identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
317787C87338FFBEEF9BBBB7FBD0F831.text	317787C87338FFBEEF9BBBB7FBD0F831.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apteroscelio aureus Veenakumari, Talamas & Rajmohana 2017	<div><p>Apteroscelio aureus Veenakumari, Talamas &amp; Rajmohana, sp. n.</p><p>Figures 1–17</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DB8B77AE-5969-4274-87A4-386EB45FCF5A http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/399138</p><p>Description. Female body length: 1.05–1.21 mm (n=14). Male body length: 0.89–1.16 mm (n=8) Color: yellowish to dark brown; eyes grey; mandibular teeth dark brown; posterior margin of clypeus black; base of toruli with a black patch; apical tergites dark brown. A1 with orange tinge.</p><p>Head: Sculpture of A1: reticulate. Shape of clypeus: triangular. Maximum length of compound eye: less than or equal to length of malar sulcus. Setation of eyes: sparsely setose throughout. Ocelli: absent. Length of central keel: 0.24× length of frons. Setation of head: absent on antennal scrobe, otherwise even and moderately dense. Sculpture of head: punctate rugulose. Sculpture of vertex: reticulate. Occipital carina: incomplete dorsally.</p><p>Mesosoma: Transverse pronotal sulcus: present. Epomial carina: absent. Lateral face of pronotum: concave. Netrion: present. Sculpture of mesoscutum: reticulate rugose. Scutoscutellar sulcus: simple transverse furrow. Shape of mesoscutellum: rectangular. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: reticulate rugose. Sculpture of speculum: transversely striate. Mesopleural pit: present. Posterior mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of mesopleuron below femoral depression: areolate. Postacetabular sulcus: indicated by cells. Sculpture of metascutellum: striate. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Metapleural sulcus: present. Metapleural epicoxal carina: present. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: areolate rugose.</p><p>Metasoma: Foveae along anterior margin of T1: anterior margin smooth. Sculpture of T1–T6: reticulate.</p><p>Male similar to female; length and width of A1–A 12 in ratio of 18.5:4.4, 3.9:3.8, 3.6:4.3, 3.2:4.1, 3.3:4.4, 3.6:4.5, 4.2:4.4, 4.2:4.6, 4.2:4.7, 4.3:4.5, 4.4:4.5, 7.1:3.7, respectively. Wings strip-like reaching mid length of T1; Metasoma (L:W=39.6:31.5) 1.25 × as long as wide; length and width of visible tergites T1–T 7 in ratio of 1.6:21.0, 8.5:21.7, 21.1:34.0, 1.8:30.9, 2.0:28.0, 1.8:20.5, 5.6:11.5, respectively.</p><p>Diagnosis. Apteroscelio aureus can be separated from A. montanus and A. shyamala by the absence of ocelli and the small size of the eyes (maximum eye height less than length of malar sulcus).</p><p>Etymology. The species is named ‘ aureus ’ meaning golden in Latin, referring to the color of the entire body.</p><p>Link to Distribution Map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=399138</p><p>Material Examined. Holotype, female: INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, 936m, 13°09'68'' N 77°56'41'' E, Attur, 17.IX.2010, pitfall trap, K. Veenakumari, ICAR / NBAIR /P249 (deposited in NBAIR) . Paratypes: INDIA: 17 females, 9 males, ICAR / NBAIR /P250, ICAR / NBAIR /P251–266, ICAR / NBAIR /P312–316, (NBAIR); ICAR/ NBAIR/P857, ZSI/WGRS/IR/INV4092, ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV3431–3432 (ZSI, WGRS).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317787C87338FFBEEF9BBBB7FBD0F831	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari;Talamas, Elijah J.;Keloth, Rajmohana;Mohanraj, Prashanth	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Talamas, Elijah J., Keloth, Rajmohana, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2017): Two new species of Apteroscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Zootaxa 4277 (1): 137-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.11
317787C87338FFBEEF9BB9DEFCBEFD1C.text	317787C87338FFBEEF9BB9DEFCBEFD1C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apteroscelio Kieffer 1913	<div><p>Apteroscelio Kieffer</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:218965E3-80D6-4F37-8259-3F5 E42538 D64 http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/450</p><p>Apteroscelio Kieffer, 1913: 17 (original description. Type: Apteroscelio montanus Kieffer, by monotypy and original designation); Kieffer, 1926: 266, 275 (description, keyed); Muesebeck &amp; Walkley, 1956: 331 (citation of type species); Johnson, 1992: 343 (cataloged, catalog of world species).</p><p>Link to Distribution Map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-full.html?id=450</p><p>Diagnosis. Wings severely reduced in female; facial striae present; malar striae present; antennae in both sexes with 12 antennomeres, female clava 5-merous; male antenna filiform, A5 with tyloid; notaulus absent; epomial carina absent; mesoscutellum transverse; metascutellum present as a narrow transverse strip beneath mesoscutellum and divided from propodeum by a clear suture; metascutellum simple, without spine or lamella; metapleural carina present as a flange; female with 6 tergites and sternites externally visible; males with 8 external tergites and 7 external sternites; ovipositor Scelio -type.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317787C87338FFBEEF9BB9DEFCBEFD1C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari;Talamas, Elijah J.;Keloth, Rajmohana;Mohanraj, Prashanth	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Talamas, Elijah J., Keloth, Rajmohana, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2017): Two new species of Apteroscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Zootaxa 4277 (1): 137-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.11
317787C8733BFFBAEF9BBFC0FE3FFEAD.text	317787C8733BFFBAEF9BBFC0FE3FFEAD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apteroscelio shyamala Veenakumari, Talamas & Rajmohana 2017	<div><p>Apteroscelio shyamala Veenakumari, Talamas &amp; Rajmohana, sp. n.</p><p>Figures 18–25</p><p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AA59A88B-2597-445B-8844-7C56E26CFD09 http://bioguid.osu.edu/xbiod_concepts/399139</p><p>Description. Female body length: 0.95–1.21 mm (n=6). Color: mandibles, basal antennomeres and legs yellow to brown; otherwise dark brown to black.</p><p>Head: Sculpture of A1: reticulate. Shape of clypeus: rectangular. Maximum length of compound eye: greater than length of malar sulcus. Setation of eyes: sparsely setose throughout. Ocelli: present. Length of central keel: 0.4× length of frons. Setation of head: absent on antennal scrobe, otherwise even and sparse. Sculpture of head: reticulate microsculpture. Sculpture of vertex: reticulate. Occipital carina: incomplete dorsally.</p><p>Mesosoma: Transverse pronotal sulcus: absent. Epomial carina: absent. Lateral face of pronotum: concave. Netrion: present. Sculpture of mesoscutum: reticulate. Scutoscutellar sulcus: simple transverse furrow. Shape of mesoscutellum: semicircular. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: scaly reticulate. Sculpture of speculum: transversely striate. Mesopleural pit: present. Posterior mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Mesopleural carina: complete. Sculpture of mesopleuron below femoral depression: coriaceous reticulate. Postacetabular sulcus: present as a smooth furrow or indicated by very fine cells. Sculpture of metascutellum: striate-foveate. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Metapleural sulcus: present. Metapleural epicoxal carina: absent. Sculpture of metapleural triangle: areolate rugose.</p><p>Metasoma: Foveae along anterior margin of T1: present. Sculpture of T1–T6: reticulate.</p><p>Diagnosis. Apteroscelio shyamala has T2 as the largest metasomal tergite. In A. aureus and A. montanus T3 is the largest.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named ‘ shyamala ’ meaning black in Sanskrit, referring to the color of this species. The name is treated as a noun in apposition and is also intended as a tribute to the first author’s friend, Dr. Radha Shyamala .</p><p>Link to Distribution Map. http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=399139</p><p>Material examined. Holotype, female: INDIA: 2890m, 77°12'99''E, 32°35'31''N, Himachal Pradesh, Manali, Dhundi, 6.VIII.2014, sweeping, K. Veenakumari, ICAR / NBAIR /P330 (deposited in NBAIR). Paratypes: INDIA: 6 females, ICAR / NBAIR /P331–333, ICAR / NBAIR /P350, (NBAIR); ZSI / WGRS /IR/ INV 4093 (ZSI, WGRS); ICAR / NBAIR /P311.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317787C8733BFFBAEF9BBFC0FE3FFEAD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari;Talamas, Elijah J.;Keloth, Rajmohana;Mohanraj, Prashanth	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Talamas, Elijah J., Keloth, Rajmohana, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2017): Two new species of Apteroscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Zootaxa 4277 (1): 137-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.11
317787C8733CFFB9EF9BBE17FA22FF50.text	317787C8733CFFB9EF9BBE17FA22FF50.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Apteroscelio Kieffer 1913	<div><p>Key to species of Apteroscelio (females)</p><p>1) Ocelli absent (Figs 5, 7, 14); maximum distance across compound eye less than or equal to length of malar sulcus (Figs 2, 14).......................................................... A. aureus Veenakumari, Talamas &amp; Rajmohana sp. n.</p><p>- Ocelli present (Figs 18, 21); maximum distance across compound eye distinctly greater than length of malar sulcus (Fig. 23).</p><p>................................................................................................... 2 2. T2 the longest tergite (Fig. 20)............................... A. shyamala Veenakumari, Talamas &amp; Rajmohana sp. n. - T3 the longest tergite.................................................................... A. montanus Kieffer</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/317787C8733CFFB9EF9BBE17FA22FF50	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari;Talamas, Elijah J.;Keloth, Rajmohana;Mohanraj, Prashanth	Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Talamas, Elijah J., Keloth, Rajmohana, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2017): Two new species of Apteroscelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Zootaxa 4277 (1): 137-143, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.1.11
