Orasema cirrhocnemis

Orasema cirrhocnemis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Eucharitidae
Subfamily:	Oraseminae
Genus:	Orasema
Species:	O. cirrhocnemis
Binomial name
	Orasema cirrhocnemis; Baker & Heraty, 2020

Identification

Distinguished from other Orasema by the following combination of characters: antenna with 8 funiculars ( Fig. 40D ), labrum with 4–6 digits ( Fig. 40B ), legs beyond coxae entirely tawny-orange colored except for a small dark patch on the posterior surface of the fore and mid femora, mid and hind tibiae broadened apically (nearly as broad as femora) ( Fig. 40E ), mesoscutal midlobe and mesoscutellum rugose-reticulate ( Fig. 40F ), and malar depression strongly impressed between eye and mouth.

Distribution

Uruguay

Habitat

Biology

Unknown.

Nomenclature

Etymology. From Greek cirrho meaning “tawny” and cnemis meaning “leg” in reference to the tawny-orange color of the legs.

Description

References

Baker AJ, Heraty JM. The New World ant parasitoid genus Orasema (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). Zootaxa. 2020 Nov 30;4888(1):zootaxa.4888.1.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4888.1.1. PMID: 33311254.

Baker, A.J., Heraty, J.M., Mottern, J., Hang, J.Z., Hines, H.M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. 2019. Inverse dispersal patterns in a group of ant parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae: Oraseminae) and their ant hosts. Systematic Entomology 45: 1–19 (doi:10.1111/syen.12371).

Carey, B., Visscher, K., & Heraty, J. (2012). Nectary use for gaining access to an ant host by the parasitoid Orasema simulatrix (Hymenoptera, Eucharitidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 27: 47-65.

Gahan, A.B. (1940). A contribution to the knowledge of the Eucharidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 88: 425-458.

Heraty, J.M. Classification and evolution of the Oraseminae in the Old World, including revision of two closely related genera of Eucharitinae (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae). JOURBOOK: Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum VOLUME: 157 PAGES: vii+174pp. (1994).

Heraty, J., Hawks, D., Kostecki, J.S. and Carmichael, A. (2004). Phylogeny and behaviour of the Gollumiellinae, a new subfamily of the ant-parasitic Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Systematic Entomology 29(4): 544-559.

Munro, J. B., Heraty, J. M., Burks, R. A., Hawks, D., Mottern, J., Cruaud, A., Rasplus, J.-Y. & Jansta, P. (2011). A molecular phylogeny of the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera). PLoS One 6(11): e27023.

Murray, E. A., Carmichael, A. E., & Heraty, J. M. (2013). Ancient host shifts followed by host conservatism in a group of ant parasitoids. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280(1759): 20130495.

Wheeler WM (1907) The polymorphism of ants with an account of some singular abnormalities due to parasitism. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23: 1–93.