 586172, 586174, 586184, 586195, 586197, 586199, 586202, 586204, 586207-586208, 586211, 586215, 586218-586221, 586262-586266, 586270, 586275-586286, 586291-586292, 586296-586301, 586374-586375, 586379-586389, 586391, 586405, 586407-586410, 586414, 586473, 586481-586484, 586486, 586488, 586490-586492, 586495-586497, 586506, 586508, 586511, 586514-586515, 586535-586537, 586540, 586560-586564, 586566, 586569-586571, 586628, 586630, 586632, 586634, 586636-586637, 586642-586643, 586647, 586650-586655, 586657, 586660-586661, 586663, 586665-586666, 586671, 586763, 586765-586768, 586779, 586835, 586872 (CNCI); DPI_FSCA 00010211 (CSCA); SM0810075, SM0810348T (KUNH); OSUC185844, 374051-374054 (OSUC); OSUC320638, 320648-320650 (TAMU); OSUC204982, 204999 (UCDC); OSUC157812 (UCMC). GUATEMALA: 9 females, 16 males, OSUC584920, 584922-584924, 584926-584931, 584935-584936, 584940-584948, 584950, 584952-584953 (CNCI); OSUC317963 (OSUC). HONDURAS: 13 females, 16 males, OSUC584961-584963 (CNCI); OSUC369620, 369622, 369624, 369626-369627, 413758-413759, 413761-413763, 413766-413771, 413773-413782 (MZLU). MEXICO: 14 females, 20 males, OSUC556947, 584937-584939, 584949, 584951, 584954-584960 (CNCI); OSUC268812-268813, 268815-268818, 271011, 271013-271014, 271016, 56230-56233, 56235, 56237-56241, 56243 (OSUC). NICARAGUA: 1 female, 1 male, DPI_FSCA 00010212 (CSCA); OSUC204951 (UCDC). PANAMA: 68 females, 128 males, OSUC149652, 149655, 202542-202543, 202557, 202559, 202561-202575 (AEIC); OSUC557099-557112, 578054, 583459, 583483, 583501, 583505-583507, 584179-584181, 584183-584224, 584337-584373, 584375-584376, 584383-584397, 586158, 586345, 586373, 586377, 586465-586468, 586477-586479, 586521-586527, 586565, 586613-586617, 586627, 586631, 586682-586692, 586815-586817, 586820-586823, 586825, 586874 (CNCI); OSUC221922-221923, 319208-319209, 320642, 320645-320647, 321353 (TAMU). VENEZUELA: 1 male, OSUC557086 (CNCI).