Oreiscelio majikununuensis 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 majikununuensis

description: <i>Oreiscelio majikununuensis</i> van Noort, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: F4405ECF-2AD5-4B87-B7CD-AC9AA7D19371 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:225571 Figures 73-78; Morphbank <b> 36</b> <b>Description.</b> General: Body color: dark brown to black. Antenna: Color of antennae in female: A1, A3–A6 dark brown; A2 yellow; A7– A12 black. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, reaching to apex of A3. Head: Color of setae on the head: yellow. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: coarsely foveate, areolate. Preocellar pit in females: absent. Transverse rugae at vertex: absent. Sculpture of posterior vertex: areolate. Sculpture of occipital rim: areolate. Interantennal process: simple. Number of anteriorly projecting setae on anteclypeus: 8. Color of mandibles in female: brown throughout with teeth black. Mandibular teeth in female: ventral tooth at least twice as long and wide at base than dorsal tooth. 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, coarsely and irregularly punctate. Shape of anteclypeus: concave medially, with points laterally. Legs: Color of legs: coxae and femora dark brown, trochanters, tibia and tarsi yellowish-brown. Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: yellow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: areolate. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: same as medial mesoscutum with a subtle confusion of sculptural elements. Notaulus in female: absent. Parapsidal line: delimited. Sculpture of scutellum: areolate. Median furrow on scutellum: absent, present as a weak indentation. Posterior margin of scutellum: emarginate. 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: nearly straight, perpendicular to lateral margin of propodeal shelf. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: small, large. Pronotal cervical sulcus: poorly defined. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated by dorsoventral line of foveae. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: anterior half smooth, posterior half finely foveate. Mesopleural carina: indicated by one or two rows of punctures. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: foveate, irregularly areolate. Pilosity of metapleural triangle in female: present as many short fine white setae. Sculpture of ventral area of metapleuron: smooth. Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: percurrent, well-defined. Sublateral carina on T2: percurrent. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of T4: reticulate rugose. Sculpure of T5: longitudinally strigose. 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: effaced to smooth. Sculpture of lateral S 3 in female: foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in female: reticulate rugose, foveolate. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in female: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 2 in female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae, smooth. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. 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: extending beyond apex of T6 and visible in dorsal view. <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Oreiscelio majikununuensis</i> is most similar to <i>Oreiscelio cultrarius</i> in general appearance. Th e females may be separated from all other species of <i>Oreiscelio</i> by the straight posterior margin of the propodeum (Fig. 76). Th e long ventral mandibular tooth (Figs 77, 78) represents the largest size difference between mandibular teeth in <i>Oreiscelio</i>. <b>Etymology.</b> The type specimen was collected in an isolated patch of Afromontane forest on a mountain called Maji Kununua, which is Swahili for “place of water”. <b>Link to distribution map.</b> <b> 37</b> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype female: <b>TANZANIA</b>: Mkomazi Game Reserve, peak of Maji Kununua, 1600 m, 3°52.69’S 37°48.72’E, 25.IV.1996, S. van Noort, sweep, mk36, margins &amp; undergrowth of wet montane forest, SAM–HYM–P020051 (OSUC 248286) (deposited in SAMC) <b> 38</b> . <i>Paratypes</i>: <b>TANZANIA</b>: 8 females, OSUC 207760-207763, 233759, 233761, 234311 (CNCI); SAM–HYM–P020111 (OSUC 248285) (SAMC).
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 35-37, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67, http://zenodo.org/record/576433