Oodera florea, Werner & Peters, 2018
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.63.12754 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/65A161CA-A576-4882-BE2F-E45327ED51A6 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:act:65A161CA-A576-4882-BE2F-E45327ED51A6 |
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Oodera florea |
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Oodera florea sp. n. Figs 2e View Figure 2 , 5e View Figure 5 , 8e View Figure 8 , 11e View Figure 11 , 14e View Figure 14
Diagnosis.
FEMALE (N = 1). Small-sized (4.80 mm). Head and mesosoma dark green and green-blue. Fore wing hyaline. Body robust (mesonotum 1.32 × as long as wide). Head round (1.41 × as high as long). Eyes large (0.66 × as high as head) (Fig. 8e View Figure 8 ). Corona medium (5.83 × as long as wide), structure continuous (Fig. 5e View Figure 5 ). Pronotum oval and wider than long, with broadest part at midlength (Fig. 11e View Figure 11 ). Mesoscutellum normal (0.72 × as long as wide), anterior margin hardly convex (part anterior to imaginary transverse line connecting posterior margins of axillae less than 1/3 of mesoscutellum length; 0.28), mesoscutellum lineate in anterior third, areolate in posterior two thirds (Fig. 14e View Figure 14 ). Propodeum large (0.18 × as long as mesoscutum) (Fig. 14e View Figure 14 ). Profemur medium (2.08 × as long as wide). Marginal vein long (1.25 × as long as postmarginal vein). Metasoma medium (0.49 × as long as body). Ovipositor short (0.12 × as long as metasoma) (Fig. 2e View Figure 2 ).
Description.
FEMALE. Colour (Figs 2e View Figure 2 , 5e View Figure 5 , 8e View Figure 8 , 11e View Figure 11 , 14e View Figure 14 ). Scape yellow, darkening apically, rest of antenna dark brown. Procoxa and profemur light green, all other parts of legs dark brown with yellow joints and tarsi, except for brown last tarsal segments. Metasoma dark brown.
Head (Figs 5e View Figure 5 , 8e View Figure 8 ). Face completely reticulate. Head 1.41 × as wide as long. Head width 3.76 × eye distance. Malar space 0.34 × head height. Corona 0.67 × as long as eye height. POL 1.67 × OOL. Scape 2.43 × as long as pedicel. Clava length to funicle length not available. Flagellum length to head width not available.
Mesosoma (Figs 11e View Figure 11 , 14e View Figure 14 ). Pronotum 0.92 × as long as wide. Pronotum 0.52 × as long as mesonotum. Mesonotum 1.45 × as long as mesoscutum. Mesoscutum 0.91 × as long as wide. Mesoscutellum 0.45 × as long as mesoscutum. Profemur 1.37 × as long as protibia.
Wings (Fig. 2e View Figure 2 ). Fore wing 3.33 × as long as wide. Costal cell 0.36 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 0.21 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 3.16 × as long as stigmal vein. Postmarginal vein 2.53 × as long as stigmal vein.
MALE. Unknown.
Material examined.
ASIA. Thailand: female holotype, Loei, Phu Kradueng NP, labelled “Deciduous”, leg. S. Glong-lasae, 02- 10.10.2006 ( CNC) (OFl01) .
Biology.
Unknown.
Distribution.
Thailand.
Etymology.
Named after the latin adjective Oodera florea , meaning flowery. The species is, in our subjective view, particularly beautiful and flimsy, like a flower.
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