Conganteon nepalense Olmi, 1984

Xu, Zaifu, Olmi, Massimo & He, Junhua, 2013, Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), Zootaxa 3614 (1), pp. 1-460 : 49-50

2. Conganteon nepalense Olmi, 1984

( Plate 12C–E )

Conganteon nepalense Olmi 1984: 98 ; Olmi 1987a: 371.

Description of Female. Fully winged; length 2.0 mm. Head black, except mandible testaceous; antenna brown, except segments 1–2 testaceous; mesosoma and metasoma black; legs testaceous, except metacoxa black. Antenna clavate; antennal segments in following proportions: 7:4:7:6:6:5:4.5:4.5:4:6; antennal segment 3 as long as segment 1. Head dull, completely reticulate rugose; frontal line complete; POL = 5; OL = 3; OOL = 8; OPL = 5; TL = 8; occipital carina complete. Scutum shiny, completely reticulate rugose. Notauli incomplete, reaching approximately 0.3 length of scutum. Scutellum smooth, punctate, except posterior half reticulate rugose. Metanotum completely reticulate rugose. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; stigmal vein curved, with distal part longer than proximal part (8:5). Protarsal segments in following proportions: 10:2:2:3:6. Enlarged claw ( Plate 12C ) without teeth and bristles. Segment 5 of protarsus ( Plate 12C ) with two rows of 17 peg-like hairs extending continuously to distal apex. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Description of Male. Fully winged ( Plate 12E ); length 1.9 mm. Head, antenna, mesosoma and metasoma black; legs brown. Antenna filiform; antennal segments in following proportions: 8:4:11:10:9:9:8:7:7:8.5; antennal segment 3 more than three times as long as broad (11:2.5). Head completely reticulate rugose; frontal line complete; POL = 4; OL = 2; OOL = 7; OPL = 4; TL = 7; occipital carina complete. Scutum completely reticulate rugose. Notauli absent (occasionally slightly visible and reaching about 0.3 length of scutum). Scutellum reticulate rugose, except shiny and smooth central area (occasionally scutellum completely reticulate rugose). Metanotum completely reticulate rugose. Propodeum reticulate rugose, without transverse or longitudinal keels. Fore wing hyaline, without dark transverse bands; stigmal vein curved, with distal part longer than proximal part. Parameres ( Plate 12D ) without proximal membranous process. Tibial spurs 1/1/2.

Material examined. Type: holotype ♂: NEPAL: Along Nawakot-Syabrubens Road , 35 Km N of Trisuli ( BPBM) . Other material. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Valparai (Cinchona), 20–22.X.1979, J.S. Noyes leg., 1♀ ( BMNH) .

Hosts. Unknown.

Distribution. Nepal (Nawakot-Syabrubens Road), India (Tamil Nadu).

Figures

PLATE 12. A, B. Conganteon gigas, holotype (from Xu & He, 1998b). C–E. C. nepalense. A. Chela. B. Fore wing. C. Chela of female from India (from Olmi 1987a). D. Genitalia of holotype (from Olmi 1984). E. Holotype (from Olmi 1984). Length 1.9 mm. Scale bar 0.19 mm for A, 0.68 mm for B, 0.13 mm for C and 0.21 mm for D.