Loboscelidia piriformis Hisasue, Pham, and Mita 2023
- Dataset
- Taxonomic revision of the genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Loboscelidiinae) from Vietnam
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Hisasue, Yu, Pham, Thai-Hong, Mita, Toshiharu (2023): Taxonomic revision of the genus Loboscelidia Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae: Loboscelidiinae) from Vietnam. European Journal of Taxonomy 887 (1): 1-68, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.887.2203, URL: http://zoobank.org/788ae14a-0698-4c42-819c-bc2412f76fca
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Chrysididae
- genus
- Loboscelidia
- species
- Loboscelidia piriformis
description
Description Female (Fig. 20 A) MEASUREMENTS. Body length 4.2 mm; forewing length 3.6 mm. HEAD. Head (Fig. 20 B – D) 1.9 times as long as high, 1.4 times as long as wide; inner ocular length 0.66 times as long as head width; frontal projection rectangular in frontal view (Fig. 20 B); apical margion of frontal projection depressed (Fig. 20 B); frons rugose, with low ridge extending from vertex along inner orbit of eye (Fig. 20 C); frons with distinct carinae towards posterior ocelli (Fig. 20 C); spraclypeal area with transverse carinae (Fig. 20 B); temple 2.8 times as long as MOD (Fig. 20 C); POL 1.1 times as long as MOD; OOL 2.0 times as long as MOD; LOL 0.43 times as long as MOD; behind ocelli without transverse depression (Fig. 20 C); cervical expansion flattened in lateral view (Fig. 20 D); basal part of cervical expansion constricted strongly in dorsal view (Fig. 20 C); scape 3.0 times as long as wide; scape with longitudinal grooves; scape with transparent flange, as long as tubular part of scape, 0.36 times as wide as tubular part of scape; F 1 1.2 times as long as wide; F 2 as long as wide; F 11 as long as wide; relative length of F 1 – F 11: 2.3: 1.5: 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.1: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.0: 1.8. MESOSOMA. Pronotum 0.80 times as long as posterior width of pronotum (Fig. 20 E); posterior width of pronotum 1.7 times as wide as anterior width and 1.2 times as wide as head width; dorsolateral surface of pronotum carinate (Fig. 20 A); notauli of scutum slightly curved, reaching posterior margin (Fig. 20 F); scutellum polished and punctured (Fig. 20 F); apico-lateral area of scutellum without longitudinal grooves (Fig. 20 F); scrobal sulcus absent (Fig. 20 A); metanotum with four ridges, 0.44 times as long as scutellum; (Fig. 20 F); propodeal angle weakly developed; propodeum without transverse carina above foramen. WINGS. Forewing (Fig. 20 G) with M curved; cu-a 0.20 times as long as R; A extending half of Cu + M; R 1 0.50 times as long as R; Rs 2.8 times as long as R. LEGS. Posterior portion of tibiae longitudinally carinate; flange on forefemur 0.47 times longer, 1.2 times wider than tubular part of forefemur; flange on foretibia 0.55 times longer, 0.57 times wider than tubular part of foretibia; flange on midfemur 0.51 times longer, 0.89 times wider than tubular part of midfemur; flange on midtibia 0.55 times longer, 1.2 times wider than tubular part of midtibia; hind coxa 1.5 times as long as hind trochanter; hindcoxa dorso-laterally carinate; basal part of hindfemur strongly producing; hindfemur basally stout, apparently wider than distal part; ventral margin of hindfemur flat; outer surface of hindfemur smooth; flange on hindfemur 0.55 times longer, 0.75 tubular part of hindfemur; flange on hindtibia 0.82 times longer, 1.4 times wider than tubular part of hindtibia; hind tarsal claw without median tooth (Fig. 25 N). PILOSITY. Frons with sparse decumbent cuneate setae (Fig. 20 C); spraclypeal area with sparse decumbent and simple and cuneate setae (Fig. 20 B); eye with sparse erect simple setae (Fig. 20 B); lower gena with sparse decumbent and simple and cuneate setae cervical expansion with sparse decumbent cuneate setae (Fig. 20 D); hypostoma with sparse decumbent cuneate setae; scape with sparse suberect and erect simple setae; pedicel with sparse suberect and erect simple setae; F 1 with sparse suberect and erect simple setae; dorsal part of pronotum with sparse suberect and erect cuneate setae; lateral surface of pronotum with sparse suberect and erect cuneate setae (Fig. 20 A); scutum with sparse decumbent and suberect cuneate setae (Fig. 20 F); mesopleuron with sparse decumbent cuneate setae (Fig. 20 A); tegula with sparse suberect and erect cuneate setae (Fig. 20 F); scutellum with sparse decumbent and suberect cuneate setae (Fig. 20 F); lateral surface of propodeum with sparse decumbent cuneate setae (Fig. 20 A); forecoxa and foretrochanter with sparse decumbent and simple and cuneate setae; foretibia with dense suberect simple setae; midcoxa and midtrochanter with sparse decumbent simple and cuneate setae; midfemur with sparse decumbent and suberect simple and cuneate setae; midtibia with dense suberect simple setae; hindcoxa and hindtrochanter with sparse decumbent simple and cuneate setae; hindfemur with sparse decumbent and suberect simple and cuneate setae; hindtibia with dense suberect simple setae; lateral margin of T 4 with sparse decumbent simple and cuneate setae. COLORATION. Body reddish brown; antenna reddish brown; legs reddish brown; flanges yellowish brown; ribbon-like setae whitish yellow. Male Unknown.
description
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discussion
Remarks This new species can easily distinguished from other species by the pear-shaped head in the dorsal view (diamond- or kite-shaped in other species).
distribution
Distribution Vietnam (Central Vietnam) (Fig. 29).
etymology
Etymology Named after the Latin ‘ piri ’, meaning ‘ pear’, and ‘ formis’, meaning ‘ shape’, referring to the head shape.
materials_examined
Figs 20, 25 N
materials_examined
Type material Holotype VIETNAM • ♀; Thua Thien Hue Province, Bach Ma NP, 19 km point; 16.198 ° N, 107.860 ° E; 3 – 6 Aug. 2016; T. Mita and Y. Komeda leg.; YPT; VNMN.