Conidarnes achterbergi Farache & Rasplus

Farache, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli & Rasplus, Jean-Yves, 2015, Conidarnes, a new oriental genus of Sycophaginae (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus section Conosycea (Moraceae), ZooKeys 539, pp. 119-145 : 122

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Agaonidae

Conidarnes achterbergi Farache & Rasplus sp. n. Figs 1, 2

Holotype.

♀: MALAYSIA: SE. Sabah: nr. Danum Valley Field C. El. C., 4.96° 117.69°, 400m, 21-25.III.1978, v. Achterberg C, Malaise trap 7 (CBGP).

Diagnosis.

Metasoma ventrally yellow, dorsally dark brown. Antenna with two anelli. Antennae inserted at the lower line of compound eyes. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sculpture reticulate. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 1.7 × body length.

Description.

Female. Size and colour. Body length 3.8 mm. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 6.4 mm. Antennae yellow orange. Head and mesosoma with metallic lustre, mostly green and blue. Head dorsally more orange. Legs yellow. Metasoma ventrally yellow, dorsally dark brown.

Head. Scape 4.8 × as long as wide. Antenna with two anelli. Proximal anellus longer than distal anellus. Funicular segments mostly as long as wide or slightly longer than wide. Terminal antennomere conspicuous. Antennae inserted at the lower line of compound eyes. Supraclypeal area shorter than clypeus and narrow. Face sculpture reticulate. Scrobe without a median longitudinal sulcus.

Mesosoma. Pronotum sculpture reticulate. Pronotum elongated, nearly twice as long as high in lateral view. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum sculpture reticulate. Notauli complete. Frenal sulcus crenulated. Metascutellum long, rectangular to trapezoidal. Anterior margin of propodeum slightly crenulated. Propodeum sculpture reticulate. Propodeum without a median line.

Metasoma. Length of the ovipositor sheaths 1.7 × body length.

Male. Unknown.

Etymology.

The species is dedicated to our colleague and renowned specialist of Hymenoptera , Kees van Achterberg who collected the holotype.

Biology.

Unknown