Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Author
Hayat, Mohammad
Author
Ahmad, Zubair
Author
Khan, Farmanur Rehman
text
Zootaxa
2014
3793
1
1
59
journal article
36865
10.11646/zootaxa.3793.1.1
b326943e-eae9-4877-9afd-eeacbc85c43f
1175-5326
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Tyndarichus
sp.
Material examined.
KSA
:
ASIR
: Abha, Raidah,
vi.2011
, (MT), Coll. Z. Ahmad (1 ♀, on slide, EH.1483) (
ZDAMU
).
Comments.
This specimen clearly belongs to an undescribed species of
Tyndarichus
Howard
, but is not described as the right wings are missing and the left fore wing is distorted in about apical third. This specimen differs from all the described species of the genus (35 species, see
Hayat 2012
) in the following characters: frontovertex broad, 0.53× head width; eye height 1.4× malar space; mandible with two pointed teeth and a slightly receding blunt tooth; and the ovipositor 2× as long as mid tibia. This species will be considered when more specimens become available.