Phanuromyia galeata
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Phanuromyia
Name
Phanuromyia galeata Nesheim & Masner sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Female body length: 2.02–2.44 mm (n=15). Male body length: 1.84–2.10 mm (n=5).
Median keel on frons: present. Sculpture of lower frons: with multiple transverse rugae. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: without setiferous punctures. Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: with strong, parallel longitudinal keels. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: smooth. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.
Color of coxae: dark brown to black, contrasting with legs.
T1: flat, at most slightly swollen. 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: entirely costate. Posterior margin of T2: straight; slightly convex. Number of visible terga past T2: 5. Setation on T2: limited to at most 1 row of setae posteriorly and sparse setation laterally.
Diagnosis
Phanuromyia galeata can be recognized by the median keel on the frons.
Etymology
The name galeata is derived from a Latin word for helmet 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=386058]
Material examined
Holotype, female: COSTA RICA: Puntarenas Prov., road to Rincón, 24 km W Pan-American Highway, 200 m, III-1989 – V-1989, Hanson & Gauld, OSUC 550198 (deposited in CNCI). Paratypes: (62 females, 5 males) BELIZE: 1 female, OSUC 550083 (CNCI). BRAZIL: 3 females, OSUC 149315–149316, 550188 (CNCI). COLOMBIA: 2 females, OSUC 149320 (CNCI); OSUC 170507 (OSUC). COSTA RICA: 21 females, 3 males, OSUC 149313, 149319, 149321–149324, 149326, 359303, 550087, 550093–550097, 550189–550197, 550199 (CNCI). ECUADOR: 18 females, 2 males, OSUC 149310–149311, 149325, 550170–550184, 550187, 550200 (CNCI). EL SALVADOR: 5 females, OSUC 550088–550092 (CNCI). FRENCH GUIANA: 6 females, OSUC 149317–149318, 550102, 550116, 555798, 555801 (CNCI). MEXICO: 1 female, OSUC 320968 (CNCI). PERU: 5 females, OSUC 149312, 149314, 550106, 550185–550186 (CNCI).
Comments
This species most closely resembles P. galerita, but the two can be easily distinguished from each other by comparing the mandibles: P. galeata has a slender mandible with a small median tooth, while P. galerita has much broader mandibles and a median tooth as large as the outer teeth.
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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