Kolopterna lao n. sp.

Fig. 4C, E, F

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: D0226141-A53C-4B54-80FC-4547C9300C87.

Etymology: The species is named after the country of its origin.

Diagnosis: Female. Body length 2.0– 2.2 mm. POL 2.25× OOL (Fig. 4C).Antenna. F1 2.6×, F2 2.1×, clava 3.2× as long as wide (Fig. 4F). Pronotum 0.20× as long as mesoscutum, mesoscutum with two rows of 4–5 setae adnotaular setae on each side, scutellum without submedian lines (Fig. 4C). Forewing with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, bare, speculum open below, SMV with 4 setae, MV 1.2× shorter than costal cell. Gaster 2.0× as long as wide. Body yellow. Male. Unknown.

Description: Female. Body length 2.0– 2.2 mm (HT 2.0 mm); forewing length 1.75. Color. Head yellow; occiput brown, antenna brownish, eye red; ocelli red. Mandibles brown. Mesosoma yellow. Legs yellow; gaster yellow with fuscous bands on each gastral tergite (Fig. 4E). Head. 2.0× as long as wide; eye 1.1× as long as wide. Malar sulcus with sublinear fovea below eye is extending 0.65× length of gena. Mandibles with three big teeth. POL 2.25× OOL. Antenna (Fig. 4F) inserted at lower level of eyes. Scape 5.0× as long as wide and 1.1× as long as eye. Pedicel 1.75× as long as wide; flagellum first two anelli lenticular, third almost quadratic with many setae. F1 2.6× as long as wide, and 1.1× as long as F2, F1 1.1× as long as pedicel, F2 2.1× as long as wide, and F3 1.8× as long as wide, F3 1.1× shorter than F2, clava 3-segmented, 3.2× as long as wide and 2.1× as long as F3. Mesosoma. Pronotum 6.0 × as wide as long and 0.2× as long as mesoscutum. Mesoscutum finely reticulate 1.1× as wide as long, with two rows of adnotaular setae with 4–5 setae on each side, median line indistinct. Scutellum 1.2× as wide as long, finely reticulate, with submedian lines. Dorsellum 4.2× as wide as long. Propodeum 3.0× as wide as long, callus with 6 setae in one row. Forewing 2.4× as long as wide with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, bare; speculum open below; MV 1.2× shorter than costal cell, SMV with 4 setae; MV 1.1× as long as SMV and 5.0× length of STV, STV bare except for 1 seta in the middle of the stigma. Hindwing apically rounded. Legs: hind tarsi with T2 1.8× longer than T1.

Metasoma. Petiole small, smooth. Gaster 2.3× as long as wide, about 1.4× as long as mesosoma. Ovipositor sheaths slightly projecting beyond apex of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Holotype: Laos: Phonsavan Xiangkhouang Prov.: 1 ♀, Phongsavan, Kongkeo Guest House, 19°29'51"N 103°17'41"E, elevation 1130 m, 10.xi.2018, E. Yegorenkova, Z. Yefremova (SMNHTAU).

Paratype: Laos: 1 ♀, same data as holotype (ZISP).

Distribution: Laos.

Host: Unknown.