Macroteleia crawfordi Kieffer

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 : 16-19

Macroteleia crawfordi Kieffer stat. n. Plates 13-17

Macroteleia kiefferi Crawford 1910: 127 (original description, preoccupied by Macroteleia kiefferi Brues, (1906)); Baltazar 1966: 184 (listed, junior synonym of Macroteleia striativentris Crawford).

Macroteleia crawfordi Kieffer 1910b: 89 (replacement name for Macroteleia kiefferi Crawford); Baltazar 1966: 184 (listed, junior synonym of Macroteleia striativentris Crawford); Masner and Muesebeck 1968: 39 (type information).

Macroteleia crates Lê 2000: 53, 55, 331 (original description, keyed), syn. n.

Macroteleia demades Lê 2000: 53, 56, 332 (original description, keyed), syn. n.

Description.

Female. Body length 3.35-4.76 mm (n=20).

Color. Body black; mandible 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, 1.30 –1.40× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; OOL short, 0.20 –0.40× times minimum diameter of lateral ocellus; POL 1.27 –1.58× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, irregularly crenulate; central keel weakly developed above interantennal process (Plates 14A, 16C); medial frons obliquely strigose ventrally, variably smooth to coriaceous dorsally; ventrolateral frons punctate rugose; frons below median ocellus densely punctate, interspaces coriaceous; ocellar triangle smooth or coriaceous, with scattered punctures; posterior vertex densely punctate, interspaces coriaceous; gena coarsely punctate rugose; length of A3 0.71 –0.86× length of A2.

Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area densely punctate; dorsal pronotal area areolate; lateral pronotal area punctate rugulose; netrion densely punctate or punctate rugulose; notaulus deep, distinctly foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum densely punctate, becoming denser anteriorly; lateral lobes of mesoscutum densely punctate throughout; mesoscutellum densely punctate throughout; metascutellum tongue-like (Plates 14B, 16D, 17D), extending into space between propodeal lobes; propodeum narrowly divided into two widely separated subtriangular lobes (Plates 14B, 16D, 17D), each side with punctate rugulose sculpture covered by dense, recumbent, white setae; upper mesepisternum with a row of robust longitudinal carinae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum densely punctate; mesopleural depression smooth (Plates 14C, 16E, 17E); metapleuron longitudinally striate dorsally, densely punctate ventrally.

Legs. Slender; hind femur weakly swollen, 4.06 –4.71× as long as its maximum width; hind tibia without spines over outer surface; hind basitarsus 11.00 –11.75× as long as its maximum width.

Wings. Apex of fore wing extending from as far as posterior margin of T4 to base of T5; R 1.79 –2.55× as long as r-rs, R1 1.18 –1.77× length of R.

Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 straight or slightly convex (Plate 14D); sublateral tergal carinae developed on T1-T4; T1 densely longitudinally striate medially, with numerous punctures in interstices anteriorly, punctate rugulose laterally; T2-T4 densely longitudinally striate medially, with scattered delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T5 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with delicate punctures in interstices; T6 finely punctate dorsally, densely longitudinally striate laterally, with scattered delicate punctures in interstices; length of T3 0.82 –0.99× length of T6; T5 distinctly longer than wide; S2-S4 densely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; S5-S6 largely smooth, with scattered punctures; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S5.

Male. Differing from female as follows: body length 3.57-3.85 mm (n=6); A1 brown, remainder of antenna dark brown to black; metascutellum distinctly transverse (Plate 15A), posterior margin straight, longitudinally carinate; propodeum continuous medially (Plate 15A), 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-T4 denselylongitudinally striate medially, with delicate punctures in interstices, punctate rugulose laterally; T5-T7 densely longitudinally striate throughout, with delicate punctures in interstices; T6 slightly wider than long; length of T6 1.00 –1.13× length of T7; T7 subtriangular, apex sharply pointed to form a spine (Plate 15B, C); length of T7 1.13 –1.77× length of S7; S2-S3 densely longitudinally striate, with punctate rugulose sculpture in interstices; S4-S6 densely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; S7 longitudinally punctate rugulose; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2-S6.

Diagnosis.

The body shape, color and size of Macroteleia crawfordi is similar to Macroteleia lamba and Macroteleia livingstoni . It differs from them by tongue-like metascutellum in female (triangular in Macroteleia lamba , and transverse in Macroteleia linvingstoni ), and apex of T7 sharply pointed to form a spine in male (apex not pointed to form a spine in the latter two speices).

Distribution.

China (Guangdong, Hainan); Vietnam; Thailand; Philippines. Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=9295].

Material examined.

Holotype of Macroteleia crawfordi , ♀: PHILIPPINES: "Philippines, Manila, R. Brown, USNM No.12897" (deposited in USNM). Holotype of Macroteleia crates , ♀, VIETNAM: "8/4 construction site (Dak Lak Prov.), rice field, 15.V.1979", "Holotypus ♀ Macroteleia crates Kozlov et Lê 84". Holotype of Macroteleia demades , ♀ (deposited in IEBR): VIETNAM: "Nghia Do, Hanoi, on rice seedling, 24.VII.1978", "Holotypus ♀ Macroteleia demades Kozlov et Lê 84" (deposited in IEBR). Paratypes of Macroteleia demades , 3 ♀ (IEBR): 2 ♀, VIETNAM: "Nghia Do, Hanoi, on rice seedling, 24.VII.1978, Lê Xuan Hue", "Paratypus Macroteleia demades sp. n."; 1 ♀, VIETNAM: "Ha Noi, rice field, 15.VII.1978", "Paratypus Macroteleia demades sp. n.".

Other material. CHINA: 1 ♀, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 25.V.2002, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000139 (SCAU); 10 ♀ + 1 ♂, Guangdong, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 24°43'N, 114°14'E, 21-23. VIII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000140-000150 (SCAU); 1 ♀ + 1 ♂, Guangdong, Zijin County, Linjiang Town, 23°39'N, 114°41'E, 1.VIII.2003, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000151, 000152 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Mt. Tongleda, 23°10'N, 111°25'E, 12.VIII.2003, Jujian Chen, SCAU 000153 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Zhuhai, Doumen, paddy field, 22°33.366'N, 113°13.297'E, 11.IX.2010, Xin Yuan, SCAU 000154 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Guangdong, Zhaoqing, Xiwanggu, 23°13'N, 112°31'E, 2 -6.VIII.2010, yellow pan trap, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000155 (SCAU); 2 ♀, Hainan, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 18°51'N, 109°39'E, 16-18.V.2007, Jie Zeng, SCAU 000156, 000157 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hainan, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 18°51'N, 109°39'E, 17-20.V.2007, Bin Xiao, SCAU 000158 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hainan, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 18°51'N, 109°39'E, 20.V.2007, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000159 (SCAU); 14 ♀ + 2 ♂, Hainan, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 18°51'N, 109°39'E, 28. X– 30.X.2007, Jiemin Yao, SCAU 000160-000175 (SCAU); 7 ♀, Hainan, Wuzhishan National Nature Reserve, 18°51'N, 109°39'E, 29.X.2007, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000176-000182 (SCAU); 2 ♀, Hainan, Jianfengling National Nature Reserve, 18°41'N, 108°49'E, 23-25.X.2007, Jiemin Yao, SCAU 000183, 000184 (SCAU); 1 ♀, Hainan, Mt. Yinggeling, 18°49'N, 109°11'E, 16-20.XI.2008, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000185 (SCAU); 2 ♀ + 1 ♂, Hainan, Mt. Yinggeling, 18°49'N, 109°11'E, 17-20.VII.2010, Huayan Chen, SCAU 000186-000188 (SCAU). THAILAND: 1 ♀, Chiang Mai: Maerim, 29-30.XII.2000, MT, R. A. Beaver, No. 24139 (RABC); 1 ♀, Chiang Mai: Maerim, 24-25.I.2001, MT, R. A. Beaver, No. 24671 (RABC).