Omphale dolichura, Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012, Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), ZooKeys 232, pp. 1-157 : 75-78

Omphale dolichura sp. n. Figures 293-301523

Material.

Holotype female (BMNH), glued to a card, labelled "HUNGARY: Vas Co., Köszeg, 47°22'N, 16°31'E, 26.vi.2010, C. Hansson".

Diagnosis.

Female gaster very long (Fig. 293), 2.5 × as long as mesosoma; legs predominantly pale (Fig. 293); face smooth (Fig. 300); forewing admarginal setae 15, arising mainly from ventral surface of marginal vein, and radial cell hairy (Fig. 296).

Description.

Female. Length of body 2.4 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish brown with dorsal margin dark brown; pedicel and flagellum dark brown; pedicel + flagellum 2.4 × as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.3 × as long and 0.9 × as wide as second flagellomere (Fig. 299); flagellomeres 2-4 ventrally with two sets of setae, one attached at base and one in apical ⅓ of flagellomere; clava 2-segmented. Face golden green (Fig. 294), smooth (Fig. 300); clypeus bluish green metallic, smooth, trapezoid and 1.5 × as wide as high; gena golden with green tinges; lower frons golden green, with engraved weak reticulation; interscrobal area smooth; antennal scrobes join frontal suture separately; frontal suture weakly U-shaped; upper frons golden with weak reticulation; vertex bluish green metallic, with engraved weak reticulation (Fig. 301). Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 301).

Mesoscutum golden green (Fig. 295), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 298), midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as indistinct impressions in posterior ½. Scutellum golden with green tinges (Fig. 295), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 298); 1.3 × as long as wide, with anterior margin smoothly curved forwards. Axillae golden green (Fig. 295). Dorsellum golden green (Fig. 295), smooth and slightly convex (Fig. 298), 0.3 × as long as wide, and 0.4 × as long as length of median propodeum. Lateral mesosoma black with golden tinges (Fig. 293); transepimeral sulcus strongly curved forwards. Propodeum black with bluish green tinges (Fig. 295), smooth (Fig. 298); propodeal callus with two setae. Coxae yellowish white with base brown (Fig. 293), femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown, hind femur with dorsal part brown; midleg with first tarsomere 0.4 × as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins yellowish brown and setae dark brown (Fig. 296); speculum closed; admarginal setae 15, arising mainly from ventral surface of marginal vein; radial cell setose; stigmal vein long and slender; postmarginal vein 1.7 × as long as stigmal vein. Hind wing transparent, apex rounded. Forewing WIP (Fig. 297) in magenta with narrow bands in blue and yellow from stigmal vein to hind margin of wing.

Petiole yellowish brown. Gaster with first tergite blue metallic, remaining tergites dark brown with golden tinges, elongate and 2.5 × as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.2 × as long as length of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Hungary (Fig. 523).

Etymology.

From the Greek dolichos = long, and oura = tail, referring to the very long female gaster.