Sharqencyrtus hulbi, Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011

Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, Zootaxa 2830, pp. 1-19 : 16

Sharqencyrtus hulbi sp. nov.

( Figs 37–42 )

Female. Holotype. Length, 1.45 mm. Frontovertex yellowish brown; scrobe and malar space dark brown; face nearly black; pronotum except collar, mesoscutum, and tegulae dark brown; axillae and scutellum brownish yellow with brown suffusions; propodeum dark brown but sides brownish yellow; mesopleuron, metapleuron and gaster black. Antenna ( Fig. 37 ) with scape black except apex yellow; pedicel and funicle black; clava white. Palps white. Fore wing with a yellowish tinge and with infuscation as in Fig. 39 . Hind wing hyaline, lightly infuscate towards apex. Legs brownish yellow with brown suffusions except basal two-thirds of fore coxa, basal three-fourth of mid coxa, and hind coxa brown.

Structural details as in generic description and figures, with the following additional characters: frontovertex finely reticulate, the cells transversely elongate; mesoscutum with fine, largely transversely elongate reticulations, and with fine, sparse, setigerous punctures; scutellum with a similar sculpture and not deeper than on mesoscutum; mesoscutum with about 40 setae, scutellum with 20 setae; sides of propodeum with silvery white setae. Relative measurements (holotype before mounted on slide) — head dorsal width, 42; head frontal height, 37; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 14; eye height, 26; malar space, 12; mesosoma length, 60; mesoscutum length (width), 28(41); scutellum length (width), 26 (21.5); propodeum median length, 5; gaster length, 40; (from slide) — fore wing length (width), 161 (62.5); length of venation, 80; hind wing length (width), 113.5 (27.5); length of venation, 75; mid tibia length, 57; mid basitarsus length, 15; mid tibial spur length, 15; TVII length, 33; ovipositor length, 40; third valvula length, 6.5.

Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype, female (on slide under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1315) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 09.xi.2009 Coll.: P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12345/H3” on a red ticket).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh.

Etymology. Arabic: hulbi = bristly, and referring to the bristly hypopygium.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 42. Sharqencyrtus hulbi gen. et sp. nov., female: 37, antenna; 38, mandibles; 39, fore wing; 40, fore wing, distal veins; 41, ovipositor; 42, hypopygium.