Synopeas dorsale Buhl, 2011

Buhl, Peter Neerup, 2014, New species and new records of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae from Togo (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), African Invertebrates 55 (1), pp. 68-68 : 108

Synopeas dorsale Buhl, 2011

Fig. 72

Synopeas dorsale: Buhl 2011 b:109 , 114.

Material examined: 3♀ 1♂ TOGO, Région des Plateaux, N of Kessibo­Wawa, at the border to Ghana (N of Badou), at river Wawa (07°42'11"N 00°35'26"E), 24.iv. 2008, 180 m, forest understorey, cocoa plantation and sun­exposed vegetable fields, some Cyperaceae , swept, M. von Tschirnhaus .

Slightly smaller than the type material from Tanzania (♀ 0.70–0.85 mm, ♂ 0.70 mm). The material from Togo differs in a few details from the type material. e.g. in the head being 1.2× as wide as mesosoma, fore wings without marginal cilia, and female metasoma only 1.3× as wide as high. The characteristic mesoscutum of this species is illustrated in Fig. 72 .

Figures

Fig. 72. Synopeas dorsale Buhl, 2011, female head and mesosoma in dorsal view. Scale bar = 10 μm.