Dermatopelte collis Burks & Yefremova

Burks, Roger A. & Yefremova, Zoya A., 2015, First report of Dermatopelte Erdős & Novicky (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from the Indo-Malayan realm, with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 3947 (4), pp. 543-552 : 548-549

Dermatopelte collis Burks & Yefremova , n. sp.

( Figs 13–16 )

urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:263F0B17-1DD7-4A7D-B118-5FD99203314E Diagnosis. Antennal clava yellowish-white, contrasting with brown funicle ( Fig. 13 ). Mesoscutellar disc with a network of carinae, including a pair of longitudinal carinae that converge anteriorly and posteriorly. Fore wing with dark area posterior to stigmal vein ( Fig. 16 ). Petiole 3.7–3.8× as long as broad ( Fig. 15 ).

Description. Female: Body length 2.3–2.4 mm.

Color: head mostly pale yellow, except vertex brown in small areas near ocelli, pedicel and basal half of F1 yellowish-brown, apical half of F1 and rest of funicle brown, clava yellowish-white. Mesosoma orangish-brown, except darker on carinae. Fore wing with dark area posterior to stigmal vein. Legs mostly yellow, apical tarsomeres brown. Petiole orangish-brown; gaster orangish-brown to nearly black, darker apically.

Head ( Fig. 13 ) 1.5× as broad as tall; eye height 2.7× malar space and 3.5× mouth width; genae concave; vertex carinate posterior to ocellar triangle. Antenna ( Fig. 13 ); scape 4.5× as long as broad, F1 4.0× as long as broad, F2 3.6× as long as broad, F3 3.5× as long as broad, F4 1.8× as long as broad, clava 2.3× as long as broad.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 14 ) 1.9× as long as broad; transverse pronotal carina sharp; pronotal collar smooth to coriaceous posterior to carina; mesoscutum 1.7× as broad as pronotal collar, smooth anteriorly and reticulate rugose posteriorly; axillae with arched carinae; mesoscutellar disc with a network of carinae, including a pair of longitudinal carinae that converge anteriorly and posteriorly; metascutellum smooth. Propodeum ( Fig. 15 ) smooth between median carina and postspiracular furrow.

Fore wing ( Fig. 16 ) 2.7× as long as broad; relative lengths of costal cell & venation: costal cell 3.2, marginal vein 3.3, postmarginal vein 1.6, stigmal vein 1.0. Hind wing 5.2× as long as broad, apically narrowly rounded.

Petiole ( Fig. 15 ) 3.7–3.8× as long as broad, with longitudinal carinae at dorsolateral corners; gaster 1.2–1.3× as long as broad, smooth.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: ♀, N. Vietnam, Vinh Phuc province, Tam Dao, 21°27’11’’ N, 105°38’52’’ E. 1000m, 100km nr NW Hanoi, forest, 15.xi.1990 (S.A. Belokobylskij) ( ZISP), UCRCENT406013. Paratype:1 ♀, N. Vietnam, Ha Son Binch, Da Bac, Tuly, forest, 23.x.1990 (S.A. Belokobylskij) ( ZISP), UCRCENT117737).

Etymology. From the Latin collis (hill), after the elevation from which the holotype was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 13 – 16. Dermatopelte collis n. sp., 13 and 14, holotype female. 13. Head, frontal, and antenna. 14. Mesosoma, dorsal. 15 and 16, paratype female, UCRCENT 117737. 15. Propodeum, petiole. 16. Wings.