Kolopterna turkmenica n. sp.

(Fig. 10F–I)

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: D0226141-A53C-4B54-80FC-4547C9300C87.

Etymology: The species is named after the country of its origin.

Diagnosis: Female. POL 2.0× as long as OOL; F1 3.8×, F2 2.3×, clava 3.0× as long as wide (Fig. 10H–I). Pronotum 0.8–0.9× as long as mesoscutum (Fig. 10F), mesoscutum with numerous pale yellow setae, scutellum without submedian lines. Forewing with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, ciliate, speculum closed below, SMV with 3 setae, MV as long as costal cell. Gaster 2.0–2.3× as long as wide. Body yellow (Fig. 10F, G). Male. Unknown.

Description: Female. Body length 1.5–1.9 mm. Forewing 1.3–1.5 mm. Color. Body yellow. Head yellow, occiput and vertex brown, antenna brownish, eye red; ocelli yellow. Mandibles brown. Propodeum upper part and margin brown. Legs yellow; gaster yellow with brownish transverse bands. Head. 2.8× as long as wide; eye 1.4× as long as malar space with sublinear fovea below eye extending 0.6 length of gena. Mandibles with two big brown teeth. POL 2.0× as OOL. Antenna inserted above lower level of eyes. Antenna with pedicel plus funicle more 1.6–1.7× as long as wide of mesoscutum. Scape 4.8× as long as wide, 0.85 length of eye, pedicel 1.6× as long as wide and 1.3× as long as F1, flagellum with 2 anelli, flagellomeres F1–F3. F1 3.8× as long as wide (Fig.10H, I), F1 1.3× as long as pedicel and 1.5× as long as F2, F2 2.3× as long as wide, and F3 1.7× as long as wide, clava 3–segmented, 3.0× as long as wide and 2.4× as long as F3. Mesosoma. Pronotum 3.2× as wide as long. Mesoscutum 1.2× as wide as long, finely reticulate, with numerous paleyellow setae. Scutellum 1.4× as wide as long, finely reticulate, without submedian lines. Dorsellum 2.7× as wide as long. Propodeum 8.0× as wide as long; spiracle with postspiracal rim; callus with four yellow setae in one row. Forewing 2.3× as long as wide, with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, ciliate, SMV with 3 setae, MV as long as costal cell, MV 1.7× as long as SMV, MV 4.8× as long as STV, PMV as stub, speculum large and along MV, closed. Hindwing apically rounded. Legs: hind tarsi T2 1.7× as long as T1. Tibial spur 1.1× as long as T1. Metasoma. Petiole small, smooth. Gaster 2.3× as long as wide.

Male. Unknown.

Holotype: Turkmenistan: ♀, Mary Velayat, Garagum [Karakum] District, Moskva, 37°20'N 62°22'E, 23.viii.1979, V. Kostjukov (ZISP).

Paratypes: Turkmenistan: 8♀, same data as holotype (ZISP) .

Distribution: Turkmenistan.

Host: Unknown.

Species excluded from Kolopterna

Kolopterna trjapitzini Kostjukov & Kosheleva, 2018 is hereby excluded from Kolopterna Graham, 1987 and transferred to the genus Aprostocetus (Aprostocetus) Westwood, 1833, according to the following combination of characters: mid T1 1.25× longer than T2, hind T1 1.25× shorter than T2, and fovea on malar sulcus absent (Fig. 11C). The species Aprostocetus trjapitzini (Kostjukov, 1976) already exists, as Graham (1987: 326) transferred Tetrastichus trjapitzini Kostjukov (1976: 169) to Aprostocetus . Thus, a replacement name is needed for Aprostocetus trjapitzini (Kostjukov & Kosheleva, 2018) n. comb., which has become a junior secondary homonym of Aprostocetus trjapitzini (Kostjukov, 1976) .