Oreiscelio zulu Talamas &amp; Johnson &amp; van Noort &amp; Masner &amp; Polaszek 2009, sp. n.
Creators: name: Talamas, Elijah
name: Johnson, Norman
name: van Noort, Simon
name: Masner, Lubomir
name: Polaszek, Andrew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Scelionidae
Oreiscelio
Oreiscelio zulu

description: <i>Oreiscelio zulu</i> Talamas &amp; Polaszek, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 69A3FD7C-8202-434C-98FE-A15E64BBE08A urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts: 244054 Figures 127-132; Morphbank <b> 62</b> <b>Description.</b> General. Body length of female: 2.4-2.5 mm (n=3). Body color: black. Antenna: Color of antennae in female: dark brown to black throughout. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, reaching past apex of A3. Head: Color of setae on the head: white. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: areolate. Preocellar pit in females: absent. Transverse rugae at vertex: present. Sculpture of posterior vertex: areolate. Sculpture of occipital rim: areolate. Interantennal process: extended dorsally into medial flange, flange reaching from near apex of interantennal process to frons. Number of anteriorly projecting setae on anteclypeus: 6. Color of mandibles in female: basal half black; apical half pale brown. Mandibular teeth in female: teeth of equal size. Sculpture of ventral gena anterior to genal carina: row of shallow areolae with reduced ridges between cells. Sculpture of ventral gena posterior to genal carina: areolate, irregularly rugose. Legs: Shape of anteclypeus: striplike, straight to slightly convex. Color of legs: coxae and femora dark brown, trochanters, tibia and tarsi yellowishbrown. Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: white. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: areolate. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: same as medial mesoscutum with a subtle confusion of sculptural elements, areolate. Notaulus in female: absent. Parapsidal line: indistinguishable. Sculpture of scutellum: areolate. Median furrow on scutellum: present as a weak indentation. Posterior margin of scutellum: deeply notched. Outer projection of the propodeum: present as distinct corner or posteriorly projecting spine. Posterior margin of propodeal shelf between inner and outer propodeal projections in female: concave. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: small. Pronotal cervical sulcus: well defined by contiguous punctures. Mesepimeral sulcus: crenulate. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: transversely striate throughout, finely foveate throughout. Mesopleural carina: present as one or two carinae. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: with smooth area surrounded by small foveae. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in female: present as many short fine white setae. Sculpture of ventral area of metapleuron: foveate reticulate, with slightly appressed ridges. Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: absent. Sublateral carina on T2: percurrent. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of T4: reticulate rugose. Sculpure of T5: reticulate rugose. Shape of subapical T 6 in female in dorsal view: short, width along anterior margin at least three times the length. Longitudinal medial keel on S1: absent. Sculpture of medial S 2 in female: punctate reticulate. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: foveate, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 4 in female: effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 5 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 3 in female: punctate crenulate. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in female: punctate crenulate. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in female: punctate crenulate. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 2 in female: rugulose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: rugulose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 4 in female: rugulose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 5 in female: rugulose. Apical spine on S 6 in female: not extending beyond apex of T6 and not visible in dorsal view, extending beyond apex of T6 and visible in dorsal view. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Oreiscelio zulu</i> appears to be limited in distribution to the eastern part of South Africa. It is similar in habitus to <i>O. turneri</i>, <i>O</i>. <i>coracinus</i>, and <i>O. badius</i> but lacks divergent carinae on the frons above the interantennal process and instead bears a dorsal flange. Among the continental species the dorsally enlarged interantennal process is similar to that of <i>O. iommii</i>, which is easily distinguishable from <i>O. zulu</i> by its entirely smooth mesopleuron. <b>Etymology.</b> <i>Oreiscelio zulu</i> is named for the Zulu people that inhabit the eastern region of South Africa where this species is found. <b>Link to distribution map.</b> <b> 63</b> <b>Material examined</b> . Holotype, female: <b>SOUTH AFRICA</b>: South Africa, Kwa-Zulu-Natal Prov., Mbazwana, IV-1977, G. L. Prinsloo, OSUC 174708 (deposited in SANC). <i>Paratypes</i>: <b>SOUTH AFRICA</b>: 2 females, BMNH #790250 (OSUC 256828), BMNH #790252 (OSUC 256829).
description: Published as part of <i>Talamas, Elijah, Johnson, Norman, van Noort, Simon, Masner, Lubomir &amp; Polaszek, Andrew, 2009, Revision of world species of the genus Oreiscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae), pp. 1-68 in ZooKeys 6 (6)</i> on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67, http://zenodo.org/record/576433