Phanuromyia krossotos
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Platygastridae
Genus: Phanuromyia
Name
Phanuromyia krossotos Nesheim sp. n. – Wikispecies link – ZooBank link – Pensoft Profile
Description
Male body length: 1.46 mm (n=1).
Median keel on frons: absent. Sculpture of lower frons: without rugosity. Shape of mandible: slender. Median tooth of mandible: diminished. Frons below median ocellus: with setiferous punctures only medially. Sculpture on posterior half of mesoscutum: coriaceous to rugulose, at most with fine irregular longitudinal sculpture. Sculpture of anterior half of mesoscutellum: rugose-punctate. Thin median foliaceous lamella on propodeum: absent.
Color of coxae: bright yellow, concolorous 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: evenly costate across anterior 1/3 to 1/2, smooth in remaining apical portion. Posterior margin of T2: only slightly concave. Number of visible terga past T2: 5. Setation on T2: consisting of thick patches of lateral setae.
Diagnosis
Phanuromyia krossotos can be recognized by the thick lateral patches of setae on T2.
Etymology
The name krossotos is derived from the Greek word for fringed because this species has a distinctive fringe of lateral setae on T2. This name is to be used as an adjective.
Link to distribution map
[http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=389330]
Material examined
Holotype, male: ECUADOR: Sucumbíos Prov., Napo River, 290m, 00°05'S, 76°05'W, Sacha Lodge, 14.III–24.III.1994, Malaise trap, P. Hibbs, OSUC 550046 (deposited in CNCI).
Comments
This species most closely resembles P. dissidens. This species most closely resembles P. dissidens. Phanuromyia krossotos may be distinguished by the presence of patches of setae on laterally on 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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