Acroclisoides supramaculatus Tselikh, 2025

Tselikh, Ekaterina V., Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, Lee, Jaehyeon, Dale-Skey, Natalie & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2025, Revision of Acroclisoides Girault & Dodd, 1915 (Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Metasteninae), ZooKeys 1257, pp. 153-214 : 153-214

Acroclisoides supramaculatus Tselikh sp. nov.

Figs 160–167

Type material.

Holotype • female, Australia, “ AUS., QUEENSLAND: Daintree River 23. II. 84. L. Masner ”, “ NHMUK 013455912 ” ( CNC) . Paratype • 1 female, Australia, same data as holotype ( NHMUK) .

Description.

Female. Body length 1.75–2.40 mm; fore wing length 1.40–1.90 mm.

Coloration. Head and mesosoma blue green with diffuse metallic coppery luster; antenna with scape yellow, pedicel yellowish brown, anelli, F 1 – F 6 brown and clava brown. Fore coxae green with diffuse metallic coppery luster, mid coxae yellow, hind coxae basally brown, apically yellow, all femora, tibiae and tarsi yellow. Fore wing with one spot near S, venation brown. Metasoma dorsally brown with metallic violet and blue luster; ovipositor sheaths brown.

Sculpture. Head and mesosoma reticulate; clypeus striate-reticulate; scutellum, frenal area and propodeum reticulate, nucha finely reticulate; petiole smooth; metasoma smooth and shiny.

Head. Head in dorsal view 2.00–2.25 × as broad as long and 1.44–1.46 × as broad as mesoscutum; in frontal view 1.58–1.75 × as broad as high. POL 0.59–0.61 × as long as OOL. Eye height 1.05–1.08 × eye length and 1.75–1.80 × malar space. Distance between antennal toruli and lower margin of clypeus 2.27–2.30 × distance between antennal toruli and median ocellus. Antenna with scape 0.88–1.00 × as long as eye height and 1.05–1.08 × as long as eye length; pedicel 1.09–1.25 × as long as broad; combined length of pedicel and flagellum 0.88–0.95 × breadth of head; F 1 – F 6 longer than broad, F 1 2.25–2.36 × as long as broad and with 3 rows of sensilla; clava 2.80–3.09 × as long as broad, with small microsetose area on C 3 and C 4. Lower posterior corner of gena forming an acute angle. Lower margin of clypeus concave bilaterally, in middle part emarginate.

Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.18–1.24 × as long as broad. Scutellum moderately arched, 0.77–0.92 × as long as broad, frenal area differentiated by a change in sculpture. Propodeum 0.72–0.74 × as long as scutellum, without costula but with median carina, nucha not small. Fore wing 2.05–2.19 × as long as its maximum width; basal cell with 7–11 setae, basal vein setose; speculum partly closed below; M 0.75–0.93 × as long as PM and 1.39–1.47 × as long as S, stigma large.

Metasoma. Metasoma 2.03–2.30 × as long as broad, 1.22–1.48 × as long as mesosoma, 0.83–1.13 × as long as mesosoma and head. Petiole 1.00–1.22 × as long as broad. Ovipositor sheaths projecting slightly beyond apex of metasoma.

Male. Unknown.

Etymology.

From the Latin supra and macula, referring to the large spot near S of fore wing of this species (adjective).

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Australia.

Comments.

Acroclisoides supramaculatus Tselikh , sp. nov. belongs to a group of species where females have a fore wing with one spot near S. This species is similar to A. miklukhai Tselikh , sp. nov.; the differences between these species are given in the key.

Figures

Figures 160–167. Acroclisoides supramaculatus Tselikh, sp. nov., female, holotype. 160. Habitus, lateral view; 161. Mesosoma and propodeum, dorsal view; 162. Antenna; 163. Head, frontal view; 164. Fore wing; 165. Head, lateral view; 166. Habitus, dorsal view; 167. Head and pronotum, dorsal view.