Aleuroctonus metallicus, HANSSON & LASALLE, 2003

HANSSON, C. & LASALLE, J., 2003, Revision of the Neotropical species of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), Journal of Natural History 37 (6), pp. 697-778 : 751-752

Aleuroctonus metallicus sp. n.

(figures 95, 100)

Diagnosis

Upper frons narrow (figure 95); scape dark brown, pedicel and flagellum white; frons, vertex and thoracic dorsum brightly metallic (golden-green and bluish green); thoracic dorsum almost flat; all coxae dark and metallic; posterior margin of pale area on gaster straight (as in vittatus (figure 104)).

Female (length of body = 1.1–1.3 mm)

Colour. Scape dark brown, pedicel and flagellum white. Frons and vertex golden-green. Mesosoma metallic bluish green. Coxae dark and metallic; femora, tibiae and tarsi white, hind femur brown at base. Fore wing hyaline. Gaster pale at base (as in vittatus (figure 104)), otherwise dark.

Head. Antenna as in figure 100. HE/MS/WM: 2.4/1.0/1.2. Frons and vertex with small meshed strong reticulation. Frontal suture present medially (figure 95). POL/OOL/POO: 1.8/1.7/1.0. Occipital margin rounded. WH/WT=1.2.

Mesosoma . Mesoscutum and scutellum almost flat dorsally, with strong reticulation. Mesoscutum 0.7× as long as wide, with numerous scattered setae. Scutellum 0.7× as long as wide, with numerous scattered setae. Axilla advanced 0.7× its length in front of scuto-scutellar sulcus. Fore wing speculum closed below; costal cell with setae on ventral surface; submarginal vein with three setae; LW/LM/HW: 1.8/1.0/1.3; PM/ST =0.4. Propodeum with complete median carina, narrow anteriorly and strongly expanding towards hind margin of propodeum (as in marki (figure 6)), propodeal surface weakly reticulate; propodeal callus with two setae.

Metasoma. Gaster smooth and shiny; MM/LG=1.0–1.1.

Material examined

H: X, Brazil: Bahia Mucari , October 1978, F. Benton (BMNH). P: 1 X with same label data as holotype (BMNH) .