Klyngon pegosoma, Hansson, Christer & Salle, John La, 2010

Hansson, Christer & Salle, John La, 2010, The Neotropical genus Klyngon Hansson (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with new species and biological information, Zootaxa 2498, pp. 1-27 : 24-25

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.195758
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6211479
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A15D05-373D-F464-2DD1-F969FD25FC1C
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Klyngon pegosoma
status	sp. nov.

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Klyngon pegosoma sp. nov.

( Figs 13 View FIGURES 9 – 14 , 29 View FIGURES 28 – 35. 28 – 34 , 43 View FIGURES 40 – 43 , 53 View FIGURES 51 – 58. 51 – 56 , 65 View FIGURES 59 – 68 , 78 View FIGURES 69 – 86 , 96 View FIGURES 87 – 97 )

Diagnosis. Female flagellum with a 2-segmented clava ( Figs 78 View FIGURES 69 – 86 , 96 View FIGURES 87 – 97 ); antennal scrobes as narrow grooves ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9 – 14 ); frontal suture absent ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 9 – 14 ); occipital margin sharp with posterior ocelli situated away from margin ( Fig. 29 View FIGURES 28 – 35. 28 – 34 ); midlobe of mesoscutum with 2 pairs of setae ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 40 – 43 ); scutellum with 1 pair of setae ( Fig. 43 View FIGURES 40 – 43 ); forewing with submarginal vein with 2 setae.

Description. FEMALE. Length 1.8−2.1 mm.

Scape yellowish-brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown. Frons, vertex, mesoscutum and scutellum black with metallic bluish-green tinges. Coxae, femora and tibiae dark and metallic, fore tarsus dark brown, mid and hind tarsi with tarsomeres 1–3 yellowish-brown and 4 dark brown. Forewing with median 1/3 weakly infuscate. Gaster with 1st tergite metallic bluish-green, tergites 2–7 black with purple tinges.

Flagellum with 2 small discoid anelli, 3 funiculars and a 2-segmented clava ( Figs 78 View FIGURES 69 – 86 , 96 View FIGURES 87 – 97 ). Frons and vertex with strong, raised reticulation. Antennal scrobes as narrow grooves. Frontal suture missing. Occipital margin with a sharp edge. Eyes bare.

Mesoscutum 0.5X as long as wide; with strong, raised reticulation; midlobe with 2 pairs of setae; notauli indistinct. Scutellum 1.0X as long as wide; with strong, raised reticulation; with 1 pair of setae. Propodeum predominantly reticulate, with anterior 1/3 of median part smooth; propodeal callus with 3 setae; with a complete median carina, narrow anteriorly and gradually widening towards posterior part, carina is concave. Forewing with 2 setae on dorsal surface of submarginal vein; costal cell bare; speculum large, open below.

Petiole not visible, but presumably short. Gaster ovate; gastral tergites strongly reticulate.

Ratios. HE/MS/WM = 3.1/1.0/2.3; POL/OOL/POO = 3.2/1.8/1.0; WH/WT = 1.2; LW/LM/HW = 1.9/1.0/ 1.1; PM/ST = 1.0; MM/LG = 0.7–0.9.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Brazil.

Biology. From galls on an unidentified liana.

Material examined. Holotype female “ BRAZIL, Sao Paulo, Araraquara, COHAB Vitorio DeSanti, Vegetacao de Cerradao, ex galha peciolar Liana, 13.vii.1997, M.T. Tavares”, in MZSP. Paratypes: 9 females with same data as holotype (5 females in MZSP; 4 females in BMNH).

Etymology. Named for the strongly sclerotized and stout body (Greek pegos = strong, solid; soma = body).

Remarks. One of the paratypes lacks the head.