Smicromorpha masneri Darling, 2009

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Smicromorpha masneri Darling, 2009

( Figs 52–57 )

Smicromorpha masneri Darling 2009: 157 .

Material examined (images). Vietnam: Thua Thien-Hue Province, Bach Ma National Park,

(16°15’1”N, 107°52’24”E, 26m), Ex. nest of Oecophylla smaragdina , 27.vi.2000, Coll. T . Mason and L. Attard ( ROME, Holotype ♀, ROME1154116 ) .

Diagnosis. Female. Body 4.2–5.1 mm, length of forewing 2.3–2.6 mm; colour pale yellowish to white, darker dorsally, and mesoscutum, scapula and axillae with brown patches ( Fig. 55 ) and femoral teeth black ( Fig. 52 ); se- tation short with scattered adpressed setae on mesosoma and hind femur. Head with eye moderately large; malar carina indistinct; inner edges of eyes strongly convex, maximum interocular distance (on vertex) at least 2.5–3.0× as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); antennal scrobe deep, margin carinate, widely separated from eye ( Fig. 53 ); vertex and frons minutely coriaceous, lower frons striate; ocelli small with POL and LOD respectively 0.7–0.9× and 0.7× as long as OOL ( Fig. 55 ); frons with weak longitudinal groove between median ocellus and antennal scrobe; flagellum 7-segmented, with fl 2 to fl 5 subquadrate to transverse, fl 2 and subsequent flagellomeres each one row of multiporous plate sensilla and with adpressed setae ( Fig. 54 ); pronotal collar laterally carinate; mesopleuron ventrally transversely strigose, sternaulus absent; propodeum convex posteriorly, spiracular sulci in- distinct; fore wing subhyaline, STV shorter than MV, veins slightly obtuse at MV, stump of basalis present; hind coxa 6× as long as wide; hind femur 1.7–2.0× as long as wide with blunt basal tooth followed by almost uneven ser- rulation; petiole 3.5× as long as wide and 3.6–4.1× as long as high, somewhat swollen around mid-length and with evanescent sublateral ridges dorsally that do not extend to apex, with surface irregularly rugulose mesally between ridges, transverse lamina indistinct, not extending posteroventrally to mid length, and lateral margins not carinate in posterior half ( Fig. 56 ).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental ( Vietnam).

Host. Reared from nest pods of Oecophylla smaragdina .

Figures

FIGURES 52–57. Smicromorpha masneri Darling, holotype ♀: 52, habitus, lateral view; 53, head, frontal view; 54, antenna; 55, mesosoma and petiole, dorsal view; 56, petiole, lateral view; 57, type labels. Scale bar: Fig. 52: 1 mm; Figs 53, 56: 200 μm; Fig. 54: 100 μm; Fig. 55: 500 μm.