Helava reducta Masner & Talamas, 2016

Talamas, Elijah J. & Masner, Lubomir, 2016, Revision of New World Helava Masner & Huggert (Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 53, pp. 1-24 : 16-19

Helava reducta Masner & Talamas sp. n.

Figures 45-49

Description.

Female body length: 1.01 mm (n=1). Male body length: 1.04 mm (n=1). Male antenna: apically clubbed. Number of antennomeres in male club: 3. Number of female clavomeres: 4. Setation of frons anterior to ocellar triangle: sparse throughout. Setation of vertex posterior to lateral ocellus: very sparse or absent. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Pronotum in dorsal view: large, collarlike. Dorsoventral band of dense setation on posterior part of lateral pronotum: absent. Setation of pronotal cervical sulcus: sparse to absent. Width of dorsal mesopleuron in lateral view: half as wide dorsally. Longitudinal striation on dorsal mesopleuron: absent. Transepisternal line: absent. Mesofurcal pit: present. Notaulus: absent. Wings: brachypterous. Color of legs: yellowish brown. Foamy structures of lateral propodeum: smaller than hairy metapleuron. Median tubercule on T 2: absent. Setation of anterior T2: interrupted medially. Lateral patch on T2: absent. Foamy structures on S1: absent. Transverse felt field on anterior S2: present as transverse strip. Shape of S2 in lateral view: broadly convex.

Diagnosis.

Helava reducta can easily be identified by severe microptery, the absence of a scutoscutellar sulcus, and the absence of transepisternal line.

Etymology.

The Latin adjectival epithet " Helava reducta " is applied to this species for the reduced segmentation of the mesosoma,

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=354389

Material examined.

Holotype, female: VENEZUELA: Mérida St., Black Lagoon, Sierra Nevada National Park , 3500m, 29.IV.1981, sweeping, L. Masner, USNMENT00989203 (deposited in CNCI) . Paratypes: VENEZUELA: 1 female, 2 males, CNC424744-424745, USNMENT00989204 (CNCI) .

Figures

Figures 45 - 49. Helava reducta 45 female holotype (USNMENT 00989203), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 46 female holotype (USNMENT 00989203), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 47 female holotype (USNMENT 00989203), head, anterior view 48 male paratype (USNMENT 00989204), antenna, dorsal view 49 female holotype (USNMENT 00989203), antenna dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.