Pediobius marjoriae, Kerrich, 1973

Gumovsky, Alex, 2018, New enigmatic species of the genus Pediobius (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from Afrotropics, with notes on related genera, Zootaxa 4438 (2), pp. 201-236 : 209

marjoriae species group

( Figs 5–7 )

Diagnosis. Head wider than mesosoma, lightly sculptured to smooth, with distinct X-shaped frontal sutures; lower face moderately narrowed, antennae inserted somewhat below or at the level of lower eye margins; sculpture of dorsum light to alutaceous.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Pediobius marjoriae, tyPe sPecimens (BMNH). A, holotyPe, habitus in lateral vieW (Uganda); B–F, ParatyPe (Uganda): B, face; C, F, mesosoma in dorsal vieW (F, SEM); D, E, fore Wing: D, direct light, E, reflected light, revealing wIP.

FIGURE 6. Pediobius rohombaya. A, B, D–G, female, C, male. A, B, holotyPe, habitus (CAR, SAMC), variety With dark coxae and femora: A, dorsal vieW, B, lateral vieW; C, male, habitus; D, ParatyPe from Gabon (SAMC), variety With almost entirely Pale legs; E, non-tyPe sPecimen from DRC (RMCA), variety With entirely dark legs and scaPe; F, G, Wings: F, in direct light; G, in reflected light revealing wIP.

FIGURE 7. Pediobius orungu, holotyPe female (Gabon, SAMC). A, habitus, lateral vieW; B, head and mesosoma in lateral vieW; C, habitus, dorsal vieW; D, head and mesosoma in dorsal vieW; E, Wings in reflected light revealing wIP; F, head in frontal vieW.