The genus Macroteleia Westwood in Middle Miocene amber from Peru (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae)

By

Perrichot, Vincent
Salas-Gismondi, Rodolfo
Flynn, John J. (John Joseph), 1955-
Antoine, Pierre-Olivier
Engel, Michael S.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

426

Pages

119-127

Subjects

Amazonian amber , Insecta , Macroteleia , Neogene , Peru , Platygastroidea , taxonomy , Tertiary

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.426.7822

 

Abstract

A new species of the scelionine genus Macroteleia Westwood (Platygastridae s.l., Scelioninae) is described and figured from a female beautifully preserved in middle Miocene amber from Peru. Macroteleia yaguarum Perrichot & Engel, sp. n., shows a unique combination of characters otherwise seen independently within its congeners. It is most similar to the modern M. surfacei Brues, but differs from it by the non-foveolate notauli, the contiguous punctures of the vertex, and the continuous propodeum. The new species is the first New World fossil of the genus, suggesting a Cretaceous origin for the group and a relatively old age of the South American, tropical African, and Australian faunas, and a younger age of the modern Holarctic faunas.