Oreiscelio magnipennis 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 magnipennis

description: <i>Oreiscelio magnipennis</i> Talamas, sp. n. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 85073C75-E3EB-44C4-A77A-55E90012BB83 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:231612 Figures 67-72; Morphbank <b> 33</b> <b>Description.</b> General: Body length of female: 2.42 mm (n=1). 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: yellow. Sculpture of dorsal frons between frontal carina and median ocellus: areolate. Preocellar pit in females: indicated by a small round depression. 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 dark 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: mostly smooth, with sparse small punctures. Shape of anteclypeus: striplike, straight to slightly convex. Legs: Color of legs: dark brown, tarsi and distal portion of tibiae light brown. Mesosoma: Sculpture of dorsal pronotum: shallowly areolate. Color of setae on the dorsal mesosoma: yellow. Sculpture of medial mesoscutum: shallowly areolate, becoming smooth posteriorly. Sculpture of lateral mesoscutum: smooth throughout. Notaulus in female: absent. Parapsidal line: delimited. Sculpture of scutellum: areolate. Median furrow on scutellum: absent. 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: obliterated. Anterior pronotal pit: absent. Pronotal cervical sulcus: poorly defined. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated by a row of faint and shallow depressions. Sculpture of femoral depression in female: smooth throughout. Mesopleural carina: absent. Sculpture of ventral mesepisternum: smooth. 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: present in anterior half. Sculpture of T2–T3: weakly rugulose. Sculpture of T4: weakly rugulose. Sculpure of T5: weakly rugulose. 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: 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: smooth. Sculpture of lateral S 4 in female: rugulose. Sculpture of lateral S 5 in female: longitudinally strigose. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 2 in female: finely punctate throughout. Sculpture of marginal depression of S 3 in female: finely punctate throughout. 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 magnipennis</i> is most similar to larger specimens of <i>O. coracinus</i> and <i>O. gryphus</i>. It is best identified by the length of its wings (Fig. 72) and the large preocellar pit (as Fig. 17). Some specimens of <i>O. rostratus</i> have the wings extending well beyond the apex of the metasoma, but this species has yellow legs (Fig. 97), lacks a preocellar pit and is found only in Madagascar. <i>Oreiscelio magnipennis</i> has brown legs (Fig. 67) and its distribution is limited to continental Africa. <b>Etymology.</b> The epithet <i>magnipennis</i>, meaning “large wing”, refers to the large size of the wings in this species. <b>Link to distribution map.</b> <b> 34</b> <b>Material examined.</b> Holotype female: <b>KENYA</b>: Western Prov., Kakamega Forest, 0°14.13’N 35°51.87’E, 20-27.XI.1999, R.Copland, Malaise trap, OSUC 234222 (deposited in CNCI) <b> 35</b> . <i>Paratypes</i>: <b>UGANDA</b>: 1 female, OSUC 234353 (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 33-35, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.6.67, http://zenodo.org/record/576433