Phanuromyia krossotos Nesheim

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 : 87

Phanuromyia krossotos Nesheim sp. n. Figures 55-60

Description.

Male body length: 1.46 mm (n=1).

Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: without rugosity. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with setiferous punctures only medially.

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

Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.

T1: flat, at most slightly swollen. 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: evenly costate across anterior 1/3 to 1/2, smooth in remaining apical portion. Posterior margin of T2: only slightly concave. Number of visible terga past T2: 5. Setation on T2: consisting of thick patches of lateral setae.

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia krossotos can be recognized by the thick lateral patches of setae on T2.

Etymology.

The name krossotos is derived from the Greek word for fringed because this species has a distinctive fringe of lateral setae on T2. This name is to be used as an adjective.

Link to distribution map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389330]

Material examined.

Holotype, male: ECUADOR: Sucumbíos Prov., Napo River, 290m, 00°05'S, 76°05'W, Sacha Lodge, 14. III– 24.III.1994, Malaise trap, P. Hibbs, OSUC550046 (deposited in CNCI).

Comments.

This species most closely resembles P. dissidens . This species most closely resembles P. dissidens . Phanuromyia krossotos may be distinguished by the presence of patches of setae on laterally on T2.