Oreiscelio paradoxus 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 paradoxus

description: <i>Oreiscelio paradoxus</i> Talamas, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: CAC66883-6C71-4A34-883A-973BDC9D8D65 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231740 Figures 91-96; Morphbank <b> 45</b> <b>Description.</b> General: Body length of female: 3- 3 mm (n=2). Body color: black. Antenna: Color of antennae in female: dark brown to black throughout. Seta on pedicel of antenna in female: present, not reaching 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: present as a distinct pit. Transverse rugae at vertex: present. Sculpture of posterior vertex: coarsely foveate. Sculpture of occipital rim: areolate. Interantennal process: diverging into two carinae that extend laterally along surface of 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, ventral tooth larger, but less than 2x as long as 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: irregularly rugose. Shape of anteclypeus: striplike, straight to slightly convex. Legs: Color of legs: dark brown, tarsi and distal portion of tibiae light brown, brown, tarsi and distal portion of tibiae yellow. Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: white. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: areolate, areolate, with pronounced longitudinal ridges. 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. Posterior margin of scutellum: convex. Outer projection of the propodeum: rounded. Posterior margin of propodeal shelf between inner and outer propodeal projections in female: nearly straight, strongly oblique. Sculpture of ventral pronotum: foveate reticulate, becoming smooth at anterolateral corner. Anterior pronotal pit: small. Pronotal cervical sulcus: poorly defined. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated by dorsoventral line of foveae. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: smooth throughout, transversely striate throughout, finely foveate throughout. Mesopleural carina: weakly defined by fine ridges. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: smooth, 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. Metasoma: Submarginal ridge on T1: percurrent, well-defined. Sublateral carina on T2: percurrent. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of T4: longitudinally strigose. 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: 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: punctate crenulate. 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: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: mostly smooth, with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae, smooth. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 4 in female: mostly smooth with scattered punctures or shallow rugulae. 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 paradoxus</i> is easily recognized by the reduced outer propodeal projection (Fig. 92, 94) and the posteriorly depressed mesoscutellum (Figs 91, 93). <b>Etymology.</b> The epithet <i>paradoxus</i> refers to the placement of this species in <i>Oreiscelio</i> despite its lack of a developed outer propodeal projection. <b>Link to distribution map.</b> <b> 46</b> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype female: <b>ZIMBABWE</b>: Salisbury, I–III.1975, A.Watsham, OSUC 234365 (deposited in CNCI) <b> 47</b> . <i>Paratypes</i>: <b>UGANDA</b>: 1 female, OSUC 233710 (CNCI).
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 43-45, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67, http://zenodo.org/record/576433