Omphale aceris ( Erdoes )

Hansson, Christer & Shevtsova, Ekaterina, 2012, Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), ZooKeys 232, pp. 1-157 : 107-109

Omphale aceris ( Erdoes) Figures 417-422533

Secodes aceris Erdös, 1951:208. Lectotype female in HNHM, examined.

Omphale aceris ( Erdös), Graham (1963).

Material.

Type material. Lectotype female, type no. 6063 in HNHM.

Diagnosis.

Gaster short, 0.8 × as long as length of mesosoma; forewing speculum open below, with veins and setae yellow; antennal flagellum with basal 2 flagellomeres pale brown and apical 3 flagellomeres yellow (Fig. 422); legs white; row of admarginal setae mainly arising from marginal vein; radial cell bare.

Description.

Female. Length of body 1.4 mm. Antenna with scape dark brown with basal part white; pedicel pale brown; flagellum with flagellomeres 1-2 pale brown, flagellomeres 3-5 yellow (Fig. 422); pedicel + flagellum 1.5 × as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.2 × as long as and about 1 × as wide as second flagellomere; flagellomeres with scattered short setae; clava 2-segmented. Face golden red, with raised reticulation; clypeus golden red, smooth, trapezoid, 1.6 × as wide as high; gena purple metallic; lower frons purple metallic (Fig. 420), with raised reticulation (Fig. 419), subtorular area smooth; interscrobal area with raised reticulation; antennal scrobes join on frontal suture; frontal suture V-shaped; upper frons and vertex purple metallic, with raised reticulation. Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 421).

Mesoscutum golden with green metallic spots (Fig. 418), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 417), midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as indistinct impressions. Scutellum black with purple metallic tinges (Fig. 418), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 417); 1.0 × as long as wide, with anterior margin straight. Axillae golden with purple tinges (Fig. 418). Dorsellum purple metallic (Fig. 418), with very weak sculpture and flat (Fig. 417), 0.4 × as long as wide, and 0.4 × as long as length of median propodeum. Entire lateral mesosoma purple metallic, except yellow acropleuron; transepimeral su lcus weakly curved forwards. Propodeum golden with red tinges (Fig. 418), smooth (Fig. 417); propodeal callus with two setae. Legs white; midleg with first tarsomere 0.3 × as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins and setae yellow; speculum open; radial cell bare; postmarginal vein about as long as stigmal vein; stigmal vein slender. Hind wing transparent, apex rounded. WIP not possible to see on single examined specimen because the wings are glues to the card.

Petiole dark brown. Gaster purple metallic, first tergite with golden tinges, short and 0.8 × as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.06 × as long as length of gaster.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Hungary ( Erdös 1951) (Fig. 533).

Remarks.

Through the pale wing veins, pale legs and part of the antenna this is an easily recognizeable species. However, based on the single shriveled female specimen examined we find it difficult to place it in a group. Possibly it belongs in the phruron-group but to establish that fresh specimens, preferably both sexes, must be examined.