Hemiteles guamensis, Fullaway, D. T., 1946

Fullaway, D. T., 1946, Ichneumonidae, Evaniidae, And Braconidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 221-227 : 223-224

8. Hemiteles guamensis , new species.

Female 3 mm. long, shining black and, for the most part, highly polished, the legs, mandibles, basal joint of antennae and tegulae pale to golden-yellow, antennae beyond the first joint light brown; smooth throughout except for the fine pin-point punctuation on the face, costae, and carinae on scutellum and propodeum; the face, propodeum laterally and abdomen apically clothed more or less densely with fine silvery-gray hairs.

Head transverse, wider than the thorax, width twice the length (as seen from above), eyes large, oval, convex, bare; ocelli lying between on the vertex, arranged in the form of an obtuse triangle, the lateral members removed from the eye margin and from each other about two diameters, anterior member not much over one; frontovertex still wider than long, flat on top, declivous in front; face nearly quadrate but still noticeably wider than long, with the antennae attached at the top and between the eyes at about their middle, in rimmed sockets lying at base of a depression; clypeus not separated but probable line of separation marked by a short sulcus at the sides; antennae 20-segmented, long and slender, nearly as long as the body, not widely separated at base, basal joint short, stout, apically tangentially excised at outer side and hollowed, the second segment or pedicel sunk in the cup, flagellum filamentous, segments 3 to 5 subequal and four to six times longer than wide, the following segments progressively shorter, the apical segment a little longer and somewhat flattened and pointed; mandibles short, flat, narrowing apically and bidentate, base about equaling in width the malar space; genae and postgenae moderately wide and convex; maxillary palpi slender, 5-jointed; labial palpi shorter and 3- or 4-jointed.

Thorax long, moderately wide and deep, prothorax visible from above, extenc\ed in front in a short neck; mesoscutum as wide as long, convex, margins carinate and perfectly rounded, notauli present extending five sixths the length, converging medially behind but not meeting; scutellum triangular, slightly convex, separated from the scutum by a deep costate groove with ridged sides; metathorax transverse, marked by a transverse depression with ridged anterior and posterior margin; propodeum convex and declivous behind, finely reticulately sculptured and completely areolated, areola closed, a deep fovea directly in front of it, the median area behind it slightly depressed, carinae of lateral margins with an anterior and posterior spinous projection on either side; mesothoracic pleurae with a shallow depression next posterior margin; metathoracic spiracle small, oval.

Abdomen elongate, subpetiolate, fusiform, greatest width at apical margin of 2d segment; 1st segment the longest, 2d longer than wide, 3d wider than long, following shorter, transverse; 1st segment bent and expanded apically, the spiracle in middle slightly raised at end of lateral groove; ovipositor exserted about one third length of abdomen.

Wings hyaline, stigma triangular, moderately wide, areolet incomplete.

Legs moderately long and slender.

Piti, May 2, one specimen, holotype female, reared from grass leafroller, Marasmia venilialis, Swezey. Type in collection of Experiment Station , Hawai- TODO TODO TODO TODO