Oodera sp. 3

Werner, Jennifer & Peters, Ralph S., 2018, Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 63, pp. 73-123 : 114

Oodera sp. 3

Material examined.

AFRICA. Republic of South Africa: female, Western Cape, Gamkaberg Nature Reserve , 33°39.941'S / 21°53.505'E, 315 m, 21.03.- 05.05.2009, leg. S. van Noort (SAMC) (OSp03) .

Remarks.

This specimen has very few conspicuous characteristics that might allow placing it close to any other species. It differs from the other South African species O. heikewernerae sp. n. by, for example, a distinctly larger body length (7.7 mm compared to maximum of 6.64 mm in O. heikewernerae ), a slightly different corona (no horizontal crests connected by vertical crests vs. some horizontal crests connected by vertical crests in O. heikewernerae ), and a different scutellum sculpture (only partially lineate vs. completely lineate in O. heikewernerae ). It is tentatively close to O. felix (from Central African Republic), but differs also from this species by, for example, hyaline fore wings (partly infumate in O. felix ), small eyes (large in O. felix ), and a partly blueish mesosoma (dark green in O. felix ).