3.2.1. Holotype ♀
Body length without ovipositor, 1.60 mm; length of ovipositor sheaths, 1.25 mm. The body color is generally yellow with black scattered setae, with light to paler yellow head, pronotum and legs, yellow to white coxae, especially fore and middle coxae, and some additional amber on the antenna, mesonotum, propodeum, and gaster, with some black on the back of the gaster; the ovipositor sheaths are black (
Figure 2A–F and
Figure 3A,D,F–H). The head color is light yellow, pale yellow around the eyes, the lower face, scrobal depression, parascrobal area, genae, temple, vertex, and occiput, a darker yellow in the middle of the lower face, supraclypeal area, darker on the frons, with some light amber around the ocelli. The interantennal prominence is light yellow. The scrobal longitudinal carina has a very thin brown to black longitudinal line on the top. The eyes are red, bare on stereomicroscopes but on SEM, they have very scattered minuscule setae (
Figure 4F). The ocelli are red. The anterior tentorial pits are brown. The clypeus has a brown terminal on the lobe area. The mandibles are light yellow basally and black distally, especially the dents, with a small brown intergrade area and a brown to black anterior edge. The maxillolabial complex, including the maxillary and labial palps, is pale yellow. The antenna is amber, darker on the pedicel and flagellum; the scape is light amber to yellow in the basal part and the radicle is yellow. All antennomeres have brown sensilla trichodea, all funiculars and all clavomeres have white longitudinal sensilla. The setae are black on the frontovertex, temple, upper face, and genae and white on the lower face, supraclypeal area, clypeus, labrum, and maxillolabial complex, generally with black-dotted setal pores. The pronotum is light yellow to pale yellow up to the suture with the mesoscutum. The lateral panel of the pronotum, propleuron, and prosternum is pale yellow. All setae on the pronotum (pronotal collar) and upper back side of the lateral panel of the pronotum are black, sparse, and hairlike. The middle lobe of the mesoscutum is almost all amber but in dried specimens, it has two visible U-shaped amber areas on the anterior part, separated by a central, thin, light-yellow line. The posterior part of the middle lobe of the mesoscutum is light amber; the lateral areas of the middle lobe to the notauli are light yellow. The lateral lobe of the mesoscutum is amber with light yellow laterally and posteriorly. The scutellum is amber on the central part, inside the area delimited by the six long, black, hairlike setae. The lateral areas of the scutellum, outside the central area delimited by the six setae, and to the suture with the middle lobe of the mesoscutum are light yellow. The frenum is amber anteriorly to light yellow posteriorly. All setae on the mesonotum are long, sparse, black, and hairlike. The axilla is amber with a light yellow to the suture with the scutellum and a thin black basal line. The metanotum is amber to light yellow, especially in the central part (dorsellum) and latero-posterior areas. The propodeum is amber, bare in the central area between the two postspiracular sulci and light yellow on the lateral areas (callus), with dense, short, thin, white setae with black-dotted setal pores. The prepectus is light yellow and bare. The tegula is pale yellow with sparse black hairs. The acropleuron is pale yellow and bare. The mesopleuron is light yellow to pale yellow on the upper part of the upper mesepimeron. The mesepisternum and mesepimeron are bare. The metapleuron on the anterior part, basally, and the anterior face of the mesepisternum has sparse white setae with black-dotted setal pores. The propleuron, prosternum, and mesosternum are light yellow and bare. The prosternal area is black in the center, difficult to see with the fore legs in the anatomical position but easy to see after removing them or lifting the procoxae. The metasternum (metasternal area) is black, difficultly visible with the middle and hindlegs in the anatomical position, easy to see after removing them. The forewings are hyaline with brown setae (
Figure 3D). The humeral plate is white. The submarginal vein is white basally to progressively brown in the middle. The parastigma is strongly brown with a light brown to the marginal vein. There are sparse, long, brown setae on the submarginal vein. The marginal vein is white with long brown setae. The postmarginal vein is white. The stigmal vein has a light brown base to the beginning of the stigma; most of the stigma is strongly brown. The uncus is pale brown. The hindwing is hyaline with brown setae (
Figure 3F). The humeral plate is white. The submarginal vein is white in the first half to progressively brown in the middle and has a strong brown parastigma. The marginal vein is white with a black spot distally, in the hamuli area. The hamuli are brown. The fore coxa is light yellow, almost white on dried specimens, with short, white, scattered setae with black-dotted setal pores. The fore trochanter is light yellow, almost white on dried specimens. The profemur is light yellow with white, short setae on the interior face, black medium setae on the distal part of the exterior face, and long black setae on the posterior face with black-dotted setal pores on the exterior and posterior faces. The protibia is light yellow with an external longitudinal line of black setae with black-dotted setal pores and short white setae on the other faces. The protibial spur is light yellow. On all legs, the tarsomeres are light yellow, the claws are light brown, the arolium is brown. The mesocoxa is light yellow, almost white on dried specimens, with short, white, scattered setae. The mesotrochanter is light yellow, almost white on dried specimens. The mesofemur and mesotibia are light yellow, both with minuscule white setae on the interior face and small black setae on the exterior face. The mesotibial spurs are light yellow. The hindleg is light yellow. The metacoxa has long, white, scattered setae with black-dotted setal pores on the upper posterior face, medium, white, scattered setae with black-dotted setal pores on the exterior and interior faces. The metafemur has three external longitudinal lines of black setae with black-dotted setal pores. The metatibia has short, black, external setae with black-dotted setal pores and short, white, internal setae. The metatibial spurs are light yellow. The petiole is amber. The gaster is amber dorsally with black transversal wide straps on the second half of gastral tergites 1–6. The lateral sides of the gaster are light yellow. The gastral sternum, including the hypopygium, is light to dark yellow. The gaster is bare, with one transversal subterminal to the median line of the long, hairlike, black setae on gastral tergites 1–6 and few scattered, long, black setae on the distal part of gastral sternum segments. The ovipositor stylet is brown. The ovipositor sheaths are black with black setae. The epipygium is white and the cerci are black, both with white setae.
The head is slightly transverse, 1.2× as wide as high and 1.65× as wide as long. The eye is 1.60× as high as long. The length of the malar space is 0.86× as long as the breadth of the oral fossa and 0.72× the eye’s height. The POL is 2× as long as the OOL. Relative measurements of the head: HW 42, HH 35, BOF 15, LMS 13, HE 22, DT 4, DAT 4, LATE 10, LTOF 10, HL 25, LT 4, LE 18, IOD 27, OOL 5, POL 10, LOL 3, DMO 5, DLO 5. The vertex is shallow striate with scattered setae, slightly alutaceous imbricate around the ocelli (
Figure 4C,D), frons, and parascrobal areas, more accentuated striate with two long setae in the upper half of the parascrobal areas (
Figure 4A). The scrobal depression is smooth with a very thin longitudinal carina (
Figure 4A). The lower face is strongly radially striate with scattered short setae (
Figure 4A,B). The malar sulcus is very thin. The clypeus is smoothly bilobed (
Figure 4B). The mandibles have three dents, bigger basally and in the middle, the upper one very small (
Figure 5A) and difficult to see on a stereomicroscope (
Figure 2F), especially with the mandibles closed. The mandibles have two sensilla trichodea on the dorsal face (
Figure 5A) and seven on the ventral face. The maxillary palps have four articles, and the labial palps have three articles (
Figure 3C and
Figure 4I). The maxillolabial complex has sensilla trichodea. The stipes have three sensilla trichodea ventrally. The maxillary and labial palps have sensilla trichodea and campaniform sensilla. The occipital carina is very thin, almost impossible to see on a stereomicroscope but well visible on SEM (
Figure 4G,H). The hypostomal carina is well developed (
Figure 4G). The genae, postgenae, temple, and occiput are shallowly striate to slightly alutaceous imbricate (
Figure 4G,H). The vertex to the temple, close to the eye, has a line of five setae. The POL has three setae. The posterior-to-posterior ocellus line has three setae. The postgenal bridge has very thin transversal carinas. The posterior part of the head is almost bare, with few setae on the upper part of the occipital foramen (
Figure 4G,H). The antenna is inserted approximatively in the middle of the face (
Figure 2E and
Figure 4A). The distance between the toruli is equal to the diameter of the toruli and 0.4× as long as the length between the antennal toruli and the eye. The length between the antennal toruli and the eye is equal to the distance between the toruli and oral fossa, the scape not reaching the anterior ocellus. The scape and pedicel are smooth; on SEM, they are very finely longitudinally striate (
Figure 5B). The scape is 3.5× as long as broad, the anellus is slightly transverse, the flagellum is 3.28× as long as the scape, the funicle is 2.66× as long as the clava. F1 is slightly longer than the other funiculars, 1.66× as long as broad, and 1.25× as long as F2 (
Figure 3A). Relative length/breadth (ratio) of the antennomeres: flagellum 46; funicle 32; scape 14/4 (3.5); pedicel 6/4 (1.5); anellus 1.8/2.1 (0.85); funiculars: F1 5/3 (1.66), F2 4/3 (1.33), F3 4/3 (1.33), F4 4/4 (1), F5 4/4 (1), F6 4/4 (1), F7 4/4 (1); clava: 12/5 (2.4). The clava are without spicula, 3× as long as F7, and 1.25× as broad as F7 (
Figure 3A and
Figure 5C). All antennomeres have sensilla trichodea, including the radicle and anellus (
Figure 3A and
Figure 5B–D). The anellus has 2–3 sensilla trichodea (
Figure 5B). The pedicel has campaniform sensilla (
Figure 5B). All funiculars and all clavomeres have longitudinal sensilla (multiporous plate sensillum, placoidea) (
Figure 3A and
Figure 5C,D). F1 has 2–3 longitudinal sensilla. The apex of the longitudinal sensilla is longer that the length of the funiculars. Funiculars F6 and F7 and all clavomeres have basiconic capitate sensilla (
Figure 5C,D).
Relative measurements of mesosoma: ML 65, MW 37, PCL 22, PCW 32, MLL 23, MLW 25, SL 22, SW 24, FL 7, PL 10, PW 28. The mesosoma is 1.75× as long as broad. The pronotal collar is transverse, 0.68× as long as broad, 0.95× as long as the middle lobe of the mesoscutum, and 0.48× as long as the length of the middle lobe of the mesoscutum and scutellum. The middle lobe of the mesoscutum is 0.92× as long as broad and 1.04× as long as the scutellum. The scutellum is 0.91× as long as broad. The frenum is 0.31× as long as the scutellum. The propodeum is 0.35× as long as broad. The pronotal collar is transversal-reticulate-imbricate with three dorsal transversal and one lateral longitudinal line of hairlike setae (
Figure 2C,D and
Figure 5E,F). The lateral panel of the pronotum is coriaceous-imbricate superiorly and alutaceous-imbricate inferiorly (
Figure 5E). The mesoscutum is transversal-reticulate-imbricate anteriorly to alutaceous-imbricate on lateral-anterior face of the lateral lobe of the mesoscutum (
Figure 5E,F). On a stereomicroscope, the pronotal collar and anterior part of the middle lobe of the mesoscutum, depending on light, can appear to have cross striation (
Figure 2D). The middle lobe of the mesoscutum has 12 long hairlike setae: 4 anterior to the transversal line, 2 central, and 2 lateral, just before the suture with the pronotum, 6 (3 on every side) oblique from the middle side of the middle lobe, from the notauli to the central-posterior part of the middle lobe, and 2 setae posterior lateral (
Figure 2D). The lateral lobe of the mesoscutum laterally has four long, hairlike setae (
Figure 2C,D). The notauli are complete. The scutellum and axilla are coriaceous-imbricate (
Figure 5F,G). The lateral panel of the axilla are alutaceous-imbricate (
Figure 5E). The frenal line is difficult to see on a stereomicroscope. The frenum is coriaceous to reticulate (
Figure 5G). The scutellum has six long, hairlike setae, three in each of two lateral longitudinal rows (
Figure 2D and
Figure 5G). The metanotum has a smooth dorsellum and lateral panels, with depressions with three strong longitudinal carinas in front of lateral panels and one small central carina posterior to the dorsellum and three lateral small carinas (
Figure 5H). The propodeum is bare, reticulate in the central area, with half of the median carina and 2–3 short, lateral, basal carinas (
Figure 5H,I). The distal part has a small transversal smooth collar preceded by three short lateral longitudinal carinas. The postspiracular sulcus is deep, wide, long, reaching the end of the propodeum, smooth inside, with 3–4 thin transverse carinas (
Figure 5H). The callus is alutaceous-imbricate with dense, short, thin setae. The prepectus is smooth. The tegula is smooth, basal, pale, alutaceous with setae. The acropleuron is bare, longitudinally striate. The mesepisternum is bare and reticulate, the mesepimeron is bare, transversally striate. The metapleuron is vertically striate (
Figure 5E). The propleuron, prosternum, mesosternum are smooth with few small setae. The metasternum (metasternal area) is smooth and bare. The length between the two hind coxal foramen is 9× as long as the distance between the hind coxal foramen and the propodeal foramen (
Figure 6A). The diameter of the propodeal foramen is 1.14× the diameter of the hind coxal foramen. Relative length/breadth (ratio) of forewing: 112/47 (2.38). Relative length of forewing veins: SMV 43, PST 15, MV 23, PMV 20, STV 11, STG 10, UNC 3. Relative ratios of forewing veins: SMV/MV 1.86, MV/PMV 1.15, PMV/STV 1.81, STG/UNC 3.33. The stigma is oval-rhombic with a length/breadth (ratio) of 10/5 (2) (
Figure 3D, and
Figure 6B). The uncus has four uncal sensilla in a row, the last one smaller (
Figure 6B,C). The costal cell length/breadth (ratio) is 41/4 (10.25), with three lines of setae on the upper half. The submarginal vein has 11 long setae. The basal cell and speculum are almost bare, with two very small setae (
Figure 3D). The basal setal line has three medium-long setae, a cubital setal line (cubital vein) with four long setae basally, well delimited. The marginal setae (fringe) are well developed on the basal upper half of the wing and beyond the postmarginal vein on the superior part, to the apex. Relative length/breadth (ratio) of hindwing: 82/17 (4.82). The hindwing coupling structure has three strong hamuli-like hooks with terminal ramifications and five strong basal bristles (
Figure 6D). All coxae, femurs, and tibias are alutaceous-imbricate. The distal part of the fore coxae has wrinkles. Relative length of foreleg: coxa 20, trochanter 7, femur 25, tibia 20, tibial spur 6, tars 30, basitarsus 9. Relative ratios of foreleg: tibia/femur 0.8, tibial spur/tibia 0.3, tibial spur/basitarsus 0.66. The protibial spur has a curved, bifid terminal and is stout (
Figure 6F). The basitarsal comb is longitudinal and well developed. Relative length of hindleg: coxa 22, trochanter 7, femur 42/12 (3.5), tibia 33, longer spur 5, shorter spur 2, tars 30, basitarsus 10. Relative ratios of hindleg: tibia/femur 0.78, shorter spur/longer spur 0.4, metatibial longer spur/tibia 0.15, metatibial longer spur/basitarsus 0.5.
Relative length/breadth (ratio) of metasoma: 63/25 (2.52). Relative measurements of body length: body 145, head 25, mesosoma 65, metasoma 63, ovipositor 100. Because of the convexity of the mesosoma and the position of the head in a dead specimen, the length of the body is not equivalent to the addition of the head, mesosoma, and metasoma length, 145 versus 25 + 65 + 63 = 153, the small difference being justifiable. Moreover, because of the sloping position of the first gastral tergite and the convexity of the gaster, the length of the mesosoma is not equivalent to the addition of the gastral tergites lengths. Relative length ratios of body parts: metasoma/mesosoma 0.96, ovipositor/metasoma 1.58, ovipositor/metatibia (ovipositor index) 3.03. The gaster is sessile with a petiole (metasomal tergite 1 is very short) (
Figure 2A–D). The posterior margin of gastral tergites is complete, slightly sinuous, without incisions. Relative length of gastral tergites: Gt1 20, Gt2 20, Gt3 15, Gt4 10, Gt5 5, Gt6 3, Gt7 retracted and not possible to measure, Gt8 (syntergum, epipygium) 4, cerci 2. The surface of the abdomen is smooth, bare, with one transversal subterminal to the median line of long, hairlike setae on gastral tergites 1–6 and few scattered, long setae on the distal part of the gastral sternum segments (
Figure 6G,H). The syntergum is rounded dorsally, the cerci have five setae, one short basal one and four longer ones, two on the apex and two on the upper part, with the length of the long setae being 2.5× the length of the cerci (
Figure 6I). The ovipositor sheaths (third valvulae) have transversal grooves and long setae (
Figure 7A–C). The length of setae is 2.5–3× the width of the sheath. The ventral valve (second valvulae) is smooth, with terminal and subterminal ovipositor (campaniform) sensilla (
Figure 7D–F). The dorsal valve (first valvulae) is smooth, with three terminal median teeth (the third one is the biggest), two pairs of lateral teeth, and one dorsal plate with a rugose sculpture (
Figure 7D,E,G). The tooth area has five transverse furrows and a dorsal plate area with two lateral furrows (
Figure 7G). We found six ovarian eggs per female. The ovarian egg is oval with a very long anterior peduncle and a short process at the posterior end (
Figure 3J). The length of the anterior peduncle is 6× and the length of the posterior process is 0.16× the length of the egg. The egg surface is smooth (the exochorion is smooth, the endochorion is rugose with imbricate irregular plates and pores) (
Figure 7I). The micropyle was not observed.
3.2.2. Allotype ♂
The body length is 1.84 mm. The general aspect of the male is similar to that of the female but with some differences (
Figure 2G–I). The body is blacker on the posterior part of the body, especially on the gaster. The propodeum is intensely black in the central area but with a yellow spot in the middle and a black stripe in the upper lateral part, in the upper part of the spiracles. The axilla has a thin black basal line. The stigma is evidently bigger that in the female, rounded, and brown (
Figure 3E). The gaster is dorsally intensely amber to amber orange on Gt4 and Gt6, and has intense black stripes dorsally extended laterally on Gt2 and Gt4. Gt1 is intensely black dorsally in the first half and brown on the terminal half; Gt2 is amber dorsally, yellow laterally, with an intense black stripe in the dorsal basal are extended laterally, and one black spot on the terminal median; Gt3 is amber, without black; Gt4 is amber with a black stripe basally and another one, wider, terminally, extended laterally; Gt5 and Gt6 are intensely amber to orange. Relative measurements of the head: HW 45, HH 35, BOF 14, LMS 10, HE 22, DT 4, DAT 3, LATE 9, LTOF 15, HL 29, LT 5, LE 19, IOD 30, OOL 4, POL 10, LOL 4, DMO 5, DLO 5. The head is slightly transverse, 1.28× as wide as high (1.2× for the female) and 1.55× as wide as long (1.6× for the female), the head being a little elongated compared with the female head, and the position of the toruli is a little higher on the face, but no other significant differences compared with the female. Relative length/breadth (ratio) of antennomeres (
Figure 3B): flagellum 43; funicle 29; scape 13/4 (3.25); pedicel 7/3 (2.33); anellus 1.8/2.1 (0.85); funiculars: F1 5/3 (1.66), F2 4/4 (1), F3 4/4 (1), F4 4/4 (1), F5 4/4 (1), F6 4/4 (1), F7 4/4 (1); clava: 11/6 (1.8). Compared with the female, the male has a broader clava and a shorter F1–F3 and all the funiculars are quadrate; in the female F1–F3 are a little more elongated than broader. Relative measurements of mesosoma: ML 80, MW 40, PCL 25, PCW 30, MLL 25, MLW 23, SL 25, SW 23, FL 6, PL 13, PW 30. The mesosoma is 2× as long as broad. The pronotal collar is transverse, 0.83× as long as broad, 1× as long as the middle lobe of the mesoscutum and 0.54× as long as the length of the middle lobe of the mesoscutum and scutellum. The middle lobe of the mesoscutum is 1.08× as long as broad and 1× as long as the scutellum. The scutellum is 1.08× as long as broad. The frenum is 0.24× as long as the scutellum. The propodeum is 0.43× as long as broad. The mesosoma is more elongate that in the female, 2× as long as broad, 1.75 in the female. The pronotal collar is more elongated that in the female, 0.83× as long as broad, 0.68× in the female. The scutellum is wider that in the female, 1.08× as long as broad, 0.91 in the female. Relative length/breadth (ratio) of metasoma: 65/30 (2.16). Relative measurements of body length: body 170, head 29, mesosoma 80, metasoma 65. The mesosoma is 0.81× as long as the metasoma, being shorter that in the female (0.96×). Relative length/breadth (ratio) of forewing: 104/45 (2.31). Relative length of forewing veins (
Figure 3E): SMV 40, PST 15, MV 21, PMV 20, STV 11, STG 9, UNC 3. Relative ratios of forewing veins: SMV/MV 1.90, MV/PMV 1.05, PMV/STV 1.81, STG/UNC 3. Stigma round with length/breadth (ratio): 9/7 (1.28). Costal cell length/breadth (ratio): 40/4 (10). The main difference between the forewings of the male and female specimens is bigger and rounded stigma on the male and more setae on the basal cell and speculum. Relative length/breadth (ratio) of male genitalia (
Figure 3I): 32/10 (3.2). Relative length of male genitalia parts: phallobase 20, paramere 5, volsella 10, digitus 3, aedeagus 12. The aedeagus is 0.6× as long as the phallobase. The digitus has two dents (
Figure 7H). The volsella has one sensilla trichodea in the middle and a paramere with two sensilla trichodea terminally.