Description
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Female. Length of body 1.3–1.5 mm. Antenna with scape yellowish brown with dorsal margin dark brown, pedicel and flagellum dark brown; pedicel + flagellum 1.8× as long as distance between eyes; first flagellomere 1.1× as long and 1.1× as wide as second flagellomere (Fig. 225); flagellomeres 2–4 ventrally with one set of long setae attached subbasally and reaching beyond apex of flagellomere attached to; clava 1-segmented. Face golden green (Fig. 244), with striae (Fig. 226); clypeus blue metallic, smooth, rectangular, 1.9× as wide as high; gena golden purple; lower frons bluish green metallic, with raised and weak reticulation, interscrobal area golden green with very weak reticulation; antennal scrobes join frontal suture separately; frontal suture V-shaped; upper frons golden, with very weak reticulation; vertex golden green, with engraved weak reticulation (Fig. 227). Occipital margin rounded (Fig. 227).
Mesoscutum golden green (Fig. 245), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 224), midlobe with two pairs of setae; notauli as indistinct impressions in posterior ½. Scutellum golden with green tinges (Fig. 245), with engraved reticulation (Fig. 224); 1.2× as long as wide, with anterior margin almost straight. Axillae golden with green tinges (Fig. 245). Dorsellum golden (Fig. 245), concave and smooth (Fig. 224), 0.2× as long as wide, and 0.3× as long as length of median propodeum. Entire lateral mesosoma purple metallic (Fig. 243); transepimeral sulcus curved forwards. Propodeum bluish green metallic (Fig. 245), smooth (Fig. 224); propodeal callus with two setae. Fore- and midcoxae yellowish brown, hind coxae purple metallic with apical ⅓ yellowish-brown (Fig. 243); femora pale brown; fore- and midtibiae pale brown, hind tibia yellowish brown; tarsi yellowish brown; midleg with first tarsomere 0.2× as long as length of tarsus. Forewing transparent, veins yellowish brown, setae dark brown (Fig. 246); speculum open; admarginal setae 5, arising from marginal vein; radial cell bare; stigmal vein slender; postmarginal vein 1.5× as long as stigmal vein. Hind wing transparent, apex pointed (Fig. 246). Forewing WIP (Fig. 247) with apical ⅓ yellow, basal ⅔ with wide bands in magenta, blue and yellow.
Petiole dark brown. Gaster with first tergite golden green, remaining tergites golden with purple tinges, elongate and 1.5–1.6× as long as length of mesosoma; 7th tergite 0.2× as long as length of gaster.
Male. Unknown.
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- Christer Hansson, Ekaterina Shevtsova
- bibliographic citation
- Hansson C, Shevtsova E (2012) Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae) ZooKeys 232: 1–157
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- Christer Hansson
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- Ekaterina Shevtsova