Pediobius afroteres

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 : 215

afroteres species group

( Figs 8–11 )

Diagnosis. Head wider than mesosoma, completely smooth and bearing no sulci (at most antennal scrobes present as very shallow depressions), with frons distinctly convex; lower face narrowed, antennae inserted below lower eye margins; sculpture of dorsum light to alutaceous. This group is similar to the marjoriae group in having the wide head with smooth convex face and light dorsal sculpture, but differs by lacking the frontal sutures.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Pediobius afroteres. A–C, habitus (holotyPe, South Africa, BMNH): A, dorsal vieW, B, C, lateral vieW; D, head and mesosoma in dorsal vieW (holotyPe); E, Posterior Part of mesosoma and anterior Part of mesosoma in dorsal vieW (ParatyPe, Kenya, BMNH).

FIGURE 9. Pediobius afroteres. A–D, head and anterior Part of mesosoma (holotyPe, South Africa, SAMC): A, dorsal vieW; C, fronto-lateral vieW; B, D, frontal vieW; E, F, ParatyPes, lateral vieW (Kenya, reared from coffee berries, BMNH): E, female, F, male.

FIGURE 10. Pediobius afroteres, SEM. A–C, ParatyPe female (Kenya, reared from coffee berries, BMNH): A, head in frontal vieW, B, C, lateral vieW (B, habitus, C, head, mesosoma and base of metasoma); D, E, ParatyPe males: D, head in lateral vieW (South Africa, SANC), E, head, mesosoma and base of metasoma (Kenya, reared from coffee berries, BMNH).

FIGURE 11. Pediobius kafroteres. A, habitus (holotyPe male, Cameroon, SAMC): A, habitus; B, ProPodeum and Petiole in lateral vieW; C, head in lateral vieW; D, head in dorso-frontal vieW; E, mesosoma and base of metasoma.