Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Author
HANSSON, C.
Author
LASALLE, J.
text
Journal of Natural History
2003
2003-03-31
37
6
697
778
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930110096744
journal article
10.1080/00222930110096744
1464-5262
5274114
978AA7CC-7167-41BE-AC06-FFEE13D1A599
Aleuroctonus metallicus
sp. n.
(figures 95, 100)
Diagnosis
Upper frons narrow (figure 95); scape dark brown, pedicel and flagellum white; frons, vertex and thoracic dorsum brightly metallic (golden-green and bluish green); thoracic dorsum almost flat; all coxae dark and metallic; posterior margin of pale area on gaster straight (as in
vittatus
(figure 104)).
Female
(length of body =
1.1–1.3 mm
)
Colour.
Scape dark brown, pedicel and flagellum white. Frons and vertex golden-green.
Mesosoma
metallic bluish green. Coxae dark and metallic; femora, tibiae and tarsi white, hind femur brown at base. Fore wing hyaline. Gaster pale at base (as in
vittatus
(figure 104)), otherwise dark.
Head.
Antenna as in figure 100. HE/MS/WM: 2.4/1.0/1.2. Frons and vertex with small meshed strong reticulation. Frontal suture present medially (figure 95). POL/OOL/POO: 1.8/1.7/1.0. Occipital margin rounded. WH/WT=1.2.
Mesosoma
.
Mesoscutum and scutellum almost flat dorsally, with strong reticulation. Mesoscutum 0.7× as long as wide, with numerous scattered setae. Scutellum 0.7× as long as wide, with numerous scattered setae. Axilla advanced 0.7× its length in front of scuto-scutellar sulcus. Fore wing speculum closed below; costal cell with setae on ventral surface; submarginal vein with three setae; LW/LM/HW: 1.8/1.0/1.3; PM/ST =0.4. Propodeum with complete median carina, narrow anteriorly and strongly expanding towards hind margin of propodeum (as in
marki
(figure 6)), propodeal surface weakly reticulate; propodeal callus with two setae.
Metasoma.
Gaster smooth and shiny; MM/LG=1.0–1.1.
Material examined
H:
X
,
Brazil
:
Bahia Mucari
,
October 1978
,
F. Benton
(BMNH). P: 1
X
with same label data as holotype (BMNH)
.