Hedqvist, 1971: 238
Revision of Netomocera Bouček (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), excluding the Oriental species
Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan
European Journal of Taxonomy
2019
2019-10-18
568
1
87
479MP
Hedqvist, 1971
in Hedqvist
1971
[557,1031,267,294]
Insecta
Pteromalidae
Netomocera
Animalia
Hymenoptera
15
16
Arthropoda
species
alboscapus
Figs 12–22
Netomocera alboscapus Hedqvist, 1971: 238( holotype( ♀) in NHRM, examined).
Diagnosis Both sexes Macropterous ( Figs 12, 21). Toruli with lower margins above lower margins of eyes ( Fig.13). Mesepimeral sulcus conspicuous ( Fig. 17). Propodeum with well-defined V-shaped area basally ( Fig. 19). Visible part of petiole quadrate, with a few conspicuous longitudinal carinae ( Fig. 19). Female Occiput margin sharp ( Fig. 14). Eye height 1.60–1.75 × length. Scape 0.7–0.8 × as long as eye height.
Material examined Holotype D.R. CONGO• ♀; “ Congo”; “ Holotypus Netomocera alboscapus sp. n. ♀, K-J Hedqvistdet. 1971”; “NHRS-HEVA000002236”; NHRM 000002236. Other material CAMEROON• 1 ♀; “ Cameroun, Mbalmayo, VII.93. Maudsley”; “ ♀ Netomocera magna sp. n., det. Z. Bouček1993”; NMPC. D.R. CONGO• 1 ♀; “ Congobelge: Kivu, Rutshuru(riv. Fuku), 1250 m. 5.VII.1935, G. F. de Witte: 1621”; RMCA• 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; “ 1285 m., 12.VII.1935”; RMCA• 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; “ 1285 m., 6.VII.1935”; RMCA• 1 ♀; “ Congo Belge: P.N.A., 26-28-VIII-1953, P. Vanschuytbroeck& V. Hendrickx4999-5005”; “Secteur Tshiaberimu, Riv. Mbulikerere, affl. dr. Talia N, 2720 m”; RMCA• 1 ♀; “ Congobelge: Uele Monga, 450 m. 18-IV-au 8-V-1935, G. F. de Witte: 1338”; RMCA• 1 ♂; “ Congo Belge: P.N.A., 3-IX-1952, P. Vanschuytbroeck& J. Kekenbosch931-33”; RMCA• 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; “ 7-15-VII-1955, P. Vanschuytbroeck13274-309”; RMCA. GABON• 1 ♀; “ Gabon, Provincede l’ Ogooue-Maritime, Réserve des Monts Doudou, 25.2 km304° NW Doussala, 2°13.63′ S, 10° 23.67′ E, 660m”; “ 17.iii.2000, S. van Noort, Sweep, GA00-S126, Coastal Lowland Rainforest, undergrowth, low canopy in forest”; “SAM-HYM-P0023814”; SAMC P0023814. IVORY COAST• 1 ♂; “Ivory Coast, Bouaké – rice field, III 1980, P. Cochereau”; NMPC. ZIMBABWE• 1 ♂; “Rhodesia, Salisbury, A. Watsham/ WF124, (ii)75”; NMPC• 1 ♂; same data as for preceding; “WF99, xii.74”; NMPC.
Description Female(habitus: Fig. 12) COLOUR. Head ( Figs 13–15) black. Mandibles reddish-brown. Antenna ( Fig. 16) with scape whitish to yellowish-brown; pedicel light brown to yellowish-brown; funicle light brown to yellowish-brown basally and increasingly darker towards dark brown to black clava. Mesosoma ( Figs 17–19) black. Legs with coxae dark brown; fore and mid trochanters and trochantelli brown, hind trochanter and trochantellus light brown to yellowish-brown; femora brown, apical apices lighter; tibiae yellowishbrown except fore and hind tibiae basally darker; tarsi whitish to yellowish-brown, pretarsi brown. Fore and hind wings slightly and uniformly infumate; venation brown; setation brown. Metasoma with petiole black ( Fig. 19); gaster dark brown to black. Body setation, including large, symmetrically arranged setae, dark brown. Figs 12–16. Netomocera alboscapus Hedqvist, 1971, holotype, ♀. 12. Habitus, lateral view. 13. Head, frontal view. 14. Head, dorsal view. 15. Lower face. 16. Antenna. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. BODY LENGTH. 2.75–3.25 mm. HEAD. Clypeus finely coriaceous ( Fig. 15); apical margin very slightly produced. Lower face with shallow piliferous punctures among reticulation. Upper face reticulate, with reticulation becoming denser towards vertex; scrobes moderately deep, smooth; parascrobal area with elongated cells ( Fig. 13). Occiput alutaceous; margin sharp ( Fig. 14). Toruli with lower margins above lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 13). Antenna ( Fig. 16) with funicle strongly widening towards clava, with clava conspicuously asymmetric. Upper face and vertex with eight large setae. Head in dorsal view with width 2.0–2.2 × length (85:38) and in frontal view about 1.1× height (85:75). POL about 2.5× OOL (23:9). Eye height about 1.6× length (55:35), about 4.6× malar space (55:12) and about 1.4× as long as scape (55:40). Head width 0.80–0.85 × length of pedicel plus flagellum (85:100). Fu1 length 1.7–2.4× width (12:5); fu7 width 1.7–2.3× length (11.0:6.5); clava length 2.8–3.1× width (40:13). Figs 17–22. Netomocera alboscapus Hedqvist, 1971. 17. ♀, D.R. Congo, mesosoma, lateral view (mesepimeral sulcus indicated). 18. Holotype, ♀, mesosoma, dorsal view. 19. Holotype, ♀, propodeum, dorsal view. 20. Holotype, ♀, fore and hind wings. 21. ♂, D.R. Congo, habitus, lateral view. 22. ♂, D.R. Congo, antenna. Scale bars: 0.2 mm. MESOSOMA. Pronotal collar conspicuously narrower than mesoscutum, with six–eight large setae ( Fig. 18). Mesonotum moderately setose dorsally ( Fig. 18). Mesoscutum and axillae with dense reticulation ( Fig. 18). Scutellar disc similarly sculptured as mesoscutum and longitudinally striatereticulate on frenal area ( Fig. 18). Mesepisternum transversely striate-reticulate. Mesepimeron mainly smooth; mesepimeral sulcus well developed ( Fig. 17). Propodeum with intricate pattern of carinae forming a V-shaped area anteriorly, the rest with irregular carinae; interspaces smooth to slightly wrinkled ( Fig. 19). Macropterous; fore wing ( Fig. 20) uniformly and densely setose except for small, elongate bare region. Mesosoma length 1.4× width (100:73) and about 1.8× height (100:55). Pronotal collar about 0.3 × as long as mesoscutum (10:30) and about 0.8× as wide as mesoscutum (61:73). Mesoscutum width 2.3–2.4 × length (73:30). Scutellum length subequal to width (40:42). Propodeum length about 0.5× scutellum length (20:40). Fore wing length 2.4–2.8 × width (195:70); MV 3.4–3.9 × SV (55:14) and 1.9–2.3× PV (55:24). METASOMA. Petiole ( Fig. 19) large, visible part quadrate, with several longitudinal costulae. Gaster ( Fig. 12) ovate, length twice width (100:50); gt1 longest, width about 0.9× length (50:58), with hind margin broadly emarginate; gt2–5 short, transverse; gt6 wider than long, triangular; syntergum acutely pointed. Ovipositor sheaths conspicuously protruding beyond apex of gaster. Cercal setae almost reaching gaster apex. Male(habitus: Fig. 21) Differs from female mainly as follows. Body length: 1.5–2.0 mm. Antenna ( Fig. 22) with flagellum dark brown. Fu1 length about 2.7× width; combined length of pedicel plus flagellum about 2.5 × head width. Gaster (when not inflated) much shorter than mesosoma, with only gt1 visible.
Distribution D.R. Congo; Cameroon, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe(new records).
Remarks See N. africana. Netomocera alboscapusmay be only a variant of N. africanawith larger eyes than the latter species, but more material is needed to clarify this.
2429182498
NHRM
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Hedqvist
Congo
15
16
NHRM 000002236
2
2
Bas-Congo
holotype
2429182377
1993-07
NMPC
Cameroon
Z. Boucek
Cameroun
Mbalmayo
15
16
2
2
2429182369
1935-07-05
RMCA
G. F. de Witte
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1250
Fuku
Rutshuru
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182427
[393,1186,1133,1160]
1935-07-12
RMCA
G. F. de Witte
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1285
Fuku
Rutshuru
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182368
1935-07-06
RMCA
G. F. de Witte
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1285
Fuku
Rutshuru
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182359
1953-08-26
1953-08-28
1953-08-26
RMCA
P. Vanschuytbroeck & V. Hendrickx
Democratic Republic of the Congo
2720
Belge
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182401
1935-05-08
2018-04
1935-05-08
RMCA
G. F. de Witte
Democratic Republic of the Congo
450
Uele Monga
15
16
451
1
Bas-Congo
2429182458
1952-09-03
RMCA
P. Vanschuytbroeck & J. Kekenbosch
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belge
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182360
[299,1369,1317,1344]
1955-07-07
1955-07-15
1955-07-07
RMCA
P. Vanschuytbroeck
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Belge
15
16
1
1
Bas-Congo
2429182400
2000-03-17
SAMC
S. van Noort
Gabon
Gabon
660
-2.2271667
Reserve des Monts Doudou
13
10.3945
Province
15
16
P0023814
1
1
Ogooue-Maritime
2429182374
[189,1248,1524,1551]
1980-03
NMPC
P. Cochereau
Ivory Coast
IVORY COAST
15
16
1
1
2429182481
[189,1133,1591,1618]
NMPC
A. Watsham
Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE
15
16
1
1
2429182384
1974-12
NMPC
A. Watsham
Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE
15
16
1
1