Illidops vitobiasi Kotenko, 2004

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Illidops vitobiasi Kotenko, 2004: 119, figs 1–6.

Type material

Holotype

TURKMENISTAN – [Lebap Region] • ♀; Repetek [Repetek Biosphere State Reserve?]; [38.61° N, 63.21° E]; sands; 27 Apr. 1992; A. Kotenko leg.; SIZK.

Species concept

Our species concept is based on our examination of photos of the holotype and the information available in Kotenko (2004, 2007) → ***.

Ecology / host information

Host unknown.

Distribution

PAL: Turkmenistan.

Molecular data

No molecular data available.

Remarks

In addition to the holotype, there are 5 female and 2 male paratypes stored at SIZK (Zerova et al. 2006).

Original description sensu Kotenko (2004) (translated from Russian and with updated morphological terminology and comments in brackets when our observations did not match Kotenko’s)

Diagnosis. The new species is most similar to Illidops electilis, but differs from it by eyes more strongly converging downwards, usually more articulated sculpture of the propodeum, short and wide T1 and shorter ovipositor sheaths.

Description. Female. Body length 2.3 mm. Width of head almost 2 × its length [in dorsal view head width versus head length], slightly wider than width of mesonotum; head behind eyes comparatively sharply roundly narrowed [in dorsal view head behind eyes comparatively narrow]. The occiput is rather strongly concave. Ocelli arranged in a strongly obtuse triangle [ocelli in high triangle]; tangent to the anterior margin of the posterior ocelli passing along the posterior margin of the anterior ocellus [imaginary tangent posterior to the anterior ocellus does not touch or cross the posterior ocelli]; POL distinctly greater than OD. Eyes noticeably converging downwards, their transverse diameter 1.6× less than longitudinal diameter, and almost 2.0 × longer than length of gena (laterally). Face with longitudinal median elevation, which is more distinct before frons. Height of the face with the clypeus approximately equal to its width at its lower part. Clypeus well separated, shortened, with dense setae, almost straight along the front margin. Antennae shorter than the body; length of F15 1.5× as long as its width. Mesosoma slightly shorter than metasoma, its length 1.3× its height. Fore wing length 1.3 × hind wing length, approximately equal in length to the body; length of pterostigma 2.3× its width; vein R1 shorter than pterostigma length and noticeably shorter than the distance from the apex of the R1 to the apex of the wing; vein 1cu arising around the middle of the 1st discal cell; hind wing vein cu-a almost straight. Metatibiae slightly shorter than metatarsi; inner spur of metatibia not longer than outer, distinctly shorter than half of basitarsus; Ratio of metatarsomere lengths as follows 4.4: 2.1: 1.4: 1.0: 1.3. T1 short and wide, its length 1.2× its maximum width; T2 large and wide. Ovipositor sheaths relatively short, their visible part barely longer than half length of metatibia.

Face, gena, and head dorsally with shallow sculpture, slightly shiny; occiput densely wrinkly-sculptured, matte. Mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctured, with slight satin shine, almost matte. Propodeum along anterior margin and in postero-lateral corners sculptured, matte, in middle part with smoothed sculpture and more or less shiny; propodeum often softly sculpted and matte. T1 and T2 equally densely sculptured, matte.

Body black; antennae and palps reddish-brown or brown; tegulae and legs (except mostly black metacoxa) yellowish-brown or brown; metatibial spurs whitish; wings very faintly yellowish; pterostigma light brown, usually in the basal half and along the anterior margin lighter; vein R1 and veins in the middle part of the fore wing light brown or brownish-yellow.

Male. It differs from female by longer (longer than body) antennae and darker coloration of legs (metafemur, apical half of middle and metatibiae, and metatarsus darkened).

Material. Holotype: ♀, Turkmenistan, Repetek, sands, 27 IV 1992 (A. Kotenko). Paratypes. Turkmenistan: 5 ♀♀, 2 ♂♂, labeled as in the holotype; 1 ♀, Repetek, ridge sands, white saxaul, ephedra, 9 IV 1993 (V. Perepechaenko).