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