Omphale matrana Erdoes

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012, Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), ZooKeys 232, pp. 1-157 : 58-60

Omphale matrana Erdoes Figures 207-214516

Omphale matrana Erdös, 1954:337. Lectotype female in HNHM, examined.

Omphale matrana Erdös, Graham (1963).

Omphale matrana Erdös, Askew (2003).

Material.

Type material. Lectotype female, type no. 6001 in HNHM. Additional material. 6♀: Germany 1♀ (RMNH), Sweden 1♀ (BMNH), United Kingdom 4♀ (CH, BMNH).

Diagnosis.

Lower ½ of head, lateral pronotum, prepectus, mesepisternum, dorsellum and legs yellow (Figs 210-212); gaster elongate, 1.4 –1.5× as long as mesosoma with apex pointed, yellow with 4 transverse dark brown bands; forewing with 3-4 admarginal setae.

Description.

Female. Length of body 0.9-1.4 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish brown with dorsal edge brown; pedicel pale brown; flagellum dark brown; pedicel + flagellum 2.1 × as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.1 × as long and 1.1 × as wide as second flagellomere (Fig. 208); flagellomeres 1-4 with a basal whorl of setae that are distinctly longer than flagellomere attached to, and with a few short and scattered setae apical to whorl; clava ± 2-segmented. Face yellow (Fig. 211), with weak reticulation (Fig. 209); clypeus yellow, smooth, semicircular, 1.8 × as wide as high; gena yellow; lower frons yellow, with raised reticulation, subtorular area smooth; interscrobal area smooth; antennal scrobes join on frontal suture; frontal suture V-shaped; upper frons brown with metallic tinges, with raised reticulation; vertex dark brown with metallic tinges, with very weak reticulation. Occipital margin rounded.

Mesoscutum dark brown with golden and green metallic tinges (Fig. 212), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 207), midlobe with one pair of setae (posterior pair); notauli as indistinct impressions. Scutellum with median ⅓ dark brown with golden and green metallic tinges, and lateral ⅓ yellowish brown (Fig. 212), to completely dark brown metallic, with engraved reticulation (Fig. 207); 1.2 × as long as wide, with anterior margin almost straight. Axillae dark brown with golden tinges (Fig. 212). Dorsellum yellow (Fig. 212), smooth and convex (Fig. 207), 0.3 × as long as wide, and 0.6 × as long as length of median propodeum. Lateral pronotum, propleuron, prepectus, acropleuron and mesepisternum yellow (Fig. 210); mesepimeron dark brown with metallic tinges; transepimeral sulcus weakly curved forwards. Propodeum dark brown and golden (Fig. 212), smooth (Fig. 207); propodeal callus with two setae. Legs yellow (Fig. 210); midleg with first tarsomere 0.4 × as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins yellow and setae dark brown (Fig. 213); speculum closed; admarginal setae 4, arising from marginal vein or from membrane just behind marginal vein; radial cell bare and long, 2.2 × as long as length of postmarginal vein; postmarginal vein 1.0 × as long as stigmal vein; stigmal vein slender. Hind wing tran-sparent, apex pointed (Fig. 213). Forewing WIP (Fig. 214) with apical ½ magenta with blue borders, basal ½ is a mix of magenta and blue.

Petiole yellow. Gaster yellow with posterior ½ of tergites 1-4 dark brown, i.e. with dark brown transverse bands, apical parts of ovipositor sheaths black; elongate and 1.4 –1.5× as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.2 × as long as length of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Czech Republic ( Bouček and Askew 1968), Germany ( Gijswijt 1976), Hungary ( Erdös 1954), Sweden ( Hedqvist 2003), United Kingdom ( Askew 2003) (Fig. 516).