Oligogaster gen. nov., a new chrysidid genus from Egypt (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Elampini) Author Soliman, Ahmed M. Author Kimsey, Lynn S. text Zootaxa 2013 3681 2 197 200 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.2.11 b89f36f4-17d9-4428-94aa-8f831380cedf 1175-5326 222148 33AF4370-8582-485D-9CB4-087CBC3E02F6 Oligogaster kimseyae Soliman , spec. nov. ( Figs 1–10 ) Type material. Holotype FEMALE: Egypt (Wadi el Natrun - Beheira, Lower Nile Valley), 30°22'22"N 30°20'48"E , 18.VII.2003 , leg. Ahmed M. Soliman [ CUE ]. Description. Body length: 2.5 mm . Colouration : Head metallic bluish green with strong cupreous reflection in particular beyond posterior ocelli; antennae brown, scape and pedicel darker; mandible brown with faint metallic tint basally; thorax and metasoma metallic cupreous, pronotum with greenish tint and blackish anterior declivity; T2 apical rim nonmetallic light brown, hyaline; metasomal sterna and legs brown, coxae and femora darker; wings hyaline. Body with extremely short sparse erect to decumbent silvery setae. Head : In dorsal view, wider than pronotum, narrowed and gently rounded behind eyes, slightly concave in rear; vertex and brow moderately reticulate-punctate; POD 1.36 OOD; mid ocellus not lidded; brow without TFC; face fairly broad, least interocular distance as long as eye height; scapal basin shallowly concave, broadly cross-ridged; subantennal space as wide as MOD; malar space 0.4 MOD long; clypeus bald, polished (impunctate), slightly convex in the disc, with apical margin straight; genae distinctly narrow; genal carina weak, contiguous to outer ocular margin; mandible with a small subapical tooth. F1 2× as long as broad, 1.25× as long as pedicel, 1.6× as long as F2 and F3. Mesosoma : Pronotum in greater anterior part, scutellum laterally, metanotum and upper surface of mesopleuron moderately reticulate-punctate; punctures subreticulate elsewhere. Pronotum gently declivitous in front, with humeral part broadly rounded; mesoscutum with complete notuli divergent in front, with distinct parapsidal lines; tegula ovoid, normal-sized, fairly shallowly punctate; metanotum evenly convex; propodeum vertical (invisible in dorsal view); propodeal lateral angle slender and digitate, pointed to backward, strongly concave posteriorly, adjacent to metanotum; mesopleuron moderately angulate ventrally. Tarsal claws edentate, hind tibiae with dark drop-shaped spot occupying more than apical third of inner surface. Fore wing with three closed cells: costal, radial and cubital cells; M vein faintly bent, arising slightly after cu-a; Rs about 0.75× as long as stigma; no evidence of Rs+M , Cu and R1 ; stigma wellsclerotised; prestigma swollen. Metasoma : Terga finely subreticulate-punctate, punctures on T2 rather sparse posteriorly; T1 markedly short, abruptly declivitous anteriorly, evenly rounded antero-laterally; T2 distinctly long, about 8.3× as long as T1 along midline, obtusely angulated apico-laterally, with apical rim hyaline, without pit row and evenly rounded (edentate); sterna polished and strongly concave. MALE. Unknown.