Smicromorpha eudela Naumann, 1986

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Smicromorpha eudela Naumann, 1986

( Figs 32–38 )

Smicromorpha eudela Naumann 1986: 176

Material examined (images). Australia: Northern Territory, Nourlangie Creek, 8km of Mt. Cahill (12.52ºS & 132.47ºE) 26.x.1972, Coll. D. H. Colless ( ANIC, holotype ♂, ANIC Type No. 7590) .

Diagnosis. Male. Body length 4.1 mm, length of fore wing 2.2 mm; colour ranging from pale yellowish to orange without brown and black markings; femoral teeth pale orange; setation short, scattered, with adpressed setae on mesosoma and hind femur; flagellar setae very short. Head with small eyes, malar space long, but without malar carina ( Figs 32, 33 ); antennal scrobe deep, margin acarinate, widely separated from inner edge of eye ( Fig. 33 ); POL and LOD respectively 0.7× and 1.3× OOL ( Fig. 35 ); frons with longitudinal groove between median ocellus and antennal scrobe; eyes well separated, maximum interocular distance (on vertex) 0.75 × as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); flagellum 6-segmented with fl 1 transverse and remaining flagellomeres longer than wide, flagellar setae short ( Fig. 34 ); pronotal collar acarinate; mesoscutum and scutellum areolate-rugose; sternau- lus absent; propodeum broadly concave posteriorly, spiracular sulci distinct; fore wing infuscate except basally with dense brown setae ( Fig. 37 ); MV punctiform and forming acute angle with SMV, stump of basalis absent; hind coxa 2× long as wide; femur 2.3× as long as wide with weak ventral process without serrulation; petiole 3.3× as long as wide and 3.7× as high, dorsally minutely reticulate punctate; transverse lamina indistinct.

Female. Unknown.

Distribution. Australian ( Australia).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 32–38. Smicromorpha eudela Naumann, holotype ♀: 32, habitus, lateral view; 33, head, frontal view; 34, antenna; 35, head, dorsal view; 36, mesosoma, dorsal view; 37, wings; 38, type labels. Scale bar: Fig. 32: 1 mm; Fig. 33: 200 μm; Figs 34–37: 500 μm.