Platyplectrus nyambeneensis , Yefremova & Copeland 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yefremova, Zoya A.
name: Copeland, Robert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Platyplectrus
Platyplectrus nyambeneensis

description: 12. Platyplectrus nyambeneensis, Yefremova & Copeland sp. nov.
Figs 49–51
Diagnosis. Pronotum without carina. Occipital carina absent. Eyes asetose (Fig. 47). POL 1.36× as long as OOL. Two setae between posterior ocelli. Female. Antenna. F12.8× as long as wide. Clava 2.7× as long as wide. Male. Antenna. F1 1.05× as long as F2. Clava 2.9× as long as wide. Petiole black, transverse. Face black (Fig. 47). Legs yellow, except hind coxae and hind femora brown.
Description. Female. Body size 1.5 mm.
Colour: Body mostly black, head black with green tint. Antenna brownish, scape and pedicel yellow. Hind coxae dark brown (Fig49), hind femora and tarsi brownish, legs yellow, gaster brown except Gt 2–4 yellow.
Head. Malar sulcus present. Mandibles membranous. Occipital margin rounded. Vertex with two long setae between posterior ocelli. Eyes asetose (Fig. 51). POL 1.36× as long as OOL. Antenna. Scape 4.6× as long as wide, pedicel 4.0× shorter than F1. F1 1.14× as long as F2 and 2.8× as long as wide. F2=F3, F3 1.2× as long as F4. Clava 2.7× as long as wide and 1.5× as long as F4.
Mesosoma (Fig. 49): Pronotum without carina. Pronotum and mesoscutum reticulate. Scutellum reticulate with furrows. Scutellum 1.2× as long as wide. Propodeum shagreened with median carina and with anterior cup, callus with 4 setae in first row and 8 in second. Fore wing 2.2× as long as wide. SMV with 5 long setae. Speculum closed, narrow and along pterostigma and marginal vein. SMV (19): MV (35): PMV (17): STV (6). Costal cell with 5 short setae in one row near marginal vein (Fig. 50). Hind wing rounded apically. Hind tibiae with two spurs; TS1 1.6× as long as 1 st tarsomere and 1.45× as long as TS2. Petiole short with one spine from each side. Gaster3.1× as long as wide.
Male. Body size 1.4 mm.
Colour of body as for female, but darker. Antenna. Scape 4.0× as long as wide. Pedicel 4.0× shorter than F1. F1 1.05× as long as F2, F2=F3, F3 1.06× as long as F4. Clava 3-segmented, 2.9× as long as wide and 1.6× as long as F4. Gaster 3.2× as long as wide. Genitalia. Digitus with two spines.
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. Currently known only from Kenya.
Etymology. This species is named after Nyambene Hills, where the type material was collected.
Holotype. ♀, Kenya, Eastern Prov., Nyambene Hills, Itieni forest, at bottom, 2142 m, 0.24433º N, 37.87016º E, Malaise trap, edge of indigenous forest, near forest station, 13–27 Nov 2011, R. Copeland, ICIPE 19811 (NMK). Condition of holotype excellent, body complete, head on card.
Paratype. ♁, Kenya, Eastern Prov., Nyambene Hills, Itieni forest, at bottom, 2142 m, 0.24433º N, 37.87016º E, Malaise trap, edge of indigenous forest, near forest station, 26 Jun–10 Jul. 2011, R. Copeland (SMNH-TAU).
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 372-373, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10088533