TalamasElijah J.MasnerLubomírJohnsonNorman F.Revision of the Malagasy genus Trichoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)Zookeys1622011201180112610.3897/zookeys.80.907 Trichoteleia takariva urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:618B3053-16FC-4790-8E53-75206186C1A9 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 244609 Talamassp. n.Figures 71346263–268Morphbank 42Description.Male body length:

3.64 mm (n=1). Color of head: dark brown to black. Central keel of frons: present, extending onto interantennal process. Sculpture of medial frons in male: smooth. Number of mandibular teeth: three. Basal node on mandible: present. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: punctate rugulose throughout. Sculpture of posterior vertex: moderately punctate, rugose posterior to eyes and posterior ocellus. Occipital rim: comprised of medium to large sized cells. Sculpture of gena: dorsoventrally strigose. Basiconic sensillum on A7: absent.

Color of mesosoma in male:

dark brown to black. Sculpture along posterior pronotal sulcus: striate, striae well defined. Notaulus: percurrent, reaching suprahumeral sulcus as a smooth furrow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: moderately punctate in posterior half, becoming denser anteriorly. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth medially, moderately punctate laterally. Postacetabular sulcus: comprised of small cells. Mesopleural carina: present only in anterior half. Sculpture along ventral half of prespecular sulcus: punctate. 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: punctate rugose. Posterior margin of metapleuron below propodeal spiracle: with blunt kink near intersection with metapleural sulcus. Color of legs: coxae and trochanters yellow, otherwise brown.

Color of metasoma in male:

dark brown to black throughout. 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. Macrosculpture of T2 in male: longitudinally striate throughout. Macrosculpture of medial T3 in male: longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of lateral T3 in male: longitudinally striate. Macrosculpture of T4 in male: longitudinally strigose laterally. Punctation of T4 in male: absent along midline, otherwise moderately dense throughout. Macrosculpture of T5 in male: absent. Punctation of T5 in male: absent along midline, otherwise moderately dense throughout. Sculpture of S2: longitudinally striate anteriorly, smooth posteriorly. Prominent longitudinal median carina on S2: absent.

Wings:

Wings: macropterous, apex or forewing extending beyond posterior margin of T3. Color of forewing in male: 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. M+Cu and RS+M in forewing: nebulous.

111Trichoteleia takariva sp. n., male holotype (CASENT 2043217). 263 Lateral habitus 264 Head and mesosoma, lateral view 265 Metasoma, dorsal view. 266 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view 267 Head, anterior view 268 Gena, posterolateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Diagnosis.

Trichoteleia takariva is most similar to males of Trichoteleia orona. Trichoteleia takariva lacks a dorsal flange on the interantennal process (Fig. 264) and has moderately dense punctation on T5 (Fig. 265), whereas in Trichoteleia orona the flange is present (Fig. 187) and the punctation of T5 is dense (Fig. 40).

Etymology.

The epithet takariva means “nightfall” in Malagasy. It is applied to this species because of its black color and dusky wings. The epithet is a noun in apposition.

Link to Distribution Map.

[http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=244609]

Material Examined.

Holotype, male: MADAGASCAR: Toliara Auto. Prov., nr. Bellevue, parcel II, spiny forest, MA-02-14B-05, Bezaha Mahafaly Special Reserve, 23°41.39'S 44°34.53'E, 180m, 4.XII–11.XII.2001, malaise trap, R. Harin’Hala, CASENT 2043217 (deposited in CASC). Paratype: MADAGASCAR: 1 male, CASENT 2137241 (CASC).

69 7 Trichoteleia takariva sp. n., Antero-admedian line, anterodorsal view, male holotype (CASENT 2043217) 8 Trichoteleia janus sp. n., Antero-admedian line, anterodorsal view, male (CASENT 2043786) 9 Trichoteleia hemlyae sp. n., Notaulus, anterodorsal view, female (OSUC 181027) 10 Trichoteleia minima sp. n., Notaulus, anterodorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2043543) 11 Trichoteleia prima sp. n., Scutellar-axillar complex, lateral view, female (CASENT 2134201) 12 Trichoteleia levii sp. n., Scutellar-axillar complex, lateral view, female (CASENT 2043789). Scale bars in millimeters.

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.

75 43 Trichoteleia afo sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, female (CASENT 2042915) 44 Trichoteleia hemlyae sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, female (CASENT 2135808) 45 Trichoteleia carinata sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, male (OSUC 181062) 46 Trichoteleia takariva sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, male holotype (CASENT 2043217) 47 Trichoteleia janus sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, male (CASENT 2043789) 48 Trichoteleia orona sp. n., Metasoma, ventral view, male (CASENT 2134153). Scale bars in millimeters.

98Trichoteleia orona sp. n. 186 Lateral habitus, female holotype (CASENT 2043194) 187 Head and mesosoma, lateral view, female (CASENT 2043432) 188 Dorsal habitus, female holotype (CASENT 2043194) 189 Head and mesosoma, dorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2043194) 190 Head, anterior view, female (CASENT 2136251) 191 Metasoma, dorsal view, female holotype (CASENT 2043194). Scale bars in millimeters.

74 37 Trichoteleia tigris sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2134160) 38 Trichoteleia janus sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2043786) 39 Trichoteleia rugifrons sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2135938) 40 Trichoteleia orona sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2134153) 41 Trichoteleia afo sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (CASENT 2134153) 42 Trichoteleia jiro sp. n., Metasoma, dorsal view, male (OSUC 143329). Scale bars in millimeters. 

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