Revision of the World species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae)

Hua-Yan Chen; Elijah J Talamas; Alejandro A Valerio; Lubomír Masner; Norman F Johnson

doi:10.3897/zookeys.778.25775

Revision of the World species of the genus Chromoteleia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae)

Zookeys. 2018 Aug 1:(778):1-95. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.778.25775. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Hua-Yan Chen¹, Elijah J Talamas², Alejandro A Valerio³, Lubomír Masner⁴, Norman F Johnson^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA The Ohio State UniversityColumbusUnited States of America.
² Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, The Doyle Conner Building, 1911 SW 34th St, Gainesville, Florida 32608, USA Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesGainesvilleUnited States of America.
³ Central American Institute for Biological Research and Conservation (CIBRC), P.O. Box 2398-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica Central American Institute for Biological Research and ConservationSan JoseCosta Rica.
⁴ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaOttawaCanada.
⁵ Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA.

Abstract

The genus Chromoteleia Ashmead is revised. Twenty-seven species are recognized, of which six species are redescribed: C.congoana (Risbec), C.connectens Kieffer, C.fuscicornis Kieffer, C.longitarsis Kieffer, C.semicyanea Ashmead, C.tricarinata Kieffer; and twenty-one species are described as new: C.aequalis Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.alternata Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.bidens Chen & Masner, sp. n., C.copiosa Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.cuneus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.curta Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.depilis Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.dispar Chen & Masner, sp. n., C.feng Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.fossa Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.ingens Chen & Masner, sp. n., C.levitas Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.longa Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.maura Chen & Masner, sp. n., C.parvitas Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.pilus Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.plana Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.rara Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.robusta Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.semilutea Chen & Johnson, sp. n., C.sparsa Chen & Johnson, sp. n.Chromoteleiarufithorax Kieffer remains a valid species, but its identity and status are unclear. All species are known only from the Neotropical region except for Chromoteleiacongoana (Resbec) which only occurs in Africa.

Keywords: Platygastroidea; identification key; species descriptions.