Omphale breviventris Graham

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012, Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), ZooKeys 232, pp. 1-157 : 15-18

Omphale breviventris Graham Figures 30-38503

Omphale breviventris Graham, 1970:207. Holotype female in OUMNH, examined.

Material.

Type material.Holotype female, type no. 1222 in OUMNH, paratype 1♀ (BMNH). Additional material. 5♀: Germany 2♀ (RMNH), Netherlands 1♀ (RMNH), United Kingdom 2♀ (BMNH).

Diagnosis.

Gaster short, as long as length of mesosoma; scape and legs yellowish white to citron yellow (Fig. 30); head and mesosoma bright metallic (green with golden tinges, golden red) (Figs 31, 32).

Description.

Female. Length of body 1.4-1.9 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish white to citron yellow with apical ½ of dorsal edge dark brown; pedicel dark brown; flagellum dark brown with golden tinges; pedicel + flagellum 2.1 × as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.2 × as long and 1.0 × as wide as second flagellomere (Fig. 36); flagellomeres with scattered short setae; clava 2-segmented. Face bright green metallic with golden tinges (Fig. 31), strigose; clypeus bright green metallic with golden tinges, smooth, rectangular, 1.4 × as wide as high; gena bright green metallic with golden tinges; lower frons bright green metallic with golden tinges, with raised reti-culation (Fig. 37), subtorular area smooth; interscrobal area with raised reticulation; antennal scrobes join frontal suture separately; frontal suture V-shaped; upper frons bright green metallic with golden tinges, with engraved reticulation; vertex golden red, with engraved reticulation. Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 38).

Mesoscutum golden with green tinges (Fig. 32), to golden red, with engraved reticulation (Fig. 35), midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as indistinct impressions. Scutellum golden with lateral and posterior margins green metallic (Fig. 32), to golden red, with engraved reticulation (Fig. 35); 1.2 × as long as wide, with ant erior margin smoothly and weakly curved forwards. Axillae green metallic (Fig. 32). Dorsellum bluish green (Fig. 32), smooth and flat with raised lateral and posterior margins (Fig. 35), 0.5 × as long as wide, and 0.6 × as long as length of median propodeum. Lateral pronotum, propleuron and prepectus green metallic with golden tinges (Fig. 30); acropleuron dark brown; mesepisternum golden red; upper mes-epimeron green metallic with golden tinges; lower mesepimeron dark brown with golden tinges; transepimeral sulcus very weakly curved forwards. Propodeum green metallic with golden tinges (Fig. 32), smooth with a small fovea anteromedially (Fig. 35); propodeal callus with two setae. Legs yellowish white to citron yellow, hind coxa brown at very base; midleg with first tarsomere 0.3 × as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins yellowish white and setae dark brown (Fig. 33); speculum closed; admarginal setae 8-12, arising from both marginal vein and wing membrane; radial cell setose; postmarginal vein 1.0 × as long as stigmal vein; stigmal vein slender. Hind wing transparent, apex rounded (Fig. 33). Forewing WIP (Fig. 34) as in Omphale admirabilis with apical ⅓ blue, and basal ⅔ with diagonal bands in yellow, magenta and blue.

Petiole dark brown. Gaster golden with green tinges, short, 1.0 × as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.06 × as long as length of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Germany ( Graham 1970), Netherlands ( Gijswijt 1976), United Kingdom ( Graham 1970) (Fig. 503).