Australoodera Girault, 1922

Li, Zixuan, Xu, Shirui, Wang, Zongying, Chen, Pengfei, Wu, Jianqin & Peng, Lingfei, 2025, Species of Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Fujian Tianbaoyan National Nature Reserve, China, Zootaxa 5665 (3), pp. 349-373 : 355

2. Australoodera Girault, 1922

Australoodera contains four species recorded from the Australasian and Neotropical regions, although Gibson (1995) did report the genus from the Oriental region. Australoodera chenghuang sp. nov. is the first described species from the region.

Female characteristics. Body usually yellow to dark brown with obscure metallic luster. The head features a distinct scrobal depression with well-defined lateral margins but an indistinct dorsal margin. The antenna has a scape that is partially white along its length. The mandibles are tridentate. The pronotum is divided medially or has a light-coloured line. The mesoscutum is unmodified, and the mesoscutellum is convex, sometimes with long black setae forming a “tuft” of setae ( Fig. 4H ). The acropleuron is bare and finely striate-coriaceous longitudinally. The plical region of the propodeum is sublinear medially. The fore wing is generally yellowish brown or brown beyond the parastigma. The mesotibia lacks an oblique apical groove and its dorsal margin is sometimes white; the mesotarsus has light-coloured pegs along the sides of the basal four tarsomeres. The ovipositor sheaths are long, at least half the length of the gaster, and almost always banded, with a dark apex and a partially white band.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Australoodera chenghuang sp. nov., holotype (DNA 898): A, body, dorsal; B, body, lateral; C, antenna; D, head, dorsal; E, head, frontal; F, head, lateral; G, mesosoma, dorsal; H, mesosoma, lateral; I, propodeum; J, fore wing; K, mesotarsus; L, fore wing base; M, gaster, lateral.