Copidosoma longiclavatum Kazmi & Hayat, 1998

Wang, Hai-Yan & Li, Cheng-De, 2018, Key to Chinese species of Copidosoma (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), with new records and three new species, Zootaxa 4418 (4), pp. 353-369 : 364

Copidosoma longiclavatum Kazmi & Hayat

Figs 25–30

Copidosoma longiclavatum Kazmi and Hayat, 1998: 306 . Holotype ♀ India-Tamil Nadu (BMNH, not examined).

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀ [No. E1505-01, on slide, NEFU], Xizang Autonomous Region (= Tibet), Linzhi City, Xiachayu Town, 15–16.V.2015, Ye Chen, Chao Zhang, YPT.

Diagnosis. Female. Body mostly dark brown, with some metallic lustre reflection, metasoma with T1 except flanks, and ventral half pale yellow. Fore wing ( Fig. 28 ) infuscate, hyaline from base to proximal margin of linea calva; hind wing hyaline ( Fig. 29 ). Legs mainly yellowish except mesocoxa and a broad ring on metatibia, dark brown. Head with reticulate sculpture ( Fig. 25 ); antenna ( Fig. 26 ) with pedicel shorter than F1 and F2 combined, clava 1-segmented and strongly obliquely truncated, truncated part about 0.85× length of clava. Mesoscutum ( Fig. 27 ) with shallow reticulate sculpture, scutellum with longitudinally lineolate reticulate sculpture. Fore wing with marginal vein about 0.88× as long as stigmal vein, postmarginal vein about 0.5× as long as stigmal vein. Metasoma ( Fig. 27 ) about as long as mesosoma; ovipositor 0.43× as long as metasoma, very slightly exerted at apex of metasoma in slide specimen; third valvula fused to second valvifer.

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Xizang) [new record], India (Noyes 2017).

Comments. Our specimens agree well with the original description except for slight differences on coloration of hind leg. In original description, hind leg pale except for tarsomeres, whereas in our specimen, hind leg with basal part of coxa, distal part of femur dorsally, and a broad ring on tibia brown to dark brown. This is the first record from outside the type locality.

Figures

FIGURES 25–30. Copidosoma longiclavatum, ♀ (No. E1505-01): 25, head, frontal view; 26, antenna; 27, meso- and metasoma; 28, fore wing; 29, hind wing; 30, legs.Scale bars=100µm.