Sporrongia tobagoiensis Gumovsky

Hansson, Christer, 2020, The neotropical genus Sporrongia Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) including two new species and the first biological record, Zootaxa 4881 (1), pp. 73-82 : 80-81

Sporrongia tobagoiensis Gumovsky

( Figs 8–10 , 27 )

Sporrongia tobagoiensis Gumovsky 1998:32 . Holotype female in NHM, examined.

Diagnosis. Female flagellum pale brown and scape white ( Fig. 9 ); female with all coxae pale brown ( Fig. 8 ); female gaster dark brown ( Fig. 8 ).

Description. See Gumovsky (1998). The additional specimen included here is very similar to the holotype of this species and the original description of S. tobagoiensis applies well to this non-type specimen.

Distribution. Trinidad & Tobago ( Gumovsky 1998).

Biology. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female of S. tobagoiensis in NHM (type no. 5.3947). Additional material: One female from TOBAGO, St. Paul, Delaford, 22.vii.1976, J.S. Noyes, collected in secondary forest ( NHM) .

Figures

FIGURES 2–10. Sporrongia spp., females. 2–4, S. marginata sp. nov.; 2, habitus in lateral view, holotype; 3–4, antenna in lateral view, paratype. 5–7, S. niveicornis sp. nov., holotype; 5, habitus in lateral view; 6–7, antenna in lateral view. 8–10, S. tobagoiensis Gumovsky, non-type; 8, habitus in lateral view; 9–10, antenna in lateral view.

FIGURES 23–27. Sporrongia spp. 23–26. S. marginata sp. nov., paratypes; 23, head and mesosoma in lateral view, female; 24, part of mesosoma with axilla (=ax) in lateral view, female; 25, propodeum, female; 26, illustration of phallobase, part of male genitalia. 27, S. tobagoiensis Gumovsky, female non-type, thoracic dorsum and head.