Eunotus strenus, Uan, 2001

Uan, H Ui Xiao D A-Wei H, 2001, A review of Eunotinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from China, Journal of Natural History 35, pp. 1587-1605 : 1597-1598

Eunotus strenus sp. nov.

(gures 15–19)

Female. Body length 2 mm. H ead and thorax black green, gaster brown; antennae brown, excepting scape and pedicellus yellowish brown; legs brown or yellowish except coxa concolorous with thorax.

Head (gures 15, 17) in front view, clypeal margin emarginate, gena strongly exceeding mouth. Antennal insertion above clypeal margin; antenna (gure 16) with scape not reaching the median ocellus; pedicellus about twice as long as broad, three times as long as rst funicular segment; rst funicular segment at most half as long as the second; the second to the fth slightly transverse; clava about 1.8 times as long as broad; agellum plus pedicellus shorter than head width. R elative measurements: head width 50, height 39, length 23, eyes space 27, eyes height 19, malar space 17, scape 18, POL 5 OOL as 17 5 4.

Thorax (gure 18) convex. Pronotum narrower than mesoscutum, collar not margined. Notauli deep and complete. Scutellum without fenal line. Propodeum with slightly tooth-like median carina, nucha distinct. Fore wing (gure 19) densely hairy, without speculum. G aster (gure 18) sessile, ovate, rst gastral torgite about three-quarters length of gaster. Relative measurements: pronotum length 6, mesoscutum length 22, scutellum 29 long, 27 wide, marginal vein 12, postmarginal 9, stigmal vein 8; gaster width 47, length 65.

Male. Body smaller than female; antenna yellow excepting clava brown.

E. strenus together with E. aequalivena sp. nov. are close to E. obscurus Masi. The diOEerences from the latter are given in the key. HOLOTYPE female, China, Beijing, 17 M ay 1955 (Liao D ing-Xi).

PARATYPE, 9 3, same as holotype; China: Beijing, 7 May , 4 5 (Zhang Dai- Xiang) ; Beijing, Haidian , 17 May 1955, 11 (Liao Ding-Xi) ; Xinjiang, Hami , 28 April 1980, ex. coccids on almond, 1 .

Biology. The specimen from Xinjiang was reared from coccids on almond.

Distribution. China (Beijing, Xinjiang).