Axea talana
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Axea
Name
Axea talana Valerio & Yoder – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Axea talana Yoder, Matthew J., 2009, Zootaxa 2003: 34-35.
Description
General (Figs. 95, 96): Female body length: 2.2 mm (n= 1). Male body length: unknown. Head: Color of female head: black. Mandible color: mostly dark brown to black. Body color of male: unknown. Lateral ocellus position: touching compound eye. Pilosity of medial frons between anterior ocellus and apex of torular triangle: absent, a small patch without setae clearly visible. Sculpture of medial glabrous area of frons: absent, area more or less smooth throughout (Fig. 99). Mesosoma (Figs. 97, 98): Color of female mesosoma: black. Dorsal surface of lateral pronotal area adjacent to mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: with conspicuous crenulations or scrobes. Setae on netrion: absent. Notaulus: indicated by a row of pits. Metascutellum: projecting, broadly bilobed. Mesopleural depression sculpture: irregularly foveate, fovea frequently somewhat elongate. Pilosity bounding anterior margin of posterior mesepimeral area: present along full length of margin, completely absent, or partially present dorsally. Legs: Coxae color: brown to dark brown (contrasting remainder of leg which is yellow). Color of legs beyond coxae: femur light to dark brown with base and tip lighter, yellowish, remaining yellow. Wings: Length of fore wing: not or just reaching posterior margin of metasoma, surpassing posterior margin of metasoma. Hind wing submarginal vein: absent to spectral everywhere but basal stub that is nebulous to tubular. Metasoma: Color of female metasoma: dark brown to nearly black. Longitudinal sculpture of T 1: carinate, parallel to subparallel, interspersed with fine rugulose sculpture. Female T 1 horn: present, a large nitid area at apex. Anterior strip of T 2: punctulate. Female T 6 width to length ratio: wider than long (striplike). Female T 6 carinate basal extension of lateral spine: absent. T 6 /S 6 apical curvature: absent, sclerites more or less linear in lateral view. T 6 posterolateral margin: without short spine or carinate expansion absent or apparently so (Fig. 100). S 6 shape at tip: broadly rounded to very slightly angular, without obvious lobe.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis. Differs from all other species by the very strongly developed T 1 horn and the absence of sculpture dorsally on T 1 (Fig. 97).
Etymology
Etymology. The specific epithet is an arbitrary combination of letters. Link to Distribution Map.59
Materials Examined
Material Examined. Holotype female: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Sangha-Mbaéré Préf. Écon., Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, 03°02.01'N16 ° 24.57 'E, 510 m, CAR 01-M03, lowland rainforest/marsh http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 223471 http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226875 http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id= 223469 clearing, Mabéa Bai, 21.4 km (53 °) NE Bayanga, 1–2.V. 2001, Malaise trap, S. van Noort, OSUC176080 (deposited in SAMC). Paratypes: 1 female. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: OSUC244015 (SAMC). FIGURES 95–100. 60 Axea talana, holotype female (OSUC176080). 95, dorsal habitus; 96, lateral habitus; 97, mesosoma and base of metasoma, dorsal view; 98, mesosoma, lateral view; 99, head, anterior view; 100, apex of metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters. http://www.morphbank.net/?id= 226914
Taxon Treatment
- Yoder, Matthew J.; Valerio, Alejandro A.; Masner, Lubomír; Johnson, Norman F.; 2009: Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae), Zootaxa 2003: 34-35. doi
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