Goetheana kobzari Gumovsky, sp. n.
Creators: name: Gumovsky, Alex
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Goetheana
Goetheana kobzari

description: Goetheana kobzari Gumovsky, sp. n.
(Figs 1 F–H, 2E, F, 3I, J, 4C)
Comparative notes. Individuals of G. kobzari differ from those of other described species of Goetheana in having a bicolored body, especially the notably bicolored mesosoma (the pronotum, anterior half of the mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum are dark brown whereas the rest of the mesonotum is pale, Fig. 1 F–H). Fore wing chaetotaxy resembles that of G. pushkini, in which the apical area of the fore wing disc (beyond the venation) is bare except for one row of setae along the anterior margin and a short row of setae extending from the stigmal vein (Fig. 2 E, F). Also, as in G. pushkini, F2 is somewhat longer than broader in females (Fig. 3 J), unlike F 2 in G. incerta / shakespearei (Fig. 3 F, H). Similarly to the other species, males of G. kobzari differ from those of G. incerta in having an expanded scape; however, the scape narrows towards its base (Fig. 3 I), unlike the scape of males of G. shakespearei, G. pushkini and G. rabelaisi. Also, the propodeum has visible coarse sculpture laterally and medially (Fig. 4 C) whereas the propodeum is at most striate laterally and nearly smooth medially in G. incerta and G. shakespearei (Fig. 4 A, B).
Description. Male. Antenna pale; mesosoma pale except pronotum, anterior half of mesoscutum, metanotum and propodeum mostly dark, the metanotum and propodeum with a median pale stripe, and scutellum with a weak infumation (Fig. 1 F– H). Legs and metasoma pale (tip of metasoma a little darker). Wings hyaline, veins pale.
Antenna (Fig. 3 I) with scape expanded apically, 2.3–2.4× as long as wide. Pedicel 2.0× as long as broad, 0.45– 0.6× as long as scape and 0.6× as long as F2 + club. F1 very small, about as long as broad, about 0.5× as wide as F2. F2 as long as broad and as broad as CL1. CL1–3 narrowing distally, CL1 and CL2 wider than long, CL3 somewhat longer than broad.
Mesosoma as long as metasoma (Fig. 1 G, H), with weak striation on mesoscutum and scutellum. Propodeum with visible reticulation laterally and elongate striae medially (Fig. 4 C). Fore wing (Fig. 2 F) about 6.0–6.4× as long as wide in its broadest part; longest marginal seta about 2.2–2.5× maximum fore wing width; wing bare except disc with a cubital row of setae continued as row of setae along posterior margin of wing, with another row of setae above it directed towards stigmal vein, and another one or two short rows of setae arising from stigmal vein. Hind wing about 10–11× as long as wide; its disc bare except for short setae forming an irregular row. Genitalia typical for the genus, without digiti.
Measurements (holotype, in micrometers, as length or length/width for the wings). Body: 587. Antennascape: 98; pedicel: 45; F1: 16; F2: 27; club: 68. Fore wing: 376/58; longest marginal seta: 146. Hind wing: 314/30; longest marginal seta: 135.
Female (Fig. 1 F). Similar to male except for the normal sexually dimorphic features such as the proportions of antennal segments and the genitalia. Scape slender, 5.0–5.3× as long as wide, F2 1.5× longer than broad, CL3 2.0– 2.1× as long as wide (Fig. 3 J). Fore wing somewhat longer than in male, 5.7–6.0× as long as wide (Fig. 2 E). Ovipositor very short, about 0.3× as long as gaster.
Type material. Holotype Ƌ, Republic of South Africa, Limpopo Province, Phalaborwa, Molengraaf Farm between Palabora Copper Mine and Phalaborwa town, 6–12.XII.2014 (A. Gumovsky & T.S. Mthombeni) (BMNH, Fig. 1 G, H).
Paratypes: 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀, same as holotype; 1 Ƌ, used for a microscopic slide (MNHN, SIZK, SANC); ♀, Uganda, Semuliki National Park, Northern area, savanna, 16.III.2013 (A. Gumovsky) (SIZK); ♀, Central African Republic, Prefecture Sangha-Mbaéré, Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Mabéa-Bai, 21.4 km, 53° NE Bayanga, 03°02.01'N 16°24.57'E, 510 m, 7.V.2001, sweep, Lowland Rainforest, marsh clearing, CAR 01 -S68 (S. van Noort), SAM-HYM PO65297 (SAMC).
Host. Unknown.
Distribution. South Africa, Uganda, Central African Republic. Due to the disjunct distribution reported here, this species may be expected to be widely distributed across the Afrotropics.
Etymology. The specific epithet derives from “kobzar”, an itinerant Ukrainian bard and also the nickname of the famous Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861). This is a continuation of the trend of A.A. Girault’s and S.V. Triapitsyn naming species of this genus after the great poets and writers of the past.
description: Published as part of Gumovsky, Alex, 2016, Review of Afrotropical species of Goetheana Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species, pp. 551-563 in Zootaxa 4147 (5) on pages 560-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.5.3, http://zenodo.org/record/257232