Ufo MELIKA et PUJADE-VILLAR, 2005

Melika, G. & Ros-Farré, P., 2005, Ufo Abei Melika Et Pujade-Villar (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini) New Genus And New Species From Japan, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 51 (4), pp. 313-327 : 315

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.12586069

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12586106

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DD4044-160E-8D25-F20C-74AAFB8E3E66

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Felipe

scientific name

Ufo MELIKA et PUJADE-VILLAR
status

gen. nov.

Ufo MELIKA et PUJADE-VILLAR , gen. n.

( Figs 4a–f View Fig , 5a–e View Fig , 6a–e View Fig , 7a–c View Fig )

Description – Female. Head ( Figs 4a–b, d View Fig , 5a–d View Fig ). Face with irradiating carinae. Clypeus indistinctly differentiated from lower face; ventral margin of clypeus straight, not projecting above mandibles. Frons and vertex almost smooth or with a very weak indistinct sculpture; frontal carinae absent. Ocellar triangle very narrow, posterior edge of frontal ocellus lies on a line between anterior edges of lateral ocelli. Occiput smooth. Gula long, distance between occipital foramen and oral foramen longer than the height of the occipital foramen; gular sulci joined behind occipital foramen ( Fig. 5b View Fig ). Antennae 13-segmented ( Fig. 5e View Fig ). Mesosoma ( Figs 4c–f View Fig , 6a–e View Fig ). Pronotum broad, its length measured dorso-medially nearly 1/5 of the greatest length of the outer lateral margin; lateral pronotal carina strongly impressed ( Figs 4d View Fig , 6b View Fig , lpc), giving a rectangular aspect to the pronotum in dorsal view; anterior and lateral sides form a right angle; two short carinae going from submedial pronotal pits, defining the most anterior part of pronotal plate ( Figs 4e View Fig , 6d View Fig ). Notauli distinct in posterior half ( Figs 4c View Fig , 6a View Fig ). Scutelar foveae present. Lateral propodeal carinae distinct, straight, slightly diverging anteriorly, delimiting central pubescent area ( Figs 4f View Fig , 6e View Fig ). Radial cell of forewing opened, areolet absent ( Fig. 7a View Fig ). Tarsal claws with basal lobe ( Fig. 7b View Fig ). Metasoma ( Figs 4f View Fig , 7c View Fig ). Second abdominal tergite sulcate; abdominal tergites 3 and 4 wholly fused; ventral spine of hypopygium very short ( Fig. 7c View Fig ).

Male unknown.

Etymology – The genus got its name from the impression its morphology first made on us: “what is this ‘Unidentified Flying Object’?”.

Type-species – Ufo abei MELIKA et PUJADE-VILLAR , sp. n., here in described.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Cynipidae

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