Calotelea Westwood 1837
Creators: name: Debnath, Rupam
name: Rajmohana, Keloth
name: Peter, Abhilash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Scelionidae
Calotelea

description: Key to the Oriental species of Calotelea Westwood, 1837
(based on females, modified from Kamalanathan et al. 2022)
1. Lateral ocelli far from orbits, OOL 2.0 × OD; fore wing with a closed medial cell ........................... ........................................................................................................................... C. indica Mani, 1975
– Lateral ocelli contiguous or nearer to orbits, OOL at most 0.5× OD (Figs 1B, 2A); fore wing without a closed medial cell (Fig. 4A) ........................................................................................................... 2
2. Metascutellar lamina present (Figs 1B, 4E, 6B) ............................................................................... 3
– Metascutellar lamina absent (Figs 2F, 3C) ..................................................................................... 13
3. Metascutellar lamina triangular (Fig. 6B); metasoma <2.6× longer than wide ................................ ......................................................................................... C. trikona Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Metascutellar lamina never triangular (Figs 1B, 4E); metasoma always> 3.0× longer than wide. 4
4. T3 to T6 smooth and shiny ................................................................... C. auriventria Sharma, 1978
– T3 to T6 sculptured (Fig. 4F) ............................................................................................................ 5
5. Metascutellar lamina with a deep medial notch (Figs 1B, 4E) ......................................................... 6
– Metascutellar lamina without deep medial notch ........................................................................... 10
6. Head moderately dense setigerous punctate (Fig. 5E); metasoma very elongate, 5.5× as long as wide ............................................................ C. malabarica (Narendran & Ramesh Babu) comb. nov.
– Head not setigerous punctate, with variable sculptures; metasoma always <4.5 × as long as wide 7
7. Central keel present, at least up to mid-level of eye (Fig. 1E) ......................................................... 8
– Central keel indistinct (Fig. 4C) ....................................................................................................... 9
8. Metasoma 4.3× as long as wide (Fig. 4C); mesopleural carina present; post marginal vein> 3.0× as long as marginal vein .......................................................... C. acuta Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov.
– Metasoma 3.5 × as long as wide; mesopleural carina absent; post marginal vein <3.0 × as long as marginal vein ..................................................................................... C. laminaris Rajmohana, 2013
9. Head black; fore wing without any vertical band basally (Fig. 4A); T1 horn smooth ....................... ............................................................................................. C. fulva Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov.
– Head brown; fore wing with a vertical band basally; T1 horn reticulate ........................................... .................................................................................... C. kannagiae Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
10. Notauli percurrent; basal ⅓ of wings narrow ..................................................................................11
– Notauli absent; wings gradually widening from base ..................................................................... 12
11. Apical end of horn on T1 bending posteriorly with a tooth anterodorsally; sculpture of horn on T1 reticulate; vertex and lateral notaular area reticulate; lateral pronotal area dorsally reticulate, ventrally smooth; all foveae on pleuron present as shallow impressions ........................................... .............................................................................. C. andamanensis Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Apical end of horn on T1 not bending posteriorly; sculpture of horn on T1 predominantly smooth; vertex and lateral notaular area entirely smooth; lateral pronotal area entirely smooth; all foveae on pleuron deep ........................................................ C. microtrichiana Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
12. Head black; frons coriaceous reticulate; central keel indicated by a sharp continuous carina; occipital carina deeply foveolatefoveolate; fore wing with a narrow vertical band basally and without infuscate patch distally; marginal vein longer than stigma vein; T2 and T3 with longitudinal carinae medially; femoral depression smooth to weakly reticulate ...... C. mandavyai Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Head yellowish-brown; frons transversely striate; central keel indistinct, indicated by discontinuous rugae; occipital carina not foveolate; fore wing with a wide vertical band basally in addition to infuscate patch distally; stigma vein longer than marginal vein; T2 and T3 entirely reticulate except for basal costae on T2; femoral depression smooth with blunt transverse carinae ............................. ..................................................................................... C. oloftoreni Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
13. Notauli incomplete or abbreviate as a pit (Fig. 3C) ........................................................................ 14
– Notauli completely absent (Fig. 2F) ............................................................................................... 19
14. Mesopleural carina present ............................................................................................................. 15
– Mesopleural carina absent .............................................................................................................. 16
15. Notauli indicated only anteriorly, abbreviate and pit-like (Fig. 3C); mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus foveolate .......................................................................... C. foveata Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov.
– Notauli incomplete, confined to anterior half of mesoscutum; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus not foveolate ............................................................ C. brevinotaularis Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
16. Metasoma never exceeding 2.8 × of its width; T2 medially smooth; T5 and T6 wide, at least 2.4 × and 2.0× as wide as long respectively ....................... C. lambodara Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Metasoma elongate, always exceeding 4.0 × of its width; T2 with longitudinal striae medially; T5 and T6 comparatively less wide ...................................................................................................... 17
17. Netrion sulcus with four foveae; notauli reaching up to anterior half of meoscutum; mesoscutellum narrow, 3.8× as wide as long ............................. C. marykingsleyae Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Netrion sulcus with six to seven foveae; notauli reaching up to anterior ¾ of mesoscutum; mesoscutellum wide, 3.2 × as wide as long .................................................................................... 18
18. Skaphion narrow, 6.0 × as wide as long; T3 and T4 longitudinally striate medially; scutoscutellar sulcus wide; anterior foveae of metascutellum visible when viewed dorsally; lateral propodeal area with large depressions; foveae of mesepimeral sulcus spaced apart; pronotal cervical sulcus ventrally foveolate; episternal sulcus entirely foveolate .......... C. longistriata Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Skaphion wide, 3.5×as wide as long;T3 and T4 anteriorly reticulate, posteriorly striate; scutoscutellar sulcus narrow; anterior foveae of metascutellum hidden beneath posteromedial mesoscutellum when viewed dorsally; lateral propodeal area smooth, with transverse carina; foveae of mesepimeral sulcus closely spaced; pronotal cervical sulcus not foveolate; episternal sulcus indicated with a single fovea dorsally ........................................................................ C. hodgsoni Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
19. T2 and T3 predominantly smooth; fore wing without vertical bands; metasoma> 4.0 × as long as wide ...................................................................................................... C. immaculata Sharma, 1978
– T2 and T3 sculptured (Fig. 2D); fore wing with vertical bands; metasoma <3.5× as long as wide. ......................................................................................................................................................... 20
20. Central keel present; fore wing with two vertical bands ................................................................ 21
– Central keel absent (Fig. 2C); fore wing with one vertical band .................................................... 22
21. Horn on T1 reticulate; anteromedial corners of propodeum projecting upwards as short spines ...... ...................................................................................... C. sushrutai Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Horn on T1 sparsely striate; anteromedial corners of propodeum without upward projections ......... .................................................................................. C. nigriventris Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
22. Horn on entirely T1 smooth; mesopleural carina absent .................................................................... ........................................................................... C. sibyllamerianae Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
– Horn on T1 sculptured at least in part; mesopleural carina present ................................................ 23
23. Frons coriaceous throughout (Fig. 2C); horn on T1 dorsally smooth, laterally sparsely striate; with lateral striations; T4 and T5 coriaceous (Fig. 2D) ......... C. chitraka Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov.
– Frons dorsally smooth, rest weakly rugose-reticulate; horn on T1 reticulate; T4 and T5 smooth ..... ............................................................................................ C. aurea Veenakumari & Popovici, 2022
description: Published as part of Debnath, Rupam, Rajmohana, Keloth & Peter, Abhilash, 2024, New species and new combination in Calotelea Westwood, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India, pp. 200-218 in European Journal of Taxonomy 968 on pages 213-215, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.968.2729, http://zenodo.org/record/14160969