Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987

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Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987 Figures 17-22

Neotrichoporoides cavigena Graham, 1987: 70.

Material examined.

2 females: [2 females on slides], China, Beijing, Mt. Baihua , 1. V .2012, Guo-Hao Zu, Jiang Liu, by sweeping. All deposited in NEFU .

Diagnosis.

Female. Head (Fig. 17 ) with malar fovea large and deep, extending ca. half the length of malar space; antenna (Fig. 18 ) with scape ca. 3.3 × as long as broad, shorter than an eye, not reaching above the level of vertex; pedicel 2.35 × as long as broad; F1-F3: 3.0 ×, 2.8 ×, 2.4 × as long as broad respectively; clava ca. 3.0 × as long as broad, indistinctly segmented. Midlobe of mesoscutum (Fig. 19 ) with four adnotaular setae in one row; scutellum with submedian grooves distinct, distance between submedian grooves subequal to the distance between submedian groove and sublateral groove, enclosing a space ca. 3.5 × as long as broad; propodeum medially 1.5 × as long as dorsellum. Wings (Fig. 20 ) and legs (Fig. 22 ) as shown in figures. Gaster (Fig. 21 ) ca. 1.8 × as long as broad. Male. Unknown for Chinese material.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Beijing) [new record], Bulgaria, France, Czech Republic ( Graham 1987), Slovakia ( Kalina 1989), Russia ( Yegorenkova and Kostjukov 2006), Turkey ( Sakaltaş and Gençer 2005).

Comments.

This species can be distinguished by the narrow space, ca. 3.5 × as long as broad, enclosed by submedian grooves on the scutellum. For a more detailed description, see Graham (1987).

Figures

Figures 17 - 22. N. cavigena, female 17 head, frontal view 18 antenna, lateral view 19 mesosoma, dorsal view 20 fore and hind wings, dorsal view 21 metasoma, ventral view 22 legs, lateral view, from left to right: fore, mid, and hind legs. Scale bars: 100 μm.