Macroteleia lamba Saraswat & Sharma

Chen, Hua-yan, Johnson, Norman F., Masner, Lubomir & Xu, Zai-fu, 2013, The genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s. l., Scelioninae) from China, ZooKeys 300, pp. 1-98 : 46-51

Macroteleia lamba Saraswat & Sharma Plates 36-41

Macroteleia lamba Saraswat and Sharma 1978: 13 (original description); Mani and Sharma 1982: 172 (description); Mukerjee 1994: 4 (variation); Lê 2000: 53, 61 (description, keyed, type information); Rajmohana 2006: 127 (description); Rajmohana 2007: 64 (description).

Macroteleia dores Lê 2000: 53, 58, 333 (original description, keyed), syn. n.

Description.

Female. Body length 3.33-5.26 mm (n=18).

Color. Body black; mandible dark brown; palpi yellow; legs pale brown throughout; A1 brown, A2-A5 dark brown, remainder of antenna black; fore wing hyaline.

Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 1.24 –1.36× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; lateral ocellus contiguous with inner orbit of compound eye; POL 1.31 –1.58× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, irregularly crenulate throughout; central keel absent or weakly developed above interantennal process (Plates 37A, 38C, 40A); medial frons obliquely strigose ventrally, irregularly smooth dorsally; ventrolateral frons punctate rugose; frons below median ocellus densely punctate, interspaces coriaceous; ocellar triangle coriaceous, with scattered punctures; posterior vertex punctate reticulate; gena coarsely punctate rugose; length of A3 equal to length of A2.

Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area densely punctate; dorsal pronotal area areolate; lateral pronotal area rugulose anteriorly, punctate rugulose posteriorly; netrion punctate rugulose; notaulus deep, distinctly foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate, becoming denser anteriorly and at posterior end; lateral lobes of mesoscutum densely punctate, interspaces in part coriaceous; mesoscutellum densely punctate throughout; Metascutellum triangular (Plates 37B, 38D, 40B), strongly produced medially, extending into space between propodeal lobes; propodeum narrowly divided into two subtriangular lobes (Plates 37B, 38D, 40B), each side with several irregular longitudinal carinae medially, otherwise punctate rugulose; upper mesepisternum with a row of robust longitudinal carinae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum punctate rugulose; mesopleural depression smooth (Plates 37C, 38E, 40C); metapleuron longitudinally striate throughout.

Legs. Slender; hind femur weakly swollen, 4.00 –5.00× as long as its maximum width; hind tibia without spines over outer surface; hind basitarsus 11.00 –11.80× as long as its maximum width.

Wings. Apex of fore wing extending from as far as anterior third to posterior margin of T4; R 1.62 –2.44× as long as r-rs, R1 1.91 –2.24× length of R.

Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 straight or slightly convex (Plates 37D, 38F, 40D); sublateral tergal carinae developed on T1-T3; T1-T3 densely longitudinally striate medially, with scattered delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T4-T5 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with delicate punctures in interstices; T6 finely punctate dorsally, densely longitudinally striate laterally, with scattered small punctures in interstices; length of T3 0.91 –1.15× length of T6; T5 distinctly longer than wide; S2-S6 densely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S5.

Male. Differing from female as follows: body length 3.57-5.26 mm (n=6); A1 brown, remainder of antenna dark brown to black; hind coxa blackish; metascutellum distinctly transverse (Plate 41A), posterior margin slightly pointed medially, longitudinally carinate; propodeum continuous medially, not divided into two separated lobes, posterior margin narrowly notched medially, each side with several irregular longitudinal carinae medially, otherwise punctate rugulose, covered by dense, recumbent, white setae; T1 sparsely longitudinally striate medially, with rugulose sculpture in interstices anteriorly, punctate rugulose laterally; T2-T3 densely longitudinally striate medially, with numerous delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T4-T5 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with numerous delicate punctures in interstices; T6-T7 longitudinally punctate rugulose; T6 distinctly longer than wide; length of T6 1.07 –1.18× length of T7; T7 subtriangular, apex pointed (Plate 41B); length of T7 2.15 –2.53× length of S7; S7 longitudinally punctate rugulose; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S6.

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Hainan, Yunnan); India; Vietnam; Thailand. Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=4825].

Material examined.

Holotype of Macroteleia lamba , ♀: INDIA: "Coorg Survey, School of Entomology, St. John’s College, Agra-282002, India, 18.1. Kasaragod, M.S. Mani & Party, 31. III–1–3.IV.1977”, “Holotype”, " Macroteleia lamba Saraswat, $" (deposited in USNM). Holotype of Macroteleia dores , $: VIETNAM: "Buon Luoi, grass, 16.VI.1982", "Holotypus ♀ Macroteleia dores Kozlov et Lê 84" (deposited in IEBR). Paratype of Macroteleia dores , 1 ♂, VIETNAM: "Buon Luoi, GL-KT [=Gia Lai-Kon Tum], grass, 14.VII.1981", "Paratypus ♂ Macroteleia dores sp. n. Kozlov et Lê” (IEBR).

Other material.

CHINA: 1 ♂, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 10.VII.2003, Zaifu Xu, SCAU 000118 (SCAU); 4 ♀, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 21-23.VIII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000119-000122 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve, 24°54'N, 113°00'E, 11.IX.2004, Yanjing Wen, SCAU 000123 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Qimuzhang Nature Reserve, 23°46'N, 115°18'E, 31.VII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000124 (SCAU); 1 ♂, Guangdong, Zijin County, Linjiang Town, 23°39'N, 114°41'E, 28.VII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000125 (SCAU); 3 ♀ + 3 ♂, Guangdong, Zijin County, Linjiang Town, 23°39'N, 114°41'E, 1.VIII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000126-000131 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, paddy field, Zhuhai, Doumen, 22°33.366'N, 113°13.297'E, 11.IX.2010, Xin Yuan, SCAU 000132 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hainan, Mt. Yinggeling, 18°49'N, 109°11'E, 28.V.2007, Liqiong Weng, SCAU 000133 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hainan, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, 18°41'N, 108°49'E,22-23.X.2007, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000134 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Yunnan, Jinggu County, Weiyuan Town, 23°39'N, 100°42'E, 4.X.2004, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000135 (SCAU); 3 ♀, Yunnan, Jinghong, on the bank of Lancang River, 21°59'N, 100°49'E, 2.X.2004, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000136-000138 (SCAU). THAILAND: 1 ♀, Chiang Mai: Maerim, 21-22.XII.2000, MT, R. A. Beaver, No. 24062 (RABC); 1 ♀, Chiang Mai: Maerim, 20.XII.2002, FIT, R. A. Beaver, No. 25927 (RABC).

Comments.

Macroteleia superans Kieffer was described from a male collected at Mt. Makiling in the Philippine Islands by C.F. Baker. Later, in Kieffer’s Das Tierreich ( Kieffer 1926) treatment of the species he added the locality of Mt. Banahao for the species. We searched for the type material at the U.S. National Museum of Natural History (Washington, DC) where much of Baker’s material is now held. Only a single specimen of Macroteleia superans was found, the specimen from Mt. Banahao. The location of the holotype is unknown. This non-type specimen is conspecific with Macroteleia lamba . Without the holotype, though, we prefer not to propose that the name is synonymous.