Microdonophagus levis, Hansson, Christer, 2009

Hansson, Christer, 2009, The genus Microdonophagus Schauff (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species, Zootaxa 2200, pp. 54-60 : 56-58

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.189612
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6213649
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038D87DF-8F3A-FFB8-74AF-C84AFB78C50D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Microdonophagus levis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Microdonophagus levis sp. nov.

( Figs 1, 3 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 5, 7, 9 View FIGURES 5 – 10 , 11 View FIGURES 11 – 12 )

Diagnosis. Differs from M. woodleyi in several characters, but the most distinctive feature is females have the head and mesosoma smooth and shiny ( Figs 7, 9 View FIGURES 5 – 10 , 11 View FIGURES 11 – 12 ), wheras those of M. woodleyi have the head and mesosoma strongly reticulate ( Figs 8, 10 View FIGURES 5 – 10 , 12 View FIGURES 11 – 12 ); also the strongly enlarged lower mesepimeron is a very distinct feature of M. levis ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 11 – 12 ).

Description. Female. Length 1.4 mm.

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum pale brown. Head and body including gaster dark brown and shiny. Coxae pale brown; femora, tibiae and tarsi yellowish-brown. Wings hyaline.

Flagellum without anelli, with three funicular segments and a two-segmented clava (the claval segments are partly to completely fused) ( Figs 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 5 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ). Frons smooth and shiny ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ), without antennal scrobes and frontal suture, with a narrow and sharp process (interantennal crest) between toruli. Vertex smooth and shiny. Occipital margin sharp. Eyes with scattered short hairs. Ratios of height of eye/length of malar space/width of mouth 1.6/1.0/1.0; distances between posterior ocelli/between posterior ocelli and eyes/between posterior ocelli and occipital margin 5.1/3.3/1.0; width of head/width of thorax 1.3.

Mesoscutum smooth and shiny ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ); midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as wide grooves in posterior half, not visible in anterior half. Scutellum smooth and shiny ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ); with one pair of setae; with a distinct groove in anteromedian one-fifth; with sublateral grooves in posterior half. Propodeum with a wide and flat median carina that has anterior part pointed ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 5 – 10 ); with wide sublateral grooves; lateral to grooves with two complete longitudinal carinae, one inside and one outside the spiracle; propodeal callus with six setae; propodeal surface smooth. Forewing with 2–3 setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; costal cell bare; speculum closed below; postmarginal vein not visible. Ratios of length of wing/length of marginal vein/ height of wing 1.8/1.0/1.0.

Petiole as long as wide, dorsal surface with strong sculpture. Gaster circular; gastral tergites smooth and slightly shrivelled. Ratio of length of mesosoma/length of gaster 1.3.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype female COSTA RICA, Heredia, La Selva Biological Research Station, 1026'N, 8401'W, 75 m, 27–28.ii.2003, J.S. Noyes, in the Natural History Museum, London. Paratype: A female from same locality as holotype but collected 23–24.ii.2004, in Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad in Costa Rica.

Biology. Unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica.

Etymology. Named for the smooth and shiny head and body: levis, Latin for smooth.