Euderomphale sulciscapus, HANSSON & LASALLE, 2003

HANSSON, C. & LASALLE, J., 2003, Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Journal of Natural History 37 (6), pp. 697-778 : 703

Euderomphale sulciscapus sp. n.

(figures 93, 94)

Diagnosis

Very similar to flavimedia , the major difference being the strongly enlarged male scape and the strong longitudinal grooves on the outer surface of male scape in sulciscapus (figure 93) ( flavimedia with male scape similar to female scape, i.e. narrow and without grooves (figure 92)). The females of sulciscapus and flavimedia is more difficult to separate, a tentative difference is the colour of the pedicel, pale in flavimedia and dark in sulciscapus . However, there tends to be some variation in this character in flavimedia , from white to dark brown (see above), hence it has to be used with caution.