Platyplectrus ornatus Ferriere 1941
Creators: name: Yefremova, Zoya A.
name: Copeland, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Platyplectrus
Platyplectrus ornatus

description: 15. Platyplectrus ornatus Ferrière, 1941
Figs 59–62
Platyplectrus ornatus Ferrière, 1941: 22.1 ♀, E. S. Africa, Tanganyika, viii.1932 (BMNH, examined).
Diagnosis. Pronotum largely covered by white setae, without carina. Occipital and post-occipital carinae present. Mesoscutum reticulate, with medial longitudinal furrow in which lies a carina-like process. POL 1.25× as long as OOL. Vertex with numerous setae. Forewing 2.4× as long as wide; F1 2.3× as long as pedicel and 1.3× as long as F2, Clava 2.4× as long as F4. Petiole transverse. Body mostly yellow with dark pattern. Legs yellow.
Redescription. Female. Body size 1.9 – 2.2 mm.
Colour. (Figs 59–60): Body mostly yellow. Head dark in occiput, face yellow with small dark spot on frons, eyes light grey, ocelli light yellow; antennae yellow, pronotum with conspicuous black spot, wide basally, narrowing apically (Fig. 62). Mesoscutum with medial dark-brown stripe overlaying furrow, with carina-like process within the furrow (Fig. 61). Scutellum with brown stripe on anterior part, without furrow or carina. Propodeum completely dark (in holotype) or only dark laterally; wide, dark transverse band on gaster on Gt 3–4. Legs yellow.
Head: Malar sulcus present. Mandibles membranous. Eyes asetose. Vertex with numerous setae. POL 1.25× as long as OOL. Antennae inserted above the level of the lower margin the eyes. Scape 4.5× as long as wide. Pedicel 1.75× as long as wide. Flagellomeres 1 – 4. F1 1.3× as long as F2, F2=F3, F3 1.08× as long as F4. Clava 3-segmented 2.4× as long as wide and 1.5× as long as F4.
Mesosoma: Pronotum without carina. Mesoscutum reticulate with medial furrow. Carina-like process within furrow. Scutellum finely reticulate, axillae and propodeum smooth. Propodeum with median carina, callus with 6 long setae in marginal row. Fore wing 2.4× as long as wide. SMV with 6 long setae. Speculum small, narrow below pterostigma. SMV (40): MV (84): PMV (35): STV (21). Costal cell with numerous setae in three rows. Hind wing rounded apically. Hind tibiae with two spurs: TS1 1.75× as long as 1 st tarsomere and 2.0× as long as TS2. Petiole transverse.
Gaster 1.3× as long as wide.
Host. Larvae of Niphadolepis alianta Karsh (Limacodidae: Lepidoptera) (Ferrière 1941).
Distribution. South Africa, Tanganyika; * Kenya.
Material examined. Kenya, 1 ♀, Eastern Prov., Kasaala area, 733 m, 2.07836º S, 38.22517º E, Malaise trap, inside isolated woodland patch, 3–17 May 2016, R. Copeland (NMK); 1 ♀, same data except 3–17 Dec 2015, R. Copeland (NMK); 2 ♀, same data except 28 Nov–4 Dec 2013, J. Bukhebi (SMNH-TAU); 1 ♀, Coast Prov., Funzi Island, near sea level, 4.57749° S, 39.43825° E, Malaise trap, near Funzi workshop, 4–10 Jul 2012, R. Copeland (NMK).
description: Published as part of Yefremova, Zoya A. & Copeland, Robert S., 2023, African Platyplectrus Ferrière (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Kenya, with description of nine new species, pp. 355-384 in Zootaxa 5360 (3) on pages 375-376, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10088533