Pediobius askari

Gumovsky, Alex, 2018, New enigmatic species of the genus Pediobius (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Afrotropics, with notes on related genera, Zootaxa 4438 (2), pp. 201-236 : 222

askari species group

( Figs 12–15 )

Diagnosis. Head wider than mesosoma, notably curved in dorsal view with frons convex and with short X-shaped frontal sutures; lower face notably narrowed and elongate with antennae inserted merely or much below lower eye margins; head surface broadly sculptured, except for lower face. The representatives of this group look like the somewhat coarser sculptured representatives of marjoriae group with longer lower face.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Pediobius askari. A–D, holotyPe female (South Africa, BMNH), E, ParatyPe female (Tanzania, SAMC). A, B, habitus: A, dorsal vieW, B, lateral vieW; C, D, head and anterior Part of mesosoma: C, fronto-lateral vieW, D, dorsal vieW; E, head, mesosoma and anterior Part of metasoma in dorso-lateral vieW.

FIGURE 13. Pediobius askari, ParatyPe female (ZimbabWe, BMNH), SEM. A, B, head, mesosoma and anterior Part of metasoma: A, ventro-lateral vieW, B, dorso-lateral vieW; C, head in frontal vieW; D, mouth oPening and mandibles; E, ProPodeum and Petiole in lateral vieW; F, head in dorso-lateral vieW.

FIGURE 14. Pediobius maleficus. A–C, holotyPe female (DRC, RMCA): A, B, habitus: A, dorsal vieW, B, lateral vieW; C, head and mesosoma in dorsal vieW; D–F, ParatyPes: D, E, male (Gabon, SAMC), F, female (DRC, RMCA); D, head and anterior Part of mesosoma in dorsal vieW; E, F, head in frontal vieW.

FIGURE 15. Pediobius maleficus. A–D, female With aberrant straight genae (Cameroon, SAMC, SAM-HYM-P011852): A, habitus, B–D, head vieWs, E–H, wIP: E, F, characteristic color Pattern, G, H, aberrant color Pattern: E, female shoWn at A–D; F, holotyPe (DRC, RMCA); G, H, non-tyPe females: G, from Cameroon (SAMC, SAM-HYM-P011920), H, from CAR (SAMC, HYM-SAM-P067854).