Zele fulgidus Fang, van Achterberg & Chen sp. nov.

Fig. 15

Type material.

Holotype. China – Xizang Zizhiqu • ♀; Bomi; 9 Jul. 2013; Zhen Liu leg.; (ZJUH) No. 201405825.

Diagnosis.

Length of first metasomal tergite 1.7 × its apical width; first tergite robust, petiolate part comparatively short and dorsope close to base of tergite (Fig. 15 J, K); precoxal sulcus comparatively narrowly sculptured anteriorly and mesopleuron shiny (Fig. 15 B); in dorsal view eyes of ♀ 1.2 × as long as temple (Fig. 15 H); malar space 0.6 × as long as basal width of mandible; scutellum yellowish, strongly contrasting with dark brown mesosoma (Fig. 15 C); pterostigma of ♀ pale yellowish (Fig. 15 D); dorsope of first tergite medium-sized and area between dorsope wider than dorsope (Fig. 15 K); hind tarsus yellowish; ovipositor sheath ~ 0.58 × as long as fore wing.

Comparative diagnosis.

Similar to Z. annulicrus but differs mainly by longer ovipositor sheath, ~ 0.58 × as long as fore wing (shorter in Z. annulicrus), longer malar space (shorter in Z. annulicrus) and straight hind femur (swollen in Z. annulicrus).

Description.

Holotype, ♀, length of fore wing 4.8 mm, of body 4.7 mm.

Head. Antenna missing; maxillary palp broken; frons smooth and behind antennal sockets impressed; POL: diameter of posterior ocellus: OOL = 5: 3: 6; vertex nearly smooth and setose (Fig. 15 H); clypeus strongly convex in lateral view, weakly punctate (Fig. 15 I); face largely smooth and shiny, slightly punctulate near antennal sockets, minimum width of face 1.5 × height of face (Fig. 15 G); length of eye 1.2 × temple in dorsal view (Fig. 15 H); length of malar space 0.6 × basal width of mandible.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.8 × its height; side of pronotum crenulate antero-ventrally, widely smooth and shiny postero-dorsally; epicnemial area slightly sculptured; precoxal sulcus comparatively narrowly crenulate, remainder of mesopleuron distinctly smooth and shiny (Fig. 15 B); mesosternum smooth, finely punctulate; metapleuron almost smooth, ventrally with some crenulae; mesoscutal lobes punctulate and shiny; notauli comparatively narrowly crenulate, mesoscutum medio-posteriorly widely crenulate-rugose and with a medium-sized carina. scutellar sulcus shallow and wide, with one long median carina; scutellum slightly convex, smooth; metanotum with medium-sized posterior knob and with two medium-sized carinae; propodeum mainly smooth dorsally, subbasal carina complete, angulate; medio-longitudinal carina complete, and mostly well developed; propodeum gradually lowered posteriorly except dorsal part in front of subbasal carina; posterior part not distinctly separated from antero-dorsal part distinctly in lateral view (Fig. 15 B, C).

Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 15 D): r: 3 - SR: SR 1 = 8: 18: 98; 2 - SR: 3 - SR: r-m = 18: 18: 14; 1 - CU 1: 2 - CU 1 = 3: 50; cu-a nearly vertical, postfurcal. Hind wing (Fig. 15 D): r absent; M + CU: 1 - M = 58: 15; 1 r-m 2.0 × 1 - M. marginal cell slightly widened (Fig. 15 D).

Legs. Hind coxa largely smooth dorsally; length of fore femur 7.1 × its width (Fig. 15 L); length of fore tibial spur 0.4 × fore basitarsus (Fig. 15 M); lengths of hind femur and basitarsus 6.5 × and 9.7 × their widths, respectively (Fig. 15 F).

Metasoma. First tergite 1.7 × longer than its apical width, it robust, petiolate part comparatively short and dorsope close to base of tergite; its surface indistinctly strigulate but shiny; dorsope elliptical and medium-sized, area behind depressed (Fig. 15 K), laterope sublateral (Fig. 15 J); second tergite mainly bare, smooth and shiny; ovipositor comparatively slender basally; length of ovipositor sheath 0.58 × as long as fore wing, sheath with less erect and short setae (Fig. 15 E).

Colour. Mesosoma (except yellowish scutellum), dorsal view of head, ovipositor sheath (but apex of ovipositor sheath yellowish) dark brown; face, legs, metasoma (first metasomal tergite between dorsope darked) yellowish; palpi, veins and pterostigma pale yellowish.

Distribution.

China (Xizang).

Biology.

Unknown.

Etymology.

Named after the shining mesopleuron; fulgidus is Latin for shiny.