Archaeoteleia Early, Masner & Johnson, 2007, n.sp.
Creators: name: Early, John W.
name: Masner, Lubomír
name: Johnson, Norman F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Key to species of Archaeoteleia
The New Zealand and South American species form two distinct groups. Those from New Zealand have the scutellar spines small, weak, or absent (e.g., Fig. 23); the pseudostigma is elongate and narrow, not triangular (e.g., Figs. 1, 8, 20, 25); and the stigmal vein forms an angle of greater than 45° with the postmarginal vein. All known species are macropterous. In contrast, the Chilean species have well-developed scutellar spines that are very prominent in brachypterous forms (Figs. 36, 58, 72); the pseudostigma is short, broad and triangular (Figs. 31, 39, 61); and the stigmal vein forms an angle of less than 45° with the postmarginal vein. The species of these two groups are keyed out separately.
NEW ZEALAND SPECIES (females of A. waipoua n.sp. unknown)
1 Posterior corners of scutellum with short pointed tubercle or spine (Figs. 4, 11, 19, 27; fore wing with distinct pigmented area under marginal vein between bulla and stigmal vein (Figs. 8, 16, 25)...............2
– Posterior corners of scutellum rounded, without any trace of tubercle or spine (Figs. 15, 23); pigmented area under marginal vein between bulla and stigmal vein very faint or absent.......................................5
2 Scutellum barely bilobate (Fig. 27); metasomatic tergites coarsely rugose (Fig. 29); mid and hind basitarsi strongly compressed laterally (Fig. 24); clypeus narrow, rounded, without sharply angulate anterolateral corners (Fig. 28); female unknown ..................................................................... A. waipoua n.sp.
– Scutellum bilobate (Figs. 4, 11, 19); metasomatic tergites with fine longitudinal coriarious sculpture (Figs. 2); all basitarsi normal, cylindrical (Figs. 1, 8, 16); clypeus with sharply angulate anterolateral corners (Figs. 5, 9, 17)..............................................................................................................................3
3 Female T1 horn smooth, shining (Fig. 19); transverse pronotal carina straight, with prominent, angulate epomial corners (Fig. 19); notauli ending anteriorly behind epomial corners; pronotal shoulders narrow, maximum width about 0.5 times width of tegula; scutellum usually concolorous with mesoscutum, never clearly paler .......................................................................................... A. novaezealandiae Masner
– Female T1 horn sculptured, finely coriarious (Figs. 4, 11); transverse pronotal carina curved around anterior margin of mesoscutum, epomial corners distinct but not prominent; notauli (or, when incomplete, their projected trajectory) ending at or between epomial corners (Figs. 4, 11); pronotal shoulders broad, at least 0.75 times width of tegula; scutellum usually distinctly paler than mesoscutum (Figs. 8, 11).............................................................................................................................................................4
4 Female: body length 3.4–4.0 mm; metasoma 3.4–3.7 times longer than wide; T6 2.3–2.6 times longer
than wide. Male: body length 3.1–3.7 mm; antenna with A5 carinate........................... A. gilbertae n.sp. – Female: body length 5.0– 5.6 mm; metasoma 4.2–4.6 times longer than wide; T6 3.0–3.5 times longer than wide. Male: body length 4.4–4.7 mm; antenna with A5 or A4+A5 or A4–A6 carinate (Figs. 6, 7)... … ..............................................................................................................................… A. chambersi n.sp. 5 Notauli complete (Fig. 23); mesopleuron below mesopleural depression covered with dense, whitish, appressed pilosity (Fig. 22); female T1 horn sculptured; body length 4.8–6.4 mm ....... A. onamata n.sp.
– Notauli abbreviated anteriorly (Fig. 15); mesopleuron below mesopleural depression almost bare (Fig. 14); female T1 horn smooth, shining; body length 2.5–3.7 mm ....................................... A. karere n.sp.
description: Published as part of Early, John W., Masner, Lubomír & Johnson, Norman F., 2007, Revision of Archaeoteleia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae), pp. 1-48 in Zootaxa 1655 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179829