Paradettmeria clavicornis (Kieffer, 1908) n. comb.

(Figs. 1–7)

Trisseucoela clavicornis Kieffer, 1908: 39

Tropideucoila clavicornis; Weld, 1952: 196

Paradettmeria clavicornis; new combination

Tropideucoila weldi Costa Lima, 1940: 17; Loiácono & Díaz, 1977: 101; Guimarães et al., 2003: 5; new synonymy

Redescription. Female. Total length (in lateral view) 1.85–1.94 mm. Head, mesosoma and metasoma smooth, shiny and reddish brown. Antennae, wing veins and legs yellowish brown. Setae sparse, short and white. Antennae (Fig. 2) stout, total length 1.35 mm, relative length of antennal articles 1.5: 1: 1.5: 1: 1: 1: 2.5: 2.5: 2.5: 2.5: 2.5: 2.5: 4. Ratio of length to width of mesoscutum in dorsal view 9:13; length-width of scutellum, 8:7; length-width of scutellar plate, 5.5-3, wide of sacutellar plate- wide of scutellum 3: 7. Total length of fore wings (Fig. 6) 1.67 mm, ratio of length-width of marginal cell, 6:4.5.

FIGURES 1–7. Paradettmeria clavicornis . Female: 1, head (in frontal view) (228x, 100 u m); 2, flagellum (179x, 100 u m); 3, pronotal plate (391x, 20 u m); 4, mesosoma and base of metasoma (in lateral view) (168x, 100 u m); 5, mesoscutum and scutellum (in dorsal view) (215x, 100 u m); 6, forewing (Scale: 0.25 mm); 7, metacoxa (261x, 100 u m).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Nicaragua, Brazil and Argentina (Kieffer, 1908; Costa Lima, 1940; Loiácono & Díaz, 1977).

Hosts. Diptera Lonchaeidae: Neosilba pendula (in Costa Lima, 1940). The larvae bore mature fruits and tubers hastening its decomposition (Artigas, 1994).

Material examined. NICARAGUA. Chinandega. Holotype female of Trisseucoela clavicornis, without date, Baker col. (CAS ﹟10521). BRAZIL. Distrito Federal. Campo Grande, Holotype female of Tropideucoila weldi, 14-X-1937, Gomes col. (UFRJ).

Other material examined. BRAZIL. Goiás. 1 female, 25-X-1998; 1 female, 21-X-1998 (mounted for electron microscope); 1 female, 22-XI-1998; 1 female, 6-V-2000, Marchiori col. (Malaise trap) (MLP).