TalamasElijah J.MasnerLubomírJohnsonNorman F.Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)Zookeys1622011201180112610.3897/zookeys.80.907 Trichoteleia halterata urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:8387E913-6686-4C22-8A4B-43FD20D63096 urn:lsid.biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:238233 Talamas & Masnersp. n.Figures 120–125Morphbank 18Description.Female body length:

2.76 mm (n=1). Color of head: yellow, becoming darker dorsally. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in female: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: absent. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: rugulose with faint concentric tendency. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: smooth ventrally, rugulose dorsally. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in female:

variably yellow to brown. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: densely punctate throughout. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, moderately punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: present as a smooth furrow. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: weakly rugulose. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: smooth except for 1 or 2 striae parallel to mesopleural carina. Sculpture of ventral surface of mesepisternum: smooth. Setation of ventral metapleural area: absent. Setation of metapleural triangle: sparse. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: rugulose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: with blunt kink near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: coxae and trochanters yellow, otherwise pale brown, hindlegs the darkest.

Color of metasoma in female:

patterned in alternating yellow and pale brown. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2: strongly convex. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T2: absent. Microsculpture on T3: absent. Microsculpture on T4: absent. Horn on T1 in female: present as a large, apically rounded protuberance. Macrosculpture of T2 in female: longitudinally striate, medial striae not reaching posterior margin. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: longitudinally strigose. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: obliquely strigose. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: obliquely strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse along midline, otherwise dense. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent along midline, otherwise obliquely strigose throughout. Punctation of T5 in female: moderately dense throughout. 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 fine setigerous punctures laterally. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteromedially, otherwise smooth. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings:

brachypterous, apex of forewing ending before midpoint of T3. Color of forewing in female: slightly infuscate throughout. Color of hind wing: slightly infuscate 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.

87Trichoteleia halterata sp. n., female holotype (OSUC 181012). 120 Lateral habitus 121 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 122 Dorsal habitus 123 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 124 Head, anterior view 125 Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Diagnosis.

Among the species of Trichoteleia only Trichoteleia halterata, Trichoteleia echinata and Trichoteleia parvipennis are known to be brachypterous. Trichoteleia halterata lacks a basiconic sensillum on A7 and has a simple horn on T1. A basiconic sensillum is present on A7 in Trichoteleia parvipennis, and Trichoteleia echinata has a posterodorsally pointing spine on the horn of T1.

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet refers to the vaguely dumbbell shaped forewings.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=238233]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Fianarantsoa Auto. Prov., rainforest, 36km S Ambalavao, 22°12'S 46°58'E, 23.X.1993, Berlese funnel, B. L. Fisher, OSUC 181012 (deposited in CASC).

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