Crovettia masneri ( Olmi, 1984 )

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 43-45

1. Crovettia masneri ( Olmi, 1984)

( Plate 10A, B )

Biaphelopus masneri Olmi 1984: 96 ; Olmi 1996d: 60.

Crovettia masneri (Olmi) : Olmi 1998e: 36.

Description of female ( Plate 10A, B ). Fully winged; length 2.4 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except segments 1–2 testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs testaceous, except metacoxa basally black. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 8:4:10:8:8:6.5:5:5:5:7. Head dull, completely reticulate rugose and granulated; frontal line absent; occipital carina complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 7; OPL = 6; TL = 8. Palpal formula of holotype: 5/3 (on right) and 6/3 (on left). Scutum, scutellum and metanotum dull, completely reticulate rugose and granulated. Notauli absent. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands, with two basal cells (costal and median) completely enclosed by pigmented veins; distal part of stigmal vein shorter than proximal part (4:6). Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Type: holotype ♀: NEPAL: Katmandu , Godavari, 6000', 23–26.VII.1967, Malaise trap, L. Masner leg. ( CNC) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Nepal (Katmandu).

Figures

PLATE 10. Crovettia masneri, holotype. A. Dorsal view (A) and lateral view (B). Length 2.4 mm. (From Olmi 1984).