Phanuromyia cudo
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Phanuromyia
Name
Phanuromyia cudo Nesheim & Masner sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Female body length: 1.33–1.82 mm (n=20).
Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: with 3–6 transverse rugae medially. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with 2 rows of setiferous punctures. Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: smooth. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.
Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous with legs.
T1: distinctly swollen throughout entire length. Anterior margin of T2: with costae or foveolae throughout its width. T2 sculpture: with neither transverse series of small punctures nor scrobiculate lateral areas. Sculpture of T1: almost entirely smooth. Posterior margin of T2: straight. Number of visible terga past T2: 3 or 4. Setation on T2: limited to at most 1 row of setae posteriorly and sparse setation laterally.
Diagnosis
Phanuromyia cudo can be recognized by the swelling of the entire T1 segment.
Etymology
The name cudo is derived from the Latin word for a helmet made of raw skin because this species has a large head evoking the image of a knight wearing a helmet. This name is to be used as a noun in apposition.
Link to distribution map
[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389327]
Material examined
Holotype, female: COSTA RICA: Heredia Prov., La Selva Biological Station, 100m, X-1992, Malaise trap, P. Hanson, OSUC 549938 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (129 females) BELIZE: 1 female, OSUC 550084 (CNCI). BOLIVIA: 10 females, OSUC 149379, 149405–149406, 550016–550019, 550080–550082 (CNCI). BRAZIL: 2 females, OSUC 149400, 550012 (CNCI). COLOMBIA: 1 female, OSUC 149407 (CNCI). COSTA RICA: 37 females, OSUC 149381–149382, 149388, 149390–149391, 149394–149395, 149399, 149408, 549929–549935, 549937, 549956–549957, 549964–549965, 549978–549979, 549983, 549987, 550007, 550010, 550014, 550020–550026, 550079, 575268 (CNCI). ECUADOR: 65 females, OSUC 149387, 149393, 149397, 240600, 549936, 549939–549946, 549948–549955, 549958–549963, 549966–549970, 549973–549977, 549981–549982, 549984–549986, 549988–549996, 549998–550006, 550008, 550013, 550113–550115 (CNCI). FRENCH GUIANA: 1 female, OSUC 550099 (CNCI). PANAMA: 7 females, OSUC 149380, 149384, 149389, 149401, 149409, 549971, 549997 (CNCI). PERU: 2 females, OSUC 549980, 550107 (CNCI). TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2 females, OSUC 149383, 550015 (CNCI). VENEZUELA: 1 female, OSUC 149403 (CNCI).
Comments
This species exhibits variation in several characters, but can be reliably diagnosed by the swollen appearance of the entirety of T2.
Original Description
- Nesheim, K; Masner, L; Johnson, N; 2017: The Phanuromyia galeata species group (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Telenominae): shining a lantern into an unexplored corner of Neotropical diversity ZooKeys, (663): 71-105. doi
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