Dzhanokmenia muleica Li, Wang & Hu

Li, Qin, Wang, Chao, Hu, Hong-Ying, Kostjukov, Viktor V., Salle, John La & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2016, Descriptions of three new species of Dzhanokmenia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from China, Zootaxa 4121 (4), pp. 447-457 : 449-451

Dzhanokmenia muleica Li, Wang & Hu , sp. n.

( Figs 1–10 )

Description. FEMALE (Holotype, Fig. 1 ). Body length 1.3 mm, with blue, yellow and orange metallic reflections. Head mainly green with metallic tinge; vertex with a yellow area surrounding ocelli, inner part of ocellar triangle greenish with metallic tinge; eyes red; ocelli dark red; antennae with scape, pedicel and flagellum yellow; mandibles pale brown. Mesosoma green with metallic luster. Legs and coxae yellow or pale yellow except metacoxa with green metallic luster as on mesosoma and apical tarsomeres infuscate. Color patterns on metasomal tergites symmetric: metasoma mainly yellow with oval-shaped greenish stain-like spots with metallic luster on sides of tergites I–IV, and tergites V–VI medially with larger spots. Ovipositor sheaths dark with green metallic reflections, apex of hypopygium brownish.

Head ( Fig. 2 ) with ocellar triangle, not surrounded by distinct grooves. POL 3× OOL. Malar space about 0.5× as long as height of eye. Scrobal area with distinct longitudinal median carina. Antennae inserted at level of lower margin of eyes. Malar sulcus strongly curved. Head 1.4× as wide as high, 1.1× as broad as midlobe of mesoscutum.

Antenna ( Fig. 3 ) with scape 4.5× as long as wide, not reaching anterior ocellus; pedicel 1.6×, F1 1.3×, F2 1×, F3 0.8×, and clava 1.6× as long as wide; clava with sutures between clavomeres difficult to see; C3 short with rounded apex, without a terminal spine.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 4 ) 1.5× as long as wide, convex. Pronotum medially very short in dorsal view. Midlobe of mesoscutum about as long as wide, with median line very weak, and with a single row of 3 adnotaular setae on each side. Scutellum 1.06× as long as wide, with anterior pair of setae in its posterior half, submedian and sublateral grooves strong and parallel to each other. Propodeum medially as long as dorsellum, with a median carina but without paraspiracular carina; callus with 4 or 5 setae; with a groove extending from spiracle to posterior margin of propodeum.

Fore wing ( Fig. 5 ) hyaline, 1.8× as long as wide; CC 2.64× as long as MV; MV thick, 4.0× as long as wide; MV 2.0× as long as STV, with 6 marginal setae (about 0.5× as long as STV); STV rather thick; PSV not thicker than MV, very short, stub-like, less than 0.5× length of STV. Speculum large, extending from parastigma to stigmal vein. Discal setae short. Hind wing rounded apically, 4.1× as long as wide.

Legs. Metafemur 3.9× as long as wide.

Metasoma 0.92× as long as mesosoma, 1.4× as long as wide; hypopygium extending to about 0.5× length of metasoma; cercal setae subequal in length; ovipositor sheaths slightly protruding.

Variation. Body length: 1.1–1.3mm. Head with yellow area surrounding ocelli on vertex and metallic patterns on metasomal tergites varying from small to large. HW 1.3–1.4× HL. POL 3.0–3.5× OOL. EL 1.8–2.3× MS. ML 1.5–1.7× MW. STL 0.9–1.1× STW. FWL 1.7–1.9× FWW. HWL 3.7–4.9× HWW. CC 2.4–2.6× MV. MV 1.6–2.4× STV. GL 1.5–1.9× GW. MFL 3.4–4.0× MFW.

MALE ( Figs 6–10 ). Body length 1.2–1.3mm. Similar to female except as follows: funicle 4-segmented; scape with a pale brown ventral plaque that is 0.3× scape length; metasoma mainly yellow except anterior part of tergite I pale green; tergite IV medially yellow, with green spots on both sides; tergites V and VI green with a metallic shine. Fore wing with venation yellow, STV partially infuscate. HW 1.3–1.8× HL. POL 3.4–3.7× OOL. EL 2.1– 2.6× MS. ML 1.7–1.8× MW. STL 1.0–1.1× STW. FWL 1.7–1.8× FWW. HWL 3.7–4.8× HWW. CC 1.2–1.9× MV. MV 1.7–2.7× STV. GL 1.6–1.9× GW. MFL 3.3–4.0× MFW. VP 0.26–0.28× SL.

Type material. Holotype ♀ [ ICXU], China, Xinjiang, Mulei, sweeping on Ephedra , Haloxylon , Nitraria , Phragmites, Sagebrush , 940m, 30.vii.2012, H. Hu group.

Paratypes (10♀, 6Ƌ), China, Xinjiang, H. Hu group: Karamay, sweeping on Haloxylon , Karelinia , Nitraria , Salsola , Tamarix , 275m, 24.vii.2012 [1♀, 1Ƌ, ICXU; 2♀, 1Ƌ, IZCAS]. Mulei: sweeping on Ceratocarpus , Haloxylon , Peganum , Salsola , 761m, 29.vii.2012 [1♀, ICXU; 1♀, UCRC]; sweeping on the same plants as holotype, 940m, 30.vii.2012 [1♀, 1Ƌ, IZCAS; 1♀, 1Ƌ, ZIN]. Shihezi: sweeping on Alhagi , Ceratocarpus , Haloxylon , Karelinia , Limonium , 339m, 21.vii.2012 [1♀, 1Ƌ, ICXU; 1♀, 1Ƌ, IZCAS]; sweeping on Reaumuria , 346m, 22.vii.2012 [1♀, ICXU].

Etymology. The species is named after the collection locality of its holotype.

Hosts. Unknown.

Diagnosis. This species is similar to D. kasparyani . It differs in the POL being more than 3× OOL, the vertex with a yellow area surrounding the ocelli, and metasomal tergites V and VI with green metallic tinge. In D. kasparyani the POL is 1.45–1.6× OOL, the vertex lacks the yellow area, and the metasoma is yellow except tergite VI is dark.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 10. Dzhanokmenia muleica. 1 – 5, female: 1, habitus (holotype), lateral; 2, head, frontal; 3, antenna, lateral; 4, mesosoma, dorsal; 5, wings. 6 – 10, male: 6, habitus, lateral; 7, head, frontal; 8, antenna, lateral; 9, mesosoma, dorsal; 10, wings. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.