Oodera circularicollis, Werner & Peters, 2018

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 : 80-83

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scientific name	Oodera circularicollis
status	sp. n.

Treatment

Oodera circularicollis sp. n. Figs 2b View Figure 2 , 5b View Figure 5 , 8b View Figure 8 , 11b View Figure 11 , 14b View Figure 14

Diagnosis.

FEMALE (N = 3). Small-sized (5.88-6.48 mm). Head and mesosoma blackish with dark green, purple and yellow parts. Fore wing partly infumate. Body robust to medium (mesonotum 1.22-1.43 × as long as wide). Head oval (1.45-1.51 × as high as long). Eyes small (0.54-0.56 × as high as head) (Fig. 8b View Figure 8 ). Corona thick (3.64-4.0 × as long as wide), structure interrupted (Fig. 5b View Figure 5 ). Pronotum virtually round (Fig. 11b View Figure 11 ). Mesoscutellum normal to slender (0.64-0.76 × as long as wide), anterior margin hardly convex or convex (part anterior to imaginary transverse line connecting posterior margins of axillae slightly less or more than 1/3 of mesoscutellum length; 0.32-0.35), mesoscutellum lineate in anterior two thirds, rugulose in posterior third (Fig. 14b View Figure 14 ). Propodeum medium (0.13-0.14 × as long as mesoscutum) (Fig. 14b View Figure 14 ). Profemur robust (1.78-1.91 × as long as wide). Marginal vein short to medium (0.88-0.94 × as long as postmarginal vein). Metasoma medium (0.45-0.48 × as long as body). Ovipositor short (0.12-0.15 × as long as metasoma) (Fig. 2b View Figure 2 ).

Description.

FEMALE. Colour (Figs 2b View Figure 2 , 5b View Figure 5 , 8b View Figure 8 , 11b View Figure 11 , 14b View Figure 14 ). Scape yellow, darkening apically, rest of antenna dark brown. Procoxa and profemur light to dark green, all other parts of legs yellow to light brown. Metasoma black.

Head (Figs 5b View Figure 5 , 8b View Figure 8 ). Face completely reticulate. Head 1.46-1.51 × as wide as long. Head width 3.4 × eye distance. Malar space 0.44-0.47 × head height. Corona 0.62-0.71 × as long as eye height. POL equal to OOL. Scape 2.52-2.86 × as long as pedicel. Clava length to funicle length not available. Flagellum length to head width not available.

Mesosoma (Figs 11b View Figure 11 , 14b View Figure 14 ). Pronotum 0.91 × as long as wide. Pronotum 0.49-0.55 × as long as mesonotum. Mesonotum 1.42-1.45 × as long as mesoscutum. Mesoscutum 0.86 -0.98 × as long as wide. Mesoscutellum 0.42-0.45 × as long as mesoscutum. Profemur 1.21-1.29 × as long as protibia.

Wings (Fig. 2b View Figure 2 ). Fore wing 2.67-2.89 × as long as wide. Costal cell 0.35-0.38 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 0.17-0.20 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 2.5-3.53 × as long as stigmal vein. Postmarginal vein 2.83-3.76 × as long as stigmal vein.

MALE. Unknown.

Material examined.

AFRICA. Morocco: female holotype, Granja del Muluya , Kebdana-Marruecos, leg. P. Alcaide VII. 1953, ex larva 'unreadable word’ Punica , ex coll. V. Delucchi (NMBE) (OCi01); two female paratypes with same data (NMBE) (OCi02), (ZFMK) (OCi03) .

Biology.

Unknown. The label data point towards an association with Punica (pomegranate).

Distribution.

Morocco.

Etymology.

Named for its unusual, round pronotum.