Trichoteleia afo 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 : 16-17

Trichoteleia afo Talamas sp. n. Figures 2435414355-60Morphbank 7

Description.

Female body length: 2.67-3.06 mm (n=20). Male body length: 2.56-2.80 mm (n=21). Color of head: dark orange, becoming brown at vertex; orange throughout. Central keel of frons: present, ending above interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Sculpture of medial frons in male: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout; punctate rugulose laterally, smooth medially. Sculpture of posterior vertex: densely punctate; moderately punctate, rugose posterior to eyes and posterior ocellus. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: punctate rugose; dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female: orange throughout. Color of mesosoma in male: variably red to black. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: rugulose. 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 sparse fine punctures throughout. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of large cells; comprised of small cells. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: coarsely punctate. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: coarsely punctate. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: moderately punctate. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: moderately dense. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: punctate rugose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: straight to moderately convex. Color of legs: basal tibia and tarsomeres white, otherwise brown.

Color of metasoma in female: black. Color of metasoma in male: dark brown to black throughout. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: straight. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: reticulate rugose throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: reticulate rugose. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: reticulate rugose. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: punctate rugose; reticulate. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: punctate rugulose. Punctation of T4 in female: moderately dense throughout. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: sparse along midline, otherwise dense. Shape of T5 in female: width of posterior margin greater than or equal to length. Microscupture on T6 in female: absent. Sculpture of T6 in female: smooth with sparse moderate sized punctures. Macrosculpture of T2 in male: reticulate rugose throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in male: reticulate rugose. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in male: reticulate rugose. Macrosculpture of T4 in male: rugulose throughout. Punctation of T4 in male: moderately dense throughout. Macrosculpture of T5 in male: absent. Punctation of T5 in male: dense 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 with transverse infuscate band medially. Color of forewing in male: hyaline with transverse infuscate band medially. 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.

This species is most similar to Trichoteleia jiro in color pattern, size, and habitus. It may be distinguished by the coarse reticulate rugose sculpture of T2-T3 (Figs 41, 60) and the single transverse band in the forewing (Fig. 35).

Etymology.

This species is given the name afo, meaning “fire” in Malagasy, for the bright red color of the head and mesosoma in females. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=241291]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana Auto. Prov., brushy area, MA-01-04A-02, 1km W Sakalava Beach, 12°15'59"S, 49°23'42"E, 30m, 23. I– 27.I.2001, malaise trap, M. E. Irwin, E. I. Schlinger & R. Harin’Hala, OSUC 143346 (deposited in CASC). Paratypes: MADAGASCAR: 21 females, 30 males, CASENT 2042214, 2042915-2042916, 2043326-2043327, 2043339, 2043391, 2043512-2043513, 2043775-2043781, 2043783, 2133948, 2134576, 2134804, 2134839, 2136213-2136217, 2136577, 2136579, 2136582, 2136589, 2136598-2136599, 2136603, 2137670, OSUC 143327 (CASC); OSUC 143344, 186062 (CNCI); CASENT 2042728, 2137960, OSUC 143325, OSUC 143326, OSUC 143328, OSUC 143330, OSUC 143331, OSUC 143332, OSUC 143342, OSUC 143343, OSUC 143345, OSUC 186063, OSUC 186064, OSUC 186065 (OSUC).