Smicromorpha doddi Girault, 1913

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Smicromorpha doddi Girault, 1913

( Figs 23–31 )

Smicromorpha doddi Girault 1913: 89 .

Smicromorpha cadaverosa Girault 1914: 461 (synonymy by Naumann 1986: 173).

Type Material. Lectotype ♂, Australia: Northern Territory, Darwin, 1913. coll. F.P. Dodd, Det. Girault 1913 ( QMB, not examined).

Material examined (images). Australia: Queensland: Annan river Wby S Black Mt. (15.41ºS & 145.12ºE) 27.ix.1980, in light, Coll. J.C. Cardale (1♀ NHMUK, NHMUK 010748968 ); Northern Territory: Nourlangie Creek 8km E of Mt. Cahill (12.52ºS & 132.47ºE) 17-18.xi.1972, in light, Coll. J.C. Cardale (1♀ NHMUK, NHMUK 010748967 ); Northern Territory: Nourlangie Creek 8km E of Mt. Cahill (12.52ºS & 132.47ºE) 17-18.xi.1972, in light, Coll. J.C. Cardale (1♂ NHMUK, NHMUK 010748966 ); Queensland: Wenlock Road Crossing Portland Roads Road (13.06ºS & 142.56ºE), 17.vii.1986, Coll. J.C. Cardale, at MV light, det. I. D. Naumann 1986 (1 ♀ CNC) .

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 4.7–5.9 mm, length of fore wing 2.6–3.1 mm; pale yellowish to orange except as follows: mesoscutum, axilla, hind coxa distally, and hind femur dorsally sometimes with red-brown to black markings. Femoral serrulation black ( Fig. 23 ); setation sparse, represented by short adpressed setae on head and mesoscutum. Head with eyes strongly converging ventrally and enlarged; antennal scrobe impressed, carinately margined, almost adjacent to inner edge of eye; ocelli very large with OOL vestigial; POL 6.5–14× OOL; LOD 1.59× POL ( Fig. 27 ); maximum interocular distance (on vertex) strongly convex at lower eye margin, at least 3.0× as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); flagellum 6-segmented, weakly fusiform with terminal flagel- lomere (clava) one-segmented ( Fig. 26 ); pronotal collar carinate only laterally ( Fig. 29 ); midlobe of mesoscutum in anterior part rugose-punctate with short setae, posteriorly punctulate; sternaulus absent; scutellum 1.9× as long as wide, punctate; propodeum convex posteriorly, spiracular sulci indistinct; hind coxa 3.7–5.3× as long as wide; hind femur 1.6-1.9× as long as wide with small basal tooth preceding serrulation; hind tibia slender, apical grove 0.3× as long as tibia; fore wing with STV shorter than MV, forming a slightly obtuse angle with MV; stump of basalis present ( Fig. 23 ); petiole 4.5–5.6× as long as wide and 4.1–5.5× as long high, with transverse laminae not extending posteroventrally, lateral margin not carinate in apical half ( Fig. 31 ), and dorsally with minute reticulate-punctate to rugose sculpture ( Fig. 30 ); metasoma slender with moderately dense setae, Gt 4 largest; ovipositor sheaths concealed ( Fig. 23 ).

Male. Different from female as follows: eyes smaller ( Fig. 25 ); ocelli smaller, POL/OOL 1.2–2.0; lateral mar- gin of antennal scrobe more widely separated from compound eye, flagellum 5-segmented.

Distribution. Australian ( Australia).

Host. Oecophylla smaragdina Fab.

Figures

FIGURES 23–31. Smicromorpha doddi Girault: 23, habitus, lateral view (♀); 24, head, frontal view (♀); 25, head, frontal view (♂); 26, antenna (♀); 27, head, dorsal view (♀); 28, mesosoma, dorsal view (♀); 29, pronotum, lateral view showing pro- notal carina (♀); 30, petiole, dorsal view (♀); 31, petiole, lateral view (♀). Scale bar: Fig. 23: 1 mm; Figs 24, 25, 27, 29, 31: 200 μm; Fig. 28: 500 μm; Figs 26, 30: 100 μm.