Dozodipara Desjardins 2007, New Genus
Creators: name: Desjardins, Christopher A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Dozodipara

description: Dozodipara Desjardins, New Genus   
(Fig. 65)  
 Type Species: Dozodipara insularis Desjardins, New Species   
 Diagnosis: Dozodipara is most easily distinguished from most diparines by a combination of two features. First, the toruli appear to lie on a shelf, and a sharp angle of 90° separates the upper and lower face (as in Fig. 8). The only other diparines with this feature are Conophorisca, and, to a lesser extent, Cerodipara, which has an upper and lower face separated by a rounded angle of 90°. Second, the propodeum of Dozodipara is very steep, being higher than long (Fig. 65). While Cerodipara shares this propodeal shape, this feature is otherwise unique within Diparinae, all other genera having propodea at least 1.5X as long as high. Dozodipara can be separated from Cerodipara by having uniformally convex inner eye margins and lacking a vertical carinate ridge running from the interantennal area to the ventral clypeal margin, whereas Cerodipara has ventrally diverging inner eye margins and a vertical carinate ridge running from the interantennal area to the ventral clypeal margin. Addtionally, Dozodipara has a scutellar conformation unique within Diparinae: broad, slightly convex, and with the posterior margin in the same horizontal plane of the body as the anterior margin.   
 Description: Female. Head: Occipital margin rounded; occipital carina present; upper face without strong, transversely carinate sculpture; eyes not posteriorly extended beyond occipital margin; inner eye margins uniformly convex; eyes bare; scrobe present and scrobal channel slightly triangular dorsal to toruli; dorsal margin of scrobe rounded; toruli on shelf, sharp angle of ~90° between upper and lower face; antennae symmetrically clavate; antennal formula 11173; pedicel, first funicular segment, second funicular segment subequal in length; claval apex without thick tuft of micropilosity; apical clypeal margin symmetrically bilobed; malar groove present; strong, dark bristles on vertex absent. Mesosoma: dorsum of mesosoma without strong, dark bristles; pronotum short, collar-like; notauli strongly arched along entire length (appearing semi-circular) and meeting posterior scutal margin at scutoscutellar suture; lateral lobes of scutum similar in color to remainder of scutum; posterior scutal margin without setose groove; scutellum large, slightly convex with apex near posterior margin, not descending posteriorly; axillae convex, reduced; posterior notal wing process present, pointed; frenal sulcus absent; metanotum present as narrow, sculptured band; propodeum at least 1.5X higher than long; propodeum with dorso-ventrally flattened projection near anterior margin; plicae absent; suture between postspiracular area and metapleuron diagonal; propodeal foramen circular, open in one plane; longitudinal invagination of pronotum, mesepimeron and metapleuron absent; prepectus reduced, not reaching tegula; tegula normal, flap-like; axillary wing sclerite not visible; acropleuron slightly convex, partially expanded along dorsal length of mesopleuron; mesopleuron with smooth and sculptured regions posteriorly; metacoxa posteriorly convex, with transverse striations; metacoxa posteriorly without thick vertical brush of setae; 1 metatibial spur, <1.5X width of tibia at point of insertion. Metasoma: Petiole cylindrical, without setae, broader than long; GT1 expanded, covering at least half of metasoma length; GT1 rounded lateral to petiole insertion; cercal setae elongate; cercal brush present. Male: Unknown.   
 Discussion: In analyses excluding bristle characters, Dozodipara is resolved as basal to the clade inclusive of Boeria, Cerodipara, and the most derived diparines (see the generic entry for Boeria for a more detailed discussion). The clade of diparines inclusive of these taxa is defined by 2 synapomorphies: a reduced prepectus and strongly arched notauli which meet the posterior scutal margin at the scutoscutellar suture.   
 Etymology: Dozo- from the bulldozer-like shape of the head (due to the torular shelf) and compact body. -dipara to ally the genus with Diparinae.   
 Number of species: 1 described.   
 Distribution: Madagascar.   
 Hosts: Unknown.   
 Key to species: none.
description: Published as part of Desjardins, Christopher A., 2007, Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), pp. 1-88 in Zootaxa 1647 (1) on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1647.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5103860