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Pseudoheptascelio rex Johnson & Musetti

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Body length of female: 4.13–5.26 mm (n=20). Body length of male: 4.50–5.16 mm (n=13). Mesosoma color: black; red brown at least dorsally, otherwise dark to brown black. Body microsculpture pattern: smooth. Rugae on occiput: longitudinal. Microsculpture between occipital rugae: absent. Setae on crests of occipital rugae: present. Shape of female A4: length subequal to width; length distinctly greater than width. Shape of female A5: transverse; subquadrate. Shape of female A6: distinctly transverse; weakly transverse. Setation of pronotal depression: glabrous or sparsely setose. Setation of netrion: moderately to densely setose. Sculpture of midlobe of mesoscutum: foveate to areolate throughout (Fig. 20). Number of trabecula across transscutal articulation: 7–8, widely spaced. Shape of metascutellum: short, shallowly cleft medially (Fig. 20). Sculpture of mesopleural depression: foveolate anteriorly, transversely rugulose ventrally, with large smooth area dorsally surrounding mesopleural pit. Sculpture of T2–T3: reticulate, with distinct longitudinal orientation. Length/width of female T5: 0.89–1.72 mm (n=20). Length/width of female T6: 0.81–1.26 mm (n=20). Sculpture of T6: with shallow foveolae impressed on reticulate background microsculpture. Apex of male T7: pointed laterally, shallowly excavate or straight medially.
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Norman F. Johnson, Luciana Musetti
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Johnson N, Musetti L (2011) Redescription and revision of the Neotropical genus Pseudoheptascelio Szabo (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae), parasitoids of eggs of short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) ZooKeys 136: 93–112
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Norman F. Johnson
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Luciana Musetti
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