Oreiscelio scapularis 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 scapularis

description: <i>Oreiscelio scapularis</i> Talamas, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: AF4A8750-67D0-4E87-AC4E-2F977DFF6D93 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:227004 Figures 21, 109-114; Morphbank <b> 54</b> <b>Description.</b> General: Body length of female: 3.1-4.1 mm (n=15). Body length of male: 3.6-3.8 mm (n=6). Body color: black. Antenna: Color of antennae in female: A1–A6 yellow; A7–A12 dark brown to black. Color of antennae in male: A1–A2 brown; A3–A12 variably becoming yellow apically, antennomeres often yellow ventrally. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, reaching past apex of A3. Head: Color of setae on the head: yellow. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: coarsely foveate, foveate with contiguous cells. Preocellar pit in females: absent. Transverse rugae at vertex: present. Sculpture of posterior vertex: coarsely foveate. Sculpture of occipital rim: coarsely foveate, cells often contiguous.. Interantennal process: simple. Number of anteriorly projecting setae on anteclypeus: 6. Color of mandibles in male: yellow throughout, teeth brown. Color of mandibles in female: yellow throughout with teeth brown. Mandibular teeth in female: dorsal tooth larger. Sculpture of ventral gena anterior to genal carina: row of contiguous punctures, row of well separated punctures. Sculpture of ventral gena posterior to genal carina: mostly smooth, with sparse large punctures, coarsely and irregularly punctate. Shape of anteclypeus: striplike, straight to slightly convex. Legs: Color of legs: entirely yellow. Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate with expanded ridges. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: yellow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: coarsely foveate. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: with an elevated patch of smoother sculpture, bounded by mesoscutal humeral sulcus laterally, extending to scutoscutellar sulcus posteriorly. Notaulus in female: present. Parapsidal line: delimited. Sculpture of scutellum: coarsely foveate. Median furrow on scutellum: absent. Posterior margin of scutellum: convex. 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. Posterior margin of propodeal shelf between inner and outer propodeal projections in male: concave. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: large. Pronotal cervical sulcus: well defined by contiguous punctures. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated by dorsoventral line of foveae. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: smooth throughout. Sculpture of femoral depression in male: smooth medially, bounded by small foveae. Mesopleural carina: indicated by one or two rows of punctures. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: with smooth area surrounded by small foveae. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in female: glabrous or with at most 3 small setae. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in male: absent. Sculpture of ventral area of metapleuron: smooth. Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: absent. Sublateral tergal carina on T2: percurrent. Sculpture of T2–T3: longitudinally striate. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally striate. Sculpure of T5: longitudinally strigose. Shape of subapical T 6 in female in dorsal view: semicircular, width along anterior margin twice the length.. Apex of T 7 in male: slightly convex. Longitudinal medial keel on S1: absent. Sculpture of medial S 2 in female: unknown. Sculpture of medial S 3 in female: longitudinally strigose, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 4 in female: longitudinally strigose, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of medial S 5 in female: longitudinally strigose, effaced to smooth. Sculpture of lateral S 3 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 2 in female: smooth. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: smooth. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 4 in female: mostly smooth with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae, 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. Sculpture of medial S 2 in male: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of medial S 3 in male: smooth, weakly longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 3 in male: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in male: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of medial S 5 in male: smooth, longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in male: longitudinally strigose. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Oreiscelio scapularis</i> is most similar to <i>O. rostratus</i>. It may be separated from all other species of <i>Oreiscelio</i> on the basis of the shape of T6 alone (Figs 21, 114). <b>Etymology.</b> The epithet <i>scapularis</i> refers to the large smooth areas of the lateral mesoscutum. <b>Link to distribution map.</b> <b> 55</b> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype female: <b>MADAGASCAR</b>: 21°15.99’S 47°25.21’E, Prov. Fianarantsoa 1020 m, PN Ranomafana, BelleVue at Talatakely, 4-16.V.2003, Malaise trap, Harin’Hala, MA 02-09C60, CASC 2042840 (deposited in CASC) <b> 56</b> . <i>Paratypes</i>: <b>MADAGASCAR</b>: 6 males, 19 females, CASENT2042208,2042647,2042649,2042837, 2042870, 2043374, 2043384, 2043386, 2043536, 2043993, 2132079, 2132082, 2132713, 2132736, 2133372, 2133415, 2133424 (CASC); CASENT 2043381, 2043385, 2043388, 2133264, 2133931, 2134080, 2134083, 2134087 (OSUC).
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 51-53, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67, http://zenodo.org/record/576433