Dichoteleas hamatus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Scelionidae
Genus: Dichoteleas
Name
Dichoteleas hamatus Schwartz & Van Noort & Johnson, 2023 sp. nov. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Color of head: black. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Frontal depression: absent. Malar striae: present. Facial striae: present. Setation of eyes: sparse, with few scattered fine hairs. 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: dark brown to black. Pronotal cervical sulcus: present. Mesepimeral sulcus: present. Sulcus along mesopleural carina: absent. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present, foveolate. Median mesoscutal line: absent. Color of mesoscutum: dark brown to black. Sculpture of mesoscutum: areolate-rugose. Notaulus: complete. Visibility of notaulus: slightly obscured by mesoscutal sculpture. Parapsidal line: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: rugulose. Shape of axillular carinae in lateral view: with a sharp posteroventral hooklike projection. Color of axillular carina: brown. Sculpture of T3–6: rugulose and finely punctate. Median carina on T1–T4: absent.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from D. rugosus by the distinct hooked projections on axillular carinae.
Etymology
The name hamatus is drawn from the Latin word for hooked, referring to the hooked projections on the axillular carinae. This epithet is treated as an adjective.
Distribution
Kenya (Coast), Malawi (Mulanje), South Africa (Limpopo), Tanzania (Uzungwa Mts., Tanga Amani Hills).
Material examined
Holotype, female: South Africa: Guernsey Farm, Limpopo Prov.; OSUC 56306 (CNCI). Paratypes. Kenya: 1 female, ICIPE 32195 (ICIPE). Malawi: 1 female, OSUC 875032 (CNCI). South Africa: 20 females, 50 males, OSUC 874965–875031, 875037 (CNCI); SAM-HYM-P031302, SAM-HYM-P037851 (SAMC); USNMENT01197871 (USNM). Tanzania: 5 females, 1 male, OSUC 875033–875036, 875040-875041 (CNCI).
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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