Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955)

Li, Wen-Jian & Li, Cheng-De, 2021, Two new species of Neotrichoporoides Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China and a key to Chinese species, ZooKeys 1023, pp. 61-79 : 61

Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955) Figure 35

Burksia viridimaculata Fullaway, 1955: 410.

Tetrastichus viridimaculatus : Domenichini, 1966a: 140.

Tetrastichus bicolor Saraswat, 1975: 2. [Synonymised by Hayat and Shahi 2004: 309].

Tetrastichus saraswati Husain & Khan, 1986: 242. [Synonymised by Hayat and Shahi 2004: 309].

Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus : Graham, 1987: 67.

Material examined.

6 females, 2 males: [1 female on slide], Henan Province, Xinyang City, Mt. Wusheling, 8.VIII.2015, Hui Geng , Yan Gao , by sweeping; [1 female on card], Guangxi Province, Fangchenggang City , Mt. Shiwandashan , 25.VII.2019, Jun Wu , Jun-Jie Fan , by sweeping; [4 females, 2 males on cards], Shanghai City , Songjiang District , Yexie Town , 11-20.IX.2011, Zhen Yang , by malaise trapping. All deposited in NEFU .

Diagnosis.

Female. Malar sulcus with a small fovea, extending 0.2 × the length of malar space; antenna with scape ca. as long as an eye; F1 2.4-2.5 × as long as pedicel; scutellum without submedian grooves; propodeum medially 1.5-2.0 × as long as dorsellum; body (Fig. 35 ) with characteristic green markings on midlobe of mesoscutum and scutellum which form broad longitudinal stripes, propodeum completely green. Male. Scutellum without submedian grooves.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

China (Gansu ( Zhang et al. 2007), Zhejiang ( Zhu and Huang 2001), Guangxi, Henan, Shanghai [New records]), Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Madeira, Portugal ( Graham 1987), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003), Turkey ( Sakaltaş and Gençer 2005), Russia ( Yegorenkova and Kostjukov 2006), India ( Narendran et al. 2006), South Africa ( Yegorenkova and Yefremova 2010), USA ( LaSalle 1994), Hawaii ( Graham 1987), Cuba ( De Santis 1979), Bermuda ( De Santis and Fidalgo 1994), Argentina ( Graham 1987), Colombia ( Domenichini 1966b).

Comments.

This species is similar to Neotrichoporoides flavothorax sp. nov., but can be distinguished using characters in couplet 2 in the key.

Figures

Figures 31 - 35. Females, dorsal view 31 Neotrichoporoides basiflavus sp. nov. 32 Neotrichoporoides flavothorax sp. nov. 33 N. szelenyii 34 N. nyemitawus 35 N. viridimaculatus