Lonchodryinus politus Olmi et Guglielmino

Olmi, Massimo & Guglielmino, Adalgisa, 2010, Revision of Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905, with description of a new species from New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), Zootaxa 2654, pp. 30-40 : 38-39

Lonchodryinus politus Olmi et Guglielmino , new species

( Figs 5, 6 )

Description. Female: fully winged; length 2.43 mm. Completely testaceous. Antennae filiform; antennal segments in the following proportions: 9:5:9:9:9:9:7:7:7:9. Head shiny, smooth, finely punctate, without sculpture among punctures; face without lateral keels; frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 7; OL = 3; OOL = 6; OPL = 6; TL = 7; greatest breadth of posterior ocelli shorter than OL (2:3). Pronotum shiny, smooth, without sculpture, very short, with posterior surface much shorter than scutum (4:15). Scutum, scutellum and metanotum shiny, smooth, finely punctate, without sculpture among punctures. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.7 length of scutum. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without a transverse keel between dorsal and posterior surface; posterior surface without longitudinal keels. Forewing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; pterostigma very broad ( Fig. 6 ); distal part of stigmal vein about twice as long as proximal part (9:4.5). Fore tarsal segments in the following proportions: 8:2.5:3:5:15. Segment 3 of fore tarsus produced into a hook. Enlarged claw ( Fig. 5 ) with a proximal prominence bearing a long bristle. Segment 5 of fore tarsus ( Fig. 5 ) with 2 rows of approximately 37 lamellae; distal apex with a group of approximately 7 lamellae. Tibial spurs 1, 1, 2.

Male: unknown.

Type locality. 26 mi. E Carlsbad (New Mexico, USA) Type material. Female holotype! in TAMU (it will be transferred to USNM).

Hosts. unknown.

Distribution. Nearctic region: USA.

Material examined. USA: New Mexico: Eddy Co., 26 mi. E Carlsbad, 17.V.1977, Malaise trap, female holotype ( TAMU (it will be transferred to USNM)!).

Etymology. politus is a Latin adjective meaning elegant.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 7. 5, 6. Lonchodryinus politus sp. nov. 5: Chela; 6: Pterostigma of holotype, length 0.52 mm. 7. L. flavus, pterostigma of a female specimen from New York, Valois, length 0.70 mm. Scale bar 0.08 mm for 5.