Dichoteleas fulgidus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Scelionidae
Genus: Dichoteleas
Name
Dichoteleas fulgidus Schwartz & Van Noort & Johnson, 2023 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Color of head: metallic blue. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Frontal depression: absent. Malar striae: absent. Facial striae: absent. Setation of eyes: absent. Sculpture of frons: smooth above interantennal prominence, areolate laterally. Setation of frons: sparsely setose throughout. Submedian carina: absent. Interantennal process: undifferentiated. Central keel: absent. Transverse pronotal carina: present. Color of pronotum: metallic blue. Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesepimeral sulcus: absent. Sulcus along mesopleural carina: absent. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present as an uninterrupted groove. Median mesoscutal line: absent. Color of mesoscutum: metallic blue. Sculpture of mesoscutum: finely punctate without longitudinal striations. Notaulus: complete. Visibility of notaulus: unobscured. Parapsidal line: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Shape of axillular carinae in lateral view: without a posteroventral hooklike projection. Color of axillular carina: metallic blue. Sculpture of T3–6: rugulose. Median carina on T1–T4: present.
Diagnosis
This species can be identified by the presence of a dorsal median carina on T1–T4 of the metasoma, and it may be distinguished from D. subcoeruleus and D. fuscus by the finely punctate sculpture of the mesoscutum.
Etymology
The epithet comes from the Latin word for “shiny,” referring to the smooth, metallic luster of the mesosoma. This epithet is treated as an adjective.
Distribution
Indonesia (Papua Barat).
Material examined
Holotype, female: Indonesia: FakFak S. coast of Bomberai, 100–700m; OSUC 234427 (BPBM). Paratypes. Indonesia: 3 males, OSUC 234420–234421, 234425 (BPBM).
Original Description
- Schwartz, J; Van Noort, S; Johnson, N; 2023: A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) ZooKeys, 1182: 183-205. doi
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