Macroteleia spinitibia
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Macroteleia
Name
Macroteleia spinitibia Chen & Johnson & Masner & Xu, 2013 sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Male. Body length 6.08–6.17 mm (n=2).
Color. Head yellow; mesosoma variably yellow to brown; metasoma black; mandible dark brown; palpi yellow; legs yellow with hind tarsi brown; A1 and A12 yellow, A2–A7 brown, A8–A11 dark brown; fore wing hyaline with medial longitudinal infuscate streak extending to near apex of wing (Plate 60D).
Head. Transverse in dorsal view, 1.38–1.40× as wide as long, slightly wider than mesosoma; lateral ocellus contiguous with inner orbit of compound eye; POL 1.81–1.88× LOL; occipital carina continuous medially, densely punctate; central keel well developed (Plate 60A), extending onto interantennal process; medial frons largely smooth, finely strigose dorsally; remainder of frons punctate rugulose; vertex punctate reticulate, narrow interspaces with fine microsculpture; gena punctate rugulose; length of A3 1.04× length of A2.
Mesosoma. Cervical pronotal area punctate rugulose; dorsal pronotal area areolate; lateral pronotal area smooth anteriorly, densely punctate posteriorly; netrion rugulose; notaulus deep, distinctly foveolate; middle lobe of mesoscutum punctate reticulate throughout, narrow interspaces in part with fine microsculpture; lateral lobes of mesoscutum sparsely punctate throughout, interspaces with fine microsculpture; mesoscutellum densely punctate throughout; metascutellum transverse (Plate 60B), posterior margin concave medially, irregularly rugose; propodeum continuous medially, not divided into two separated lobes (Plate 60B), posterior margin convex, each side with several irregular longitudinal carinae medially, otherwise rugose; upper mesepisternum with a row of longitudinal fine striae below subalar pit; lower mesepisternum punctate rugulose; mesopleural depression longitudinally striate (Plate 60C); metapleuron longitudinally striate throughout.
Legs. Robust; hind femur strongly swollen, 2.86× as long as its maximum width; hind tibia with numerous semi–erect, yellow spines over outer surface (Plate 61D); hind basitarsus 6.53–6.67× as long as its maximum width.
Wings. Apex of fore wing extending as far as basal third of T5; R 1.50–1.53× as long as r-rs, R1 1.04–1.53× length of R.
Metasoma. Posterior margin of transverse sulcus on T2 straight (Plate 61A); sublateral tergal carinae well developed on T1–T2; T1 sparsely longitudinally striate, with delicate punctures in interstices; T2–T6 densely longitudinally striate, with numerous delicate punctures in interstices; T7 finely rugulose posterolaterally; T6 slightly longer than wide; length of T6 4.00–4.55× length of T7; T7 transverse, apex truncate (Plate 61B); length of T7 0.61–0.71× length of S7; S2–S6 densely longitudinally striate, with numerous punctures in interstices; S7 densely punctate; prominent longitudinal median carina present on S2–S6.
Female. Unknown.
Diagnosis
The combination of infuscate fore wing, short R1 and spinulate hind tibia renders this species rather straightforward to identify.
Etymology
The name spinitibia refers to hind tibia with numerous semi-erect spines over outer surface in this species. The epithet is used as a noun in apposition.
Distribution
China (Hainan). Link to distribution map [http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=320508].
Material Examined
Holotype, ♂: CHINA: Hainan, Bawangling National Nature Reserve, 19°07'N, 109°03'E, 7–11.VII.2006, Jingxian Liu, SCAU 000014 (deposited in SCAU). Paratype: 1 ♂, Hainan, Mt. Yinggeling, 18°49'N, 109°11'E, 16.XI.2008, Manman Wang, SCAU 000015 (SCAU).
Original Description
- Chen, H; Johnson, N; Masner, L; Xu, Z; 2013: The genus Macroteleia Westwood (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s. l., Scelioninae) from China ZooKeys, 300: 1-98. doi
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