Lepidopria lloydi ( Ferrière, 1935 )

Chemyreva, Vasilisa G., Yoon, Seonwoo & Ku, Deok-Seo, 2025, Revision of the genus Lepidopria Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Diapriinae) of the world fauna, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 98, pp. 1107-1126 : 1107-1126

Lepidopria lloydi ( Ferrière, 1935)

Fig. 4

Abothropria lloydi Ferrière, 1935: 331, 338.

Lepidopria lloydi : Notton 2014: 42.

Material examined.

Syntypes: • female, “ Tanganyika / Bugambwa / 7. VI. 1933 / J. E. M. Lloyd ”, “ Ex Glossina / palpalis , pup. ”, “ Abothropria / lloydi ♀ / Ch. Ferriere Type ”, “ Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / B. M. 1935-231 ”, “ B. M. TYPE / HYM. / 9.678 ”, “ NHMUK 015934128 ”, “ ♀ SYNTYPE / Abothropria / lloydi / Ferrière, 1935 / det. D. Notton, 2009 ” ; male, “ Tanganyika / Bugambwa / 7. VI. 1933 / J. E. M. Lloyd ”, “ Ex Glossina / palpalis , pup. ”, “ Abothropria / lloydi ♂ / Ch. Ferriere Cotype ”, “ Pres. by / Imp. Inst. Ent. / B. M. 1935-231 ”, “ NHMUK 015934129 ”, “ ♂ SYNTYPE / Abothropria / lloydi / Ferrière, 1935 / det. D. Notton, 2009 ” .

Diagnosis.

Small size (1.0– 1.5 mm) wasps; female antennae slender with non-abrupt clava (Fig. 4 D ); male antennae with A 3 and A 4 modified, both with deep excavation and carina: A 3 apically, A 4 basically (Fig. 4 A, B ); male A 1 swollen medially; pronotal shoulders not projecting in dorsal and lateral views, without pronotal suprahumeral sulcus, with dense pronotal cushion (Fig. 4 A, C – E ); mesoscutellum rounded in dorsal view, anterior scutellar pit present as transverse smooth and shallow depression; axillar depression small and shallow, with distinct pit present between it and anterior scutellar pit (Fig. 4 A green arrow, C); propodeum very short medially, with low and wide median carina and without plicae, setose dorsal and laterally (Fig. 4 C – E ); metapleuron bare, with depression posteroventrally near base of hind coxa (Fig. 4 E blue arrow); petiole strongly swollen dorsally and projecting upwards, smooth and bare anterodorsally and covered with long pale setae on rest surface (Fig. 4 C – E ); base of S 2 with dense long setation.

Biology.

Lepidopria lloydi is a parasite of Glossina palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) puparia ( Ferrière 1935).

Distribution.

East Africa (Tanganyika).

Figures

Figure 4. Lepidopria lloydi, female (C, D) and male (A, B) syntypes. A, D habitus, dorsal view B antenna C head and mesosoma, dorsal view E habitus, lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A); 0.2 mm (D, E).