TalamasElijah J.MasnerLubomírJohnsonNorman F.Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)Zookeys1622011201180112610.3897/zookeys.80.907 Trichoteleia picturata urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE93D63B-CBB3-449A-93C5-49AC57A88713 urn:lsid.biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:243412 Talamassp. n.Figures 1833204–209Morphbank 32Description.Female body length:

2.83 mm (n=1). Color of head: pale brown, becoming darker at vertex. 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: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: punctate rugulose. Occipital rim: comprised of small to miniscule cells. Sculpture of gena: dorsoventrally strigose.

Basiconic sensillum on A7:

absent.

Color of mesosoma in female:

variably orange to brown. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: longitudinally rugulose posteriorly, transversely rugulose anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, coarsely punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: present as a smooth furrow. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate rugose. Sculpture of posterolateral mesepisternum: smooth. 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:

yellow, posterior corners of T2–T4 dark 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 throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in female: weakly longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of medial T4 in female: absent. Macrosculpture of lateral T4 in female: obliquely strigose. Punctation of T4 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. Macrosculpture of T5 in female: absent. Punctation of T5 in female: sparse in medial third, moderately dense laterally. 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 along lateral margin. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteriorly, smooth posteriorly. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings:

macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in female: infuscate in apical two-thirds, white spot near apex, two white patches medially at anterior and posterior margins. Color of hind wing: hyaline 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. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

101Trichoteleia picturata sp. n., female holotype (CASENT 2135904). 204 Lateral habitus 205 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 206 Dorsal habitus 207 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 208 Head, anterior view 209 Metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia picturata is similar to Trichoteleia cincta, Trichoteleia delilah, and Trichoteleia zuparkoi and shares with them the pattern of coloration on the forewings. It can be separated from Trichoteleia cincta by the punctate rugulose sculpture below the median ocellus (Fig. 208), from Trichoteleia delilah by the absence of a basiconic sensillum on A7, and from Trichoteleia zuparkoi by longitudinally rugulose sculpture in the posterior half of the medial mesoscutum (Fig. 207).

Etymology.

The adjectival epithet picturata, meaning “painted”, refers to the color pattern of the forewing in this species.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=243412]

Material Examined.

Holotype, female: MADAGASCAR: Antsiranana Auto. Prov., 20.4km (219°) SW Antanambao, leaf mold / rotten wood / rainforest, #1990, Manongarivo Special Reserve, 14°02.8'S 48°24.1'E, 1860m, 3.XI.1998, sifted litter, B. L. Fisher, CASENT 2135904 (deposited in CASC).

70 13 Trichoteleia takariva sp. n., Pronotum, lateral view, male holotype (CASENT 2043217) 14 Trichoteleia janus sp. n., Pronotum, lateral view, male (CASENT 2043786) 15 Trichoteleia oculea sp. n., Mesosoma, ventrolateral view, female (CASENT 2135908) 16 Trichoteleia tahotra sp. n., Mesosoma ventrolateral view, female holotype (OSUC 181002) 17 Trichoteleia delilah sp. n., Metasoma, ventrolateral view, female holotype (CASENT 2135905) 18 Trichoteleia picturata sp. n., Metasoma, ventrolateral view, female holotype (CASENT 2135904). Scale bars in millimeters.

73 31 Trichoteleia hemlyae sp. n., Fore wing and hind wing, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2132758) 32 Trichoteleia quazii sp. n., Fore wing and hind wing, dorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2132026) 33 Trichoteleia picturata sp. n., Fore wing and hind wing, dorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2135904) 34 Trichoteleia nify sp. n., Fore wing and hind wing, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2135884) 35 Trichoteleia afo sp. n., Fore wing, dorsal view, female (CASENT 2043326) 36 Trichoteleia tahotra sp. n., Fore wing, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2134186). Scale bars in millimeters.

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