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
Euderomphale sulciscapus
sp. n.
(figures 93, 94)
Diagnosis
Very similar to
flavimedia
, the major difference being the strongly enlarged male scape and the strong longitudinal grooves on the outer surface of male scape in
sulciscapus
(figure 93) (
flavimedia
with male scape similar to female scape, i.e. narrow and without grooves (figure 92)). The females of
sulciscapus
and
flavimedia
is more difficult to separate, a tentative difference is the colour of the pedicel, pale in
flavimedia
and dark in
sulciscapus
. However, there tends to be some variation in this character in
flavimedia
, from white to dark brown (see above), hence it has to be used with caution.