Omphale brevibuccata Szelenyi

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012, Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), ZooKeys 232, pp. 1-157 : 90-92

Omphale brevibuccata Szelenyi Figures 302 –305351– 355527

Omphale brevibuccata Szelényi, 1978:222. Holotype female in HNHM, examined.

Omphale brevibuccata Szelényi, Askew (2003).

Material.

Type material.Holotype female, type no. 6017 in HNHM. Additio-nal material. 7♀: Bulgaria 2♀ (BMNH), Hungary 1♀ (BMNH), Netherlands 2♀ (RMNH), Russia 1♀ (BMNH), Sweden 1♀ (CH).

Diagnosis.

Vertex green metallic and mesoscutum dark brown (Figs 351-353); mesosomal pleurae yellow (Fig. 351); legs yellowish white to yellow (Fig. 351); frontal cross ridge missing (Fig. 304); antennal scrobes join at or just below frontal suture (Fig. 304); malar space narrow, as narrow as width of scape; first tarsomere on midleg long, 0.4 × as long as length of tarsus; flagellum slender and tapering towards apex (Fig. 303), flagellomeres 1-3 ventrally with one set of setae attached close to base and reaching to apex of flagellomere attached to; sensilla on flagellomeres elongate and asymmetric.

Description.

Female. Length of body 1.3-1.8 mm. Antenna with scape pale yellowish brown; pedicel and flagellum brown; pedicel + flagellum 2.4 × as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.1 × as long and 1.1 × as wide as second flagellomere (Fig. 303); flagellomeres with scattered setae and flagellomeres 1-3 ventrally with one set of setae attached close to base and reaching to apex of flagellomere attached to; longitudinal sensilla as long as flagellomere attached to; clava 1-segmented. Face dark brown with golden tinges (Fig. 352), strigose (Fig. 304); clypeus dark brown with golden tinges, with engraved reticulation, semicircular, 1.7 × as wide as high; gena purple metallic; frontal cross-ridge absent; lower frons golden with green or purple metallic tinges, with engraved reticulation, subtorular area smooth; interscrobal area smooth; antennal scrobes join at or just below frontal suture; frontal suture V-shaped; upper frons golden, sometimes with purple metallic tinges, with engraved reticulation; vertex bright green metallic to golden green, with engraved reticulation (Fig. 305). Occipital margin with an edge (Fig. 305).

Mesoscutum dark brown metallic (Fig. 353), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 302), midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as indistinct impressions in posterior ½. Scutellum with anterior ½ yellowish brown and posterior ½ dark brown metallic, to yellow with posteromedian ⅓ dark brown (Fig. 353), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 302); 1.0 × as long as wide, with anterior margin almost straight. Axillae brown, yellowish brown to yellow (Fig. 353). Dorsellum yellowish brown to yellow (Fig. 353), smooth and flat (Fig. 302), 0.2 × as long as wide, and 0.4 × as long as length of median propodeum. Entire lateral mesosoma yellow (Fig. 351); transepimeral sulcus weakly curved forwards. Propodeum pale brown to yellow (Fig. 353), smooth with a median carina and anteromedially with a fovea (Fig. 302); propodeal callus with two setae. Legs yellowish white to yellow (Fig. 351); midleg with first tarsomere 0.4 × as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins yellowish brown and setae dark brown (Fig. 354); speculum closed; admarginal setae 7-8, arising from marginal vein and from membrane just behind marginal vein; radial cell setose; postmarginal vein 1.8 × as long as stigmal vein; stigmal vein slightly enlarged. Hind wing transparent, apex pointed (Fig. 354). Forewing WIP (Fig. 355) predominantly magenta, towards base with thin lines in blue, yellow and magenta.

Petiole yellowish white. Gaster dark brown metallic, elongate and 1.6 × as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.1 × as long as length of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Bulgaria (new record), Hungary ( Szelényi 1978), Netherlands (new record), Russia (new record), Sweden (new record), United Kingdom ( Askew 2003) (Fig. 527).