Pseudeucoila ( Pseudeucoila ) vulgaris Yoshimoto

Carl M. Yoshimoto, 1962, Hymenoptera: Eucoilinae (Cynipoidea), Insects of Micronesia 19 (3), pp. 89-107 : 103-104

11. Pseudeucoila ( Pseudeucoila) vulgaris Yoshimoto , n. sp. (fig. 10).

Pemale: Ferrugineus to fuscous; legs testaceous.

Front view of head as in figure 10, c; malar space equal to one-third height of eye; hairs on frons evenly spaced, forming two columns at each side extending from base of antenna fossa to posterior margin of clypeus; lateral margin of clypeus with three fine hairs; anterior margin of clypeus with several short hairs evenly spaced. Surface of mandible with four hairs near base. Segments of antennal club striate and elliptical; antennal segments 1 and 2 twice as long as broad, shorter than 3; segment 3 four times as long as broad; segments 4 to 6 shorter than 3. Pronotal plate T-shaped, upper part crescentshaped, 2.2 times as broad as deep, with a slight emargination on median dorsal margin. Metapleuron with two hairs separated by a horizontal carina at posterior portion of dorsal margin. Lateral bar apically acuminate and reaching one-half distance of cup. Scutellar disc minutely punctate. Scutellar cup l. S times as long as broad, ovate, surface polished, with two minute pits, each with a hair at anterior part of lateral margin and a large pit at posterior end. Propodeum with two parallel strongly raised lines; entire area of propodeum covered with sparse whitish hairs. Abdomen l. S times as long as broad; tergite 2 covering entire abdomen. Length 1.2 mm.; forewing 1.2 mm.

M ale: Unknown.

Holotype, female (US 66367), Ine Is., Amo Atoll, Marshall Is., Aug. 5, 1950, La Rivers; paratypes, 2 females (BISHOP, MCZ), Agric. Expt. Sta., Colonia, Ponape, Jan. 6, 1953, Gressitt; female, Agric. Expt. Sta., Ponape, June-Sept. 1950, Adams; female (US), Pilgo River, Guam, May 26, 1945, Bohart and Gressitt; female, Talofofo, Guam, Aug. 1952, Krauss; fëmale, Butaritari L, Butaritari Atoll, Gilbert Is., Dec. 1957, Krauss.

Other specimens: female, Mt. Temwetemwensekir (Tamatamansakir), 180 m., Jan. 19, 1953, Gressitt; Babelthuap I., Ngerehelong, May 6, 1957, along stream, Sabrosky; female, Airai, tree fern ravine, Ngerimal R., Palau, May 26, 1957, Sabrosky; female, north central Peleliu, Aug. 4, 1945, Dybas; female, Matanluk (Yepan), Kusaie, Jan. 23, 1953, Gressitt; female, Mt. Lamlam, Guam, Oct. 1952, Krauss.

DISTRIBUTION: S. Mariana Is., N. Mariana Is., Caroline Is., Marshall Is.