Oodera Westwood, 1874
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Oodera Westwood, 1874 |
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Diagnosis.
Both sexes. Comparatively large-bodied (3.6-17 mm). Parascrobal area of head raised and with crest-like structure (= corona) (Fig. 1 View Figure 1 ). Pronotum long and in dorsal view separated from mesothorax by distinct constriction, semicircularly strigulate (Figs 11 View Figure 11 - 13 View Figure 13 ). Mesonotum with mesoscutum and mesoscutellar-axillar complex fused, without flexible, transverse transscutal articulation; mesoscutum with notauli V-like sulcate and extending to base of mesoscutellum; axillae strongly advanced laterally (Figs 11 View Figure 11 - 13 View Figure 13 ). Mesothorax ventrally with membranous region anterior to each mesocoxa, enabling mesocoxae to rotate anteriorly. Profemur enlarged (Figs 2 View Figure 2 - 4 View Figure 4 ) and ventrally with comb of small teeth and strong black bristles.
Female. Always with exserted part of ovipositor visible in dorsal view (Figs 2 View Figure 2 - 4 View Figure 4 ).
Description.
For a detailed description of the genus see Gibson (2003). Only few characters given there need to be redescribed based on the material examined in this study:
Mesosoma. Pronotum in dorsal view appearing somewhat pentagonal or almost circular. Mesoscutellum sculpture variable dorsally, always with longitudinally strigose parts, with smoother, coriaceous apical rim distinguished by furrow or carina.
Wings. Postmarginal vein slightly shorter to slightly longer than marginal vein.
Metasoma. Length of ovipositor sheaths varying from less than 10% of metasoma length to 110% of metasoma length.
Note that some of the characters given by Gibson (2003) were not studied for all species because they were not visible in some specimens, including types, specifically ventral views of mesosoma.
Key to Oodera species
Note: If combinations of characters are given, connected with and and separated by comma (not semicolon), then all characters have to be present; in the alternative path at least one of the characters has to be different.
| 1 | Ovipositor longer than 0.25 × metasoma length; with bright blue or green colour on mesosoma (Fig. 3a, e View Figure 3 ) | 2 |
| - | Ovipositor distinctly shorter than 0.25 × metasoma length; mesosoma not brightly coloured | 3 |
| 2 (1) | Ovipositor longer than metasoma; corona structure three- to four-part; body length >15 mm (Fig. 3a View Figure 3 ) | O. gracilis Westwood (Indonesia) |
| - | Ovipositor shorter than metasoma; corona structure square; body length <15 mm (Fig. 3e View Figure 3 ) | O. longicollis (Cameron) (China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam) |
| 3(1) | Head width about 7 × eye distance (Fig. 3d View Figure 3 ); large-sized (>9.0 mm) | O. madegassa Bouček (Madagascar) |
| - | Head width at most 4.38 × eye distance; usually small- to medium-sized (≤9.0 mm) | 4 |
| 4(3) | Eyes small (eye height <0.6 × head height), and head oval (head height 1.45-1.6 × head length), and small-sized (<7.0 mm) | 5 |
| - | Different combination of characters | 6 |
| 5(4) | Pronotum virtually round; profemur robust (profemur length <1.99 × width) (Fig. 2b View Figure 2 ) | O. circularicollis sp. n. (Morocco) |
| - | Pronotum pentagonal, with broadest part before midlength; profemur medium (profemur length 2.15 × width) (Fig. 4f View Figure 4 ) | O. pumilae Yang (China) |
| 6(4) | Head round (height <1.45 × length), and marginal vein long (marginal vein length >1.10 × postmarginal vein length), and small-sized (<7.0 mm) | 7 |
| - | Different combination of characters | 10 |
| 7(6) | Profemur elongated (profemur length >2.2 × width); fore wing at least weakly infumate in part | 8 |
| - | Profemur medium (profemur length 2.0-2.2 × width); fore wing hyaline (Fig. 2e View Figure 2 ) | O. florea sp. n. (Thailand) |
| 8 (7) | Anterior margin of mesoscutellum convex (part anterior to imaginary transverse line connecting posterior margins of axillae more than 1/3 mesoscutellum length, 0.37-0.39); mesoscutellum completely lineate; pronotum pentagonal with posterior part hardly narrowing towards mesoscutum (Figs 2d View Figure 2 , 14d View Figure 14 ) | O. fidelis sp. n. (Vietnam) |
| - | Anterior margin of mesoscutellum hardly convex (part anterior to imaginary transverse line connecting posterior margins of axillae at most 1/3 mesoscutellum length, 0.17-0.33); mesoscutellum lineate only in anterior two thirds; pronotum oval or pentagonal, if pentagonal then with posterior part distinctly narrowing towards mesoscutum | 9 |
| 9(8) | Pronotum oval (Fig. 4i View Figure 4 ); corona structure continuous (Figs 1b View Figure 1 , 7i View Figure 7 ) | O. tenuicollis (Walker) (Indonesia) |
| - | Pronotum pentagonal with posterior part distinctly narrowing towards mesoscutum (Fig. 3d View Figure 3 ); corona structure three- to four-part (Fig. 1d View Figure 1 ) | O. leibnizi sp. n. (Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines) |
| 10(6) | Body slender (mesonotum length 1.45 × mesonotum width), and eyes large (eye height 0.64 × head height), and marginal vein long (marginal vein length 1.17 × postmarginal vein length) (Figs 2c View Figure 2 , 8c View Figure 8 ) | O. felix sp. n. (Central African Republic) |
| - | Different combination of characters | 11 |
| 11(10) | Medium- to large-sized (≥7.0 mm), and either uniformly dark-coloured, or if not uniformly dark-coloured then fore wing hyaline | 12 |
| - | Small-sized (<7.0 mm) or if medium-sized (7.0-9.0 mm) then in part with distinct dark green or coppery colour and fore wing partly infumate | 14 |
| 12(11) | Body robust or medium (mesonotum length ≤1.44 × width) (Figs 4d View Figure 4 , 13d View Figure 13 ); fore wing partly infumate (Fig. 4d View Figure 4 ) | O. namibiensis sp. n. (Namibia) |
| - | Body slender (mesonotum length >1.44 × width) (Figs 4b View Figure 4 , 13b View Figure 13 ); fore wing hyaline (Fig. 4b View Figure 4 ) | 13 |
| 13(12) | Head and mesosoma uniformly black with tinges of dark green and purple (Figs 4b View Figure 4 , 7b View Figure 7 , 10b View Figure 10 , 13b View Figure 13 ); head oval (head height 1.56 × length); eyes large (eye height 0.63 × head height) (Fig. 10b View Figure 10 ) | O. mkomaziensis sp. n. (Tanzania) |
| - | Head and mesosoma dark blue and green-blue (Figs 2a View Figure 2 , 5a View Figure 5 , 8a View Figure 8 , 11a View Figure 11 ); head round (head height 1.41 × length); eyes small (eye height 0.57 × head height) (Fig. 8a View Figure 8 ) | O. ahoma (Mani & Kaul) (India) |
| 14(11) | Head round (head height <1.45 × length) or if oval (head height 1.45-1.6 × length) then either mesoscutellum only partially lineate and fore wing partly infumate (some O. formosa ) or mesoscutellum only partially lineate and with distinct blue on head and mesosoma ( O. srilankiensis males) | 15 |
| - | Head oval or elongated (head height ≥1.45 × length) and without other character combination | 16 |
| 15 (14) | Propodeum large (propodeum length >0.15 × mesoscutum length) (Fig. 16h View Figure 16 ); fore wing hyaline (Fig. 4h View Figure 4 ); head and mesosoma blue or blue-green (Figs 7h View Figure 7 , 10h View Figure 10 , 13h View Figure 13 ) | O. srilankiensis sp. n. (Sri Lanka) |
| - | Propodeum usually medium (propodeum length 0.08-0.15 × mesoscutum length) (Fig. 14f View Figure 14 ); fore wing partly infumate (Fig. 2f View Figure 2 ); head and mesosoma dark green and coppery, without significant blue or blueish colour (Figs 5f View Figure 5 , 8f View Figure 8 , 11f View Figure 11 ) | O. formosa (Giraud) (Southern and Central Europe, Russia, eastern USA (introduced)) |
| 16(14) | Marginal vein short (marginal vein length <0.9 × postmarginal vein length), and propodeum medium to large (propodeum length ≥0.08 × mesoscutum length), and fore wing hyaline, and mesoscutellum at least partly areolate or rugolose | 17 |
| - | Different combination of characters | 18 |
| 17(16) | Mesoscutellum densely lineate in anterior half to two-thirds and areolate in posterior one-third to half (Fig. 16e View Figure 16 ); pronotum with broadest part before midlength (Fig. 13e View Figure 13 ) | O. niehuisorum sp. n. (Egypt, Israel) |
| - | Mesoscutellum lineate in anterior two-thirds and rugulose in posterior one-third (Fig. 15c View Figure 15 ); pronotum broadest at midlength (Fig. 12c View Figure 12 ) | O. hoggarensis Hedqvist (Algeria) |
| 18(16) | Marginal vein long (marginal vein length 1.19 × postmarginal vein length); corona short (corona length 0.45 × eye height) (Fig. 7g View Figure 7 ) | O. regiae Yang (China) |
| - | Marginal vein short to medium (marginal vein length <1.07 × postmarginal vein length); corona longer (corona length always >0.52 × eye height) | 19 |
| 19(18) | Fore wing hyaline (Fig. 3b View Figure 3 ); mesoscutellum completely densely lineate (Fig. 15b View Figure 15 ) | O. heikewernerae sp. n. (Botswana, South Africa) |
| - | Fore wing partly infumate (Fig. 4a View Figure 4 ); mesoscutellum completely rippledly lineate (Fig. 16a View Figure 16 ) | O. magnifica (Risbec) (Senegal) |
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