Neomegadicylus klarissae Tselikh, Rasplus & Ku, 2023

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Rasplus, Jean-Yves, Lee, Jaehyeon & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2023, Neomegadicylus, a new genus of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from the Palaearctic region, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 96, pp. 569-577 : 569

Neomegadicylus klarissae Tselikh, Rasplus & Ku sp. nov.

Figs 9-16

Description.

Female. Body length 3.20-3.50 mm. Fore wing length 2.00-2.10 mm.

Head and mesosoma black with weak dark metallic blue and coppery lustre; metasoma dark brown, laterally M2-M8 with metallic blue green and coppery lustre, dorsally Mt3, Mt4, Mt7 and Mt8 partly with metallic violet and coppery lustre. Antenna with scape, pedicel and F1-F5 yellowish-brown, F6 dorsally brown, ventrally yellowish-brown, clava brown. All coxae black with dark metallic blue lustre; all femora brown; tibiae and tarsi yellow. Fore wing hyaline, venation yellowish-brown.

Head in dorsal view 1.93-1.95 times as broad as long and 1.28-1.32 times as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.20-1.22 times as broad as high. POL 1.45-1.55 times OOL. Eye height 1.33-1.35 times eye length and 2.00-2.09 times as long as malar space. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 0.91-0.94 times distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Antenna with scape 0.78-0.81 times as long as eye height and 1.05-1.09 times as long as eye length; pedicel 2.22-2.40 times as long as broad and 0.76-0.81 times as long as F1; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 1.24-1.30 times breadth of head; F1 2.45-2.60 times as long as broad, F2-F6 longer than broad; clava 3.10-3.28 times as long as broad.

Mesosoma 2.00 times as long as broad, notauli curved. Scutellum finely reticulate, 1.05 times as long as broad. Propodeum 0.75-0.76 times as long as scutellum; costula distinct, median carina weak; nucha large and reticulate. Fore wing 2.40-2.56 times as long as maximum width; basal cell pilose on upper part; basal vein pilose; speculum open; M 1.16-1.26 times as long as P and 2.60-2.80 times as long as S.

Metasoma 3.28-3.30 times as long as broad, 1.01-1.06 times as long as mesosoma and head; Mt2 posteriorly curved. Ovipositor sheath projecting beyond apex of metasoma.

Etymology.

The species is named in honour of the prominent entomologist, Dr. Klarissa Alekseevna Dzhanokmen, an expert on Pteromalidae ( Hymenoptera ).

Material examined.

Holotype: South Korea • ♀; Gyeongsangnam-do, Geochang-gun, Mari-myeon, Daedong-ri , Malaise Trap, 28.VII-15.VIII.2021, coll. J. Lee, H. Jeong; deposited in NIBR . Paratype: South Korea • 1 ♀; same data as holotype; ZISP .

Distribution.

South Korea.

Figures

Figures 9 - 16. Neomegadicylus klarissae Tselikh, Rasplus & Ku, sp. nov., holotype female 9 body, lateral view 10 clypeus, frontal view 11 mesosoma, dorsal view 12 wings 13 antenna 14 metasoma, dorsal view 15 mesosoma, lateral view 16 propodeum, dorsal view.