Oxyscelio longiventris
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Oxyscelio
Name
Oxyscelio longiventris Burks sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Female. Body length 5.25–6 mm (n=11).
Radicle color: darker than scape. Scape color: Yellowish. A4: broader than long; as long as broad. A5: broader than long. Antennal club: formed, segments compact.
Interantennal process: not elongate. Median longitudinal elevation in frontal depression: absent. Frontal depression: concave. Frontal depression sculpture: with 3-5 complete transverse carinae. Submedian carina: strong, formed by a sharp raised carina. Submedian carina medially: without peak. Concavity across dorsal part of frontal depression: absent. Depression extending ventrally from median ocellus: absent. Upper frons: not hood-like. Malar area near antennal foramen: without carina or expansion. Malar area at mouth corner: with radiating striae. Smooth strip along posterior side of malar sulcus: absent or not consistently broad. Middle genal carina: present. Direction of middle genal carina dorsally: parallel to eye margin. Major sculpture of gena anteriorly: umbilicate-foveate. Major sculpture of gena posteriorly: umbilicate-foveate; rugose. Microsculpture of gena anteroventrally: absent; granulate. Microsculpture of gena posteroventrally: absent. Median carina extending posteriorly from hyperoccipital carina: absent. Hyperoccipital carina: indicated by rugae. Lateral connection between hyperoccipital and occipital carinae: absent. Area between vertex and occipital carina: umbilicate-foveate. Occipital carina medially: absent. Lateral corners of occipital carina: not protruding.
Lateral pronotal area: with slight bulge projecting anteriorly towards anterior pit. Epomial corner: strong. Netrion surface anteriorly: not inflexed. Mesoscutum anteriorly: steep. Mesoscutal median carina: present and complete. Longitudinal carina between median carina and notauli: present. Major sculpture of medial mesoscutum anteriorly: umbilicate-foveate. Major sculpture of medial mesoscutum posteriorly: umbilicate-foveate; umbilicate-punctate. Microsculpture of medial mesoscutum anteriorly: granulate. Microsculpture of medial mesoscutum posteriorly: absent. Major sculpture of mesoscutellum: umbilicate-foveate. Microsculpture of mesoscutellum medially: absent. Microsculpture of mesoscutellum laterally: absent. Mesoscutellar apex: convex or straight. Setae along anterior limit of femoral depression: arising from rows of foveae. Number of carinae crossing speculum above femoral depression: 2. Number of carinae crossing femoral depression: more than 5. Mesepimeral sulcus pits: more than 5. Metascutellum dorsally: concave. Metascutellar sculpture dorsally: smooth or with transverse carinae. Median carina of metascutellum: absent or branched. Metascutellar setae: absent. Metascutellar apex: weakly emarginate. Metapleuron above ventral metapleural area: crossed by carinae. Metasomal depression setae: absent. Lateral propodeal carinae anteromedially: strongly diverging. Anterior areoles of metasomal depression: absent. Anterior longitudinal carinae in metasomal depression: absent. Lateral propodeal areas: separated medially. Postmarginal vein: present. Fore wing apex: reaching middle of T4; reaching apex of T4.
T1 midlobe: obscured by other raised sculpture. T1: with small rounded anterior bulge, not reaching metascutellum. T2: with straight longitudinal striae or rugae. T6: longer than broad. Apical flange of T6: exposed apically. Metasomal apex: rounded. Major sculpture of T6: umbilicate-punctate; longitudinally striate or rugose. Microsculpture of T6: absent.
Male. Body length 4.85–5.05 mm (n=2). A5 tyloid: carina-like, not expanded. A11: longer than broad; broader than long; as long as broad. Median tooth of frontal depression: absent. Median lobe of T1: with 5 longitudinal carinae. Metasomal apex: with acuminate lateral corners.
Diagnosis
Both sexes: Middle genal carina subparallel with eye margin. Hyperoccipital carina indicated by rugae. Mesoscutellum without granulate sculpture. Metascutellum concave dorsally, smooth aside from some transverse carinae. Female: T1 midlobe with anterior bulge. Fore wing long enough to reach middle of T4. T6 longer than broad, tapering to a rounded apex. Male: T1 midlobe with 5 longitudinal carinae. T7 with sharp and protruding posterolateral corners. Oxyscelio longiventris is very similar to several other members of the crebritas-group. It is distinguished by the long metasoma, weakly developed T1 horn, 5 T1 midlobe carinae and males, and lack of other unusual characters.
Etymology
Latin noun in genitive case, meaning “long abdomen.”
Link to distribution map
[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=275522]
Material examined
Holotype, female: THAILAND: Phetchabun Prov., Tham Pra Laad Forest Unit, T427, Nam Nao National Park, 16°44.963'N, 101°27.833'E, 711m, 14.VIII-21.VIII.2006, malaise trap, L. Janteab, OSUC 247644 (deposited in QSBG). Paratypes: (10 females, 2 males) LAOS: 1 female, OSUC 368882 (CNCI). THAILAND: 9 females, 2 males, OSUC 247653 (BMNH); OSUC 247609-247610, 247612, 247622, 247625 (OSUC); OSUC 247597, 247600, 247611, 247620, 317857 (QSBG).
Original Description
- Burks, R; Masner, L; Johnson, N; Austin, A; 2013: Systematics of the parasitic wasp genus Oxyscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l.), Part I: Indo-Malayan and Palearctic fauna ZooKeys, 292: 1-263. doi
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