Calixomeria, a new genus of Sceliotrachelinae (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from Australia

Abstract

Calixomerialasalleigen. n. et sp. n. is described as a new genus and species of Sceliotrachelinae. Calixomeria most closely resembles genera of the Aphanomerus-cluster but possesses several characters that readily separate it from other sceliotracheline genera. The key of Masner and Huggert (1989) is modified to accommodate Calixomeria, and the relationship of the genus to other members of the subfamily is discussed.

Revision of the Afrotropical genus Pulchrisolia Szabó (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae)

“…Abbreviations and morphological terms used in the text: sensillar formula of clavomeres: distribution of papillary sensilla on the ventral clavomeres of the female (Yang et al 2016), with the segment interval specified followed by the number of papillary sensilla (PS) per segment (e.g., A10-A8/1-2-2) (Bin 1981;Bin et al 1989); T1, T2, ... T6: metasomal tergite 1, 2, ... 6; S1, S2, … S6: metasomal sternite 1, 2, … 6. Morphological terminology generally follows Masner and Huggert (1989), Mikó et al (2007), Talamas and Masner (2016), and Lahey et al (2019). Morphological terms were matched to concepts in the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology (Yoder et al 2010) using the text analyzer function.…”

Revision of Aleyroctonus Masner & Huggert (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae)

“…Abbreviations and morphological terms used in the text: sensillar formula of clavomeres: distribution of large papillary sensilla on the ventral clavomeres of the female (Yang et al 2016), with the segment interval specified followed by the number of papillary sensilla (PS) per segment (e.g., A10-A8/1-2-2) (Bin 1981); LOL: lateral ocellar line, shortest distance between outer margins of the lateral and median ocellus (Masner 1980); OD: ocellar diameter, greatest width of ocellus; OOL: ocular ocellar line, shortest distance between inner orbit and outer margin of posterior ocellus (Masner 1980); POL: posterior ocellar line, shortest distance between inner margins of lateral ocelli (Masner 1980); T1, T2, ... T6: metasomal tergite 1, 2, ... 6; S1, S2, … S6: metasomal sternite 1, 2, … 6. Morphological terminology follows Masner and Huggert (1989), Mikó et al (2007), and Lahey et al (2019), except for that of the male genitalia which follows Johnson (1984). Morphological terms were matched to concepts in the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology (Yoder et al 2010) using the text analyzer function.…”

Prototeleia Talamas, Popovici, Shih & Ren: A new genus of Platygastridae from Burmese amber

“…The presence of a paracoxal sulcus in the ventral portion of the metapleuron is a rarity in Platygastridae. Lahey et al (2019) reported it to occur only in Calixomeria Lahey & Masner, but it can also be found in some Metaclisis (Figure 11). In these two genera it is a smooth furrow, whereas in Prototeleia it is a line of foveae (Figure 16).…”