Oodera fidelis, Werner & Peters, 2018

Werner, Jennifer & Peters, Ralph S., 2018, Taxonomic revision of the genus Oodera Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae), with description of ten new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 63, pp. 73-123 : 84-85

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scientific name	Oodera fidelis
status	sp. n.

Treatment

Oodera fidelis sp. n. Figs 2d View Figure 2 , 5d View Figure 5 , 8d View Figure 8 , 11d View Figure 11 , 14d View Figure 14

Diagnosis.

BOTH SEXES (N = 3). Small-sized (6.48-6.80 mm). Head and mesosoma dark green to blue. Fore wing partly infumate. Body robust to slender (mesonotum 1.29-1.47 × as long as wide). Head round (1.33-1.41 × as high as long). Eyes large (0.61-0.67 × as high as head) (Fig. 8d View Figure 8 ). Corona medium to thick (4.00-6.00 × as long as wide), structure continuous (Fig. 4d View Figure 4 ). Pronotum pentagonal with posterior part hardly narrowing towards mesoscutum, with broadest part before midlength (Fig. 11d View Figure 11 ). Mesoscutellum slender (0.75-0.87 × as long as wide), anterior margin convex (part anterior to imaginary transverse line connecting posterior margins of axillae more than 1/3 of mesoscutellum length; 0.37-0.39), mesoscutellum completely lineate, with median lines converging (Fig. 14d View Figure 14 ). Propodeum large (0.19-0.20 × as long as mesoscutum) (Fig. 14d View Figure 14 ). Profemur elongated (2.23-2.51 × as long as wide). Marginal vein long (1.11-1.19 × as long as postmarginal vein).

FEMALE. Metasoma medium (0.45-0.46 × as long as body). Ovipositor short (0.13-0.13 × as long as metasoma) (Fig. 2d View Figure 2 ).

Description.

BOTH SEXES. Colour (Figs 2d View Figure 2 , 5d View Figure 5 , 8d View Figure 8 , 11d View Figure 11 , 14d View Figure 14 ). Scape yellow, darkening apically, rest of antenna dark brown. Procoxa and profemur dark green, all other parts of legs dark yellow, except for brown meso- and metafemur. Metasoma brown.

Head (Figs 5d View Figure 5 , 8d View Figure 8 ). Face completely reticulate. Head 1.39-1.45 × as wide as long. Head width 3.18-3.66 × eye distance. Malar space 0.33-0.37 × head height. Corona 0.57-0.76 × as long as eye height. POL 0.6-1.00 × OOL. Scape 2.18-2.86 × as long as pedicel. Clava 0.14-0.18 × as long as funicle. Flagellum 1.29-1.50 × as long as head width.

Mesosoma (Figs 11d View Figure 11 , 14d View Figure 14 ). Pronotum 0.83-1.10 × as long as wide. Pronotum 0.44-0.64 × as long as mesonotum. Mesonotum 1.44-1.47 × as long as mesoscutum. Mesoscutum 0.89-1.02 × as long as wide. Mesoscutellum 0.44-0.47 × as long as mesoscutum. Profemur 1.27-1.43 × as long as protibia.

Wings (Fig. 2d View Figure 2 ). Fore wing 2.80-2.97 × as long as wide. Costal cell 0.35-0.40 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 0.20-0.21 × as long as fore wing. Marginal vein 2.95-3.64 × as long as stigmal vein. Postmarginal vein 2.11-3.27 × as long as stigmal vein.

Material examined.

ASIA. Vietnam: female holotype, Ha Tinh Huong son, 900 m, 18°22'N / 105°13'E, leg. L. Herman, MT, 05.05.1998 ( CNC) (OFi01); two male paratypes, Ha Tinh Huong son, 900 m, 18°22'N / 105°13'E, leg. L. Herman, MT, 18.- 28.5.1998 ( CNC) (OFi02), ( ZFMK) (OFi03) GoogleMaps .

Biology.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Vietnam.

Etymology.

Named after the latin adjective Oodera fidelis , meaning faithful, because of the distinct blueish colour of head and mesosoma and blue being the symbolic colour of trust.