Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis Huber, sp. n.
Creators: name: Huber, John T.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Mymaridae
Heptagonatocerus
Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis

description: Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis Huber, sp. n.
(Figs 122–130, 136–145)
Type material. Holotype ♀ (CAS) on slide (Fig. 125) labelled: 1. “ Madagascar Prov. D’Antanarivo [sic] Réserve Spéciale d’Ambohitantely Forêt d’Ambohitantely 209m 72° NE d’Ankazobe, 1410m, 17–22.iv.2001, 18°13'31"S 47°17'13"E, Fisher, Griswold et al. California Academy of Sciences Montane rainforest, sifted litter BLF3694, CAS Lot #006022”. 2. “ Heptagonatocerus madagascarensis Huber Holotype ♀ dorsal”.
Paratypes. 4♀, 17 ♂. MADAGASCAR. Antsiranana. Ampasindava, Forêt d’Ambilanivy, 3.9 km 181° S Ambaliha, 13°47'55"S 46°09'42"E, 800m. 4–9.iv.2001, Fisher, Griswold et al., rainforest, MT, #007134 (1 ♂, CAS). Diego-Suarez. Montagne d’Ambre National Park, 12°30'52"S 49°10'53"E, 960m, 19.iii–5.iv, 5–21.iv.2001, R. Harin’Hala, MT, #007146, #007147 (1 ♀, 7 ♂, CAS, CNC, UCR). Fianarantsoa. Ranomafana, JIRAMA water works, 21°14.91'S 47°27.13'E, 690m, 2–10.i.2002, R. Harin’Hala, MT (1 ♂, CAS); Ranomafana National Park, 21°15.99'S 47°25.21'E, 1020m, 2– 10.i, 12–19.ii.2002, R. Harin’Hala, MT, #009568, #009571 (1 ♀, 1 ♂, CAS), same Park but 21°15.05'S 47°24.43'E, 1030m, 16.x–8.xi.2001, 14–21.i.2002, 15–27.iv.2003, MT in mixed tropical rainforest, #009559, #09561, # 011186, #009570 (1 ♀, 5 ♂, CAS), same Park but Vohiparara, 1110m, 21°13.57'S 47°22.19'E, 15–21.xii.2001, MT in high altitude rainforest, #09554 (1 ♂, CAS). Toamasina. Botanic garden near entrance to Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, 18°55.58’S 48°24.47'E, 1025m, 8–16.x, 1–5.ix.2001, R. Harin’Hala, MT in tropical forest, #007164, #09550 (1 ♀, 1 ♂, CAS).
Diagnosis. Distinguished from the other three species of Heptagonatocerus by the funicle uniformly brown and basal segments narrow (Fig. 122), and the fore wing with the brown spot just beyond apex of venation crossed by a narrow, darker, slightly curved longitudinal line that extends to the apical brown area (Fig. 127).
Description. FEMALE. Body length 1306–1434 (n=3). Colour. Scape, pedicel, legs except sometimes metatibia, pro- and mesothorax, and gaster ventrally and usually laterally yellow; flagellum, head, scutellum (especially frenum), and at least gt4 and gt5 dorsally dark brown. Fore wing with brown spot just beyond apex of venation crossed by a narrow, darker, slightly curved longitudinal line that extends to the apical brown area (Fig. 127). The extent of dark brown on the body varies considerably: one female has the entire meso-and metapleuron, and propodeum dark brown; another has less dark brown on the mesosoma (the propodeum is mostly yellow) (Fig. 126) but almost the entire gaster is dark brown. Head. Head (Figs 124, 136–139) width 340 (n=1). Antenna. Funicle segments fl2–fl6 each with 2 mps, fl1 and fl7 without mps (Fig. 122), each segment with normal setae, more dense on apical segments (Figs 140, 141). Antennal measurements (n=1 or 2), length/width (ratios of flagellar segments): scape 382–420/43–51, pedicel 79/45–46, fl1 75–83/30 (2.52–2.74), fl2 128–132/ 32–33 (3.90–4.06), fl3 124/35 (3.51), fl4 125–127/40 (3.15), fl5 107–108/49 (2.21), fl6 100/68–73 (1.37–1.47), fl7 42/64–67 (0.63–0.68), clava 263–267/94–98 (2.72–2.81). Mesosoma. Propodeum with median carina not extending to dorsellum (Fig. 143), sometimes not longer than sublateral carina (Fig. 126). Wings. Fore wing length (n=2) 1395–1598, width 395–478, length/width 3.34–3.53, longest marginal setae 106–131. Hind wing length 1154–1195, width 169–189, longest marginal setae 138–149. Metasoma. Ovipositor sheath length (n=2) 682–699, distinctly longer than metatibia length (545–550) and slightly exserted beyond apex of gaster.
MALE. Body length 1024–1459 (n=10). Colour. Body dark brown except scape, pedicel, pronotum, notauli, scutellum laterally and legs except sometimes metatibia yellow. Antenna. Measurements (n=1): scape length/ width 3.08, pedicel length/width 1.35, flagellar segment length: fl1 146, fl2 156, fl3 168, fl4 163, fl5 167, fl6 164, fl7 164, fl8 152, fl9 153, fl10 144, fl11 140; total flagellar length 1720; fl6 length/width 3.29, with about 10 mps (Fig. 123). Metasoma. Gaster as in Figs 128 and 130. Genitalia as in generic description (Figs 129, 130).
Etymology. The species is an apposition named after the country where all the specimens were collected.
description: Published as part of Huber, John T., 2015, World reclassification of the Gonatocerus group of genera (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), pp. 1-184 in Zootaxa 3967 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3967.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/288712