Netomocera gloriosa, Mitroiu, 2019

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2019, Revision of Netomocera Bouček (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), excluding the Oriental species, European Journal of Taxonomy 568, pp. 1-87 : 39-42

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.568
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persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/62A7C0FC-8601-4000-918B-43694FACA24B
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treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Netomocera gloriosa
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Netomocera gloriosa sp. nov.

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Figs 76–86 View Figs 76–80 View Figs 81–86

Diagnosis

Both sexes

Head black ( Figs 77–78 View Figs 76–80 , 85 View Figs 81–86 ). Macropterous; fore wing subhyaline ( Figs 84–85 View Figs 81–86 ). Clypeal margin slightly produced ( Fig. 79 View Figs 76–80 ). Scrobes deep and smooth ( Fig. 77 View Figs 76–80 ). Upper face and vertex with eight large setae ( Fig. 78 View Figs 76–80 ). Occiput margin blunt ( Fig. 78 View Figs 76–80 ). Pronotal collar wide but not long ( Fig. 82 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesepimeral sulcus shallow. Propodeum ( Fig. 83 View Figs 81–86 ) without a well-defined V-shaped area basally. Visible part of petiole very short, distinctly transverse, with more or less obliterate sculpture ( Fig. 83 View Figs 81–86 ).

Female

Toruli distinctly below lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 77 View Figs 76–80 ). Face with conspicuous piliferous punctures. Antenna with funicle gradually becoming brown towards clava; flagellum strongly clavate; clava conspicuously asymmetric; fu1 and fu7 strongly transverse ( Fig. 80 View Figs 76–80 ). Mesoscutum width about 2.6× length. Fore wing with basal third extensively bare, except for several setae across basal cell ( Fig. 84 View Figs 81–86 ).

Male

Body length 1.2–1.5 mm. Mesosoma dorsally with reticulation not dense, alveolae shallow (cf. Fig. 82 View Figs 81–86 ). Funicular segments slender and long, fu1 not wider than pedicel, length 2.0–2.1 × width ( Fig. 86 View Figs 81–86 ).

Etymology

The name of the species (adjective) indicates the locality where the type material was collected (Mount Glorious).

Material examined

Holotype

AUSTRALIA • ♀; “ AUST.: Qld. 630m. Mt. Glorious S.F., Feb. 28-March 9, 84, L. Masner, MT ”; “Dry sclerophyl Eucalyptus for.”; “ Netomocera, det. R. A. Burks ”; left flagellum missing, left fore wing glued aside, on triangular card; CNC.

Allotype

AUSTRALIA • ♂; “ AUST.: Qld. 630m. Mt. Glorious S.F., Feb. 28-March 9, 84, L. Masner, MT ”; CNC.

Additional paratype

AUSTRALIA • 1 ♂; same data as for allotype; CNC .

Description

Female (habitus: Fig. 76 View Figs 76–80 )

COLOUR. Head ( Figs 77–78 View Figs 76–80 ) black. Mandibles reddish, teeth reddish-brown. Antenna ( Fig. 80 View Figs 76–80 ) with scape and pedicel light yellowish-brown; flagellum yellowish-brown basally, gradually becoming dark brown towards clava; clava yellowish ventrally. Mesosoma ( Figs 81–83 View Figs 81–86 ) reddish-brown. Legs reddishyellow. Wings ( Fig. 84 View Figs 81–86 ) subhyaline, venation and setation brown. Metasoma ( Fig. 76 View Figs 76–80 ) with petiole and gaster reddish-brown. Body setation pale except for several large, symetrically arranged dark brown setae.

BODY LENGTH. 1.5 mm.

HEAD. Clypeus virtually smooth; apical margin slightly produced ( Fig. 79 View Figs 76–80 ). Lower face reticulate, piliferous punctures distinct. Upper face, including vertex, with shallow reticulation ( Fig. 78 View Figs 76–80 ); scrobes deep, smooth and shiny; parascrobal region extensively striate-reticulate ( Fig. 77 View Figs 76–80 ). Occiput coriaceousalutaceous; margin blunt ( Fig. 78 View Figs 76–80 ). Toruli with lower margins distinctly below lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 77 View Figs 76–80 ). Antenna with flagellum strongly widening towards clava; clava conspicuously asymmetric ( Fig. 80 View Figs 76–80 ). Upper face and vertex with eight large setae. Head in dorsal view with width about twice length (76:38) and in frontal view about 1.2× height (76:64). POL about 3.8× OOL (23:6). Eye height about 1.4 × length (45:32), about 3.2× malar space (45:14) and about 1.5× scape length (45:30). Head width about 1.2× length of pedicel plus flagellum (76:62). Fu1 length about 0.7× width (3.5:5.0); fu7 width about 1.6× length (10.5:6.5); clava length about 1.9× width (21:11).

MESOSOMA. Pronotal collar slightly narrower than mesoscutum, with eight large setae ( Fig. 82 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesonotum moderately setose dorsally ( Fig. 82 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesoscutum and axillae with extremely fine reticulation, appearing almost smooth ( Fig. 82 View Figs 81–86 ). Scutellar disc as mesoscutum, but longitudinally striate on frenal area ( Figs 82–83 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesepisternum mainly reticulate, less conspicuously so dorsally ( Fig. 81 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesepimeron smooth; mesepimeral sulcus shallow. Propodeum mainly smooth, with intricate pattern of carinae, interspaces smooth to finely wrinkled ( Fig. 83 View Figs 81–86 ). Macropterous; fore wing extensively bare on basal third, except for several setae across basal cell ( Fig. 84 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesosoma length about 1.2 × width (75:62) and about 1.3× height (62:48). Pronotal collar 0.45 × as long as mesoscutum (11:24) and about 0.9× as wide as mesoscutum (55:62). Mesoscutum width about 2.6× length (62:24). Scutellum length 0.85 × width (30:35). Propodeum length about half scutellum length (15:30). Fore wing length 2.25 × width (135:60); MV 4× SV (40:10) and about 3.6× SV (40:11).

METASOMA. Petiole barely visible, transverse, smooth except for a few superficial longitudinal striae ( Fig. 83 View Figs 81–86 ). Gaster ovate, length about 1.4× width (82:60) ( Fig. 76 View Figs 76–80 ); gt1 long, length about 0.9× width (55:60), with hind margin straight to slightly produced; gt2–6 short; syntergum acutely pointed. Ovipositor sheaths slightly protruding beyond apex of gaster. Cercal setae surpassing apex of gaster.

Male (habitus: Fig. 85 View Figs 81–86 )

Differs from female mainly as follows. Body length: 1.2–1.5 mm. Flagellum uniformly dark brown or fu1 sometimes paler ( Fig. 86 View Figs 81–86 ). Mesosoma dorsally yellowish to dark brown but in the latter case pronotal collar, metanotum and propodeum lighter; gaster dorsally yellowish, with darker margins to uniformly brown. Fu1 length 2.0–2.1× width, remaining funicular segments subequal in length to fu1; combined length of pedicel plus flagellum 2.4–2.6 × head width. Fore wing more setose on basal third, with small to medium bare region. Gaster (inflated) as long as or shorter than mesosoma, length 1.5–1.7 × width.

Distribution

Australia.

Remarks

Both sexes are similar to those of N. sedlaceki . This could be the macropterous form of the latter species, but differences in body setation, and the shape and colour of the antenna indicate it is a different species.