Dilyta japonica Paretas-Martínez & Ferrer-Suay, 2011

Paretas-Martínez, Jordi, Ferrer-Suay, Mar, Kovalev, Oleg, Melika, George, Selfa, Jesús & Pujade-Villar, Juli, 2011, Revision of the Holarctic species of Dilyta Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with descriptions of four new species from the eastern Palaearctic, Zootaxa 2780, pp. 29-38 : 32

Dilyta japonica Paretas-Martínez & Ferrer-Suay n. sp.

Type material. CNCI: Holotype Ƥ: “C-449, JAPAN: Hokkaido, Horota 800m, 5.VII.1989, Sweep, M. J. Sharkey”, “ Holotype Dilyta japonica sp. n. Paretas-Martínez & Ferrer-Suay” (red); UB: paratype 1Ƥ with the same locality data as the holotype, “ Paratype Dilyta japonica sp. n. Paretas-Martínez & Ferrer-Suay” (red).

Diagnosis. Similar to D. longinqua n. sp., D. sinica n. sp. and D. subclavata in having distal area of metasoma punctate. Differs from these in proportions of antennal segments (see key). Differs from D. aleevae n. sp. and D. rathmanae these having distal area of metasoma smooth without punctures.

Description. Length: Female. 1.4–1.5 mm. Male. Unknown.

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma dark brown. Antennae and legs yellow or dark yellow.

Antennae (fig. 3E): Female. F1 very long and thin, much longer than pedicel almost double, F1 longer than F2, F3, F4 and F5, F1 almost as long as F2, F3 and F4 together, F2 subequal to F3, F4 longert than F2 and F3, F5 longert than F4, F6 longer than F5, F6 subequal to F1, F7 longer than F6; F7–F11 wider than previous segments, antenna slightly clavate from F6, sensilla beginning on F6.

Metasoma: Distal part with a punctated area.

Etymology. Named after the country where this new species occurs, Japan.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Hokkaido Island, Japan.