Kolopterna turkmenica, Yegorenkova & Yefremova, 2024

Yegorenkova, Ekaterina N. & Yefremova, Zoya A., 2024, Revision of the genus Kolopterna Graham (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of three new species, Israel Journal of Entomology 53 (17), pp. 63-91 : 87-88

Kolopterna turkmenica n. sp.

( Fig. 10F–I)

LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D0226141-A53C-4B54-80FC-4547C9300C87 .

Etymology: The species is named after the country of its origin.

Diagnosis: Female. POL 2.0× as long as OOL; F1 3.8×, F2 2.3×, clava 3.0× as long as wide ( Fig. 10H–I). Pronotum 0.8–0.9× as long as mesoscutum ( Fig. 10F), mesoscutum with numerous pale yellow setae, scutellum without submedian lines. Forewing with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, ciliate, speculum closed below, SMV with 3 setae, MV as long as costal cell. Gaster 2.0–2.3× as long as wide. Body yellow ( Fig. 10F, G). Male. Unknown.

Description: Female. Body length 1.5–1.9 mm. Forewing 1.3–1.5 mm. Color. Body yellow. Head yellow, occiput and vertex brown, antenna brownish, eye red; ocelli yellow. Mandibles brown. Propodeum upper part and margin brown. Legs yellow; gaster yellow with brownish transverse bands. Head. 2.8× as long as wide; eye 1.4× as long as malar space with sublinear fovea below eye extending 0.6 length of gena. Mandibles with two big brown teeth. POL 2.0× as OOL. Antenna inserted above lower level of eyes. Antenna with pedicel plus funicle more 1.6–1.7× as long as wide of mesoscutum. Scape 4.8× as long as wide, 0.85 length of eye, pedicel 1.6× as long as wide and 1.3× as long as F1, flagellum with 2 anelli, flagellomeres F1–F3. F1 3.8× as long as wide ( Fig.10H, I), F1 1.3× as long as pedicel and 1.5× as long as F2, F2 2.3× as long as wide, and F3 1.7× as long as wide, clava 3–segmented, 3.0× as long as wide and 2.4× as long as F3. Mesosoma. Pronotum 3.2× as wide as long. Mesoscutum 1.2× as wide as long, finely reticulate, with numerous paleyellow setae. Scutellum 1.4× as wide as long, finely reticulate, without submedian lines. Dorsellum 2.7× as wide as long. Propodeum 8.0× as wide as long; spiracle with postspiracal rim; callus with four yellow setae in one row. Forewing 2.3× as long as wide, with apical margin, between PMV and apex of wing, ciliate, SMV with 3 setae, MV as long as costal cell, MV 1.7× as long as SMV, MV 4.8× as long as STV, PMV as stub, speculum large and along MV, closed. Hindwing apically rounded. Legs: hind tarsi T2 1.7× as long as T1. Tibial spur 1.1× as long as T1. Metasoma. Petiole small, smooth. Gaster 2.3× as long as wide.

Male. Unknown.

Holotype: Turkmenistan: ♀, Mary Velayat, Garagum [Karakum] District , Moskva , 37°20'N 62°22'E, 23.viii.1979, V. Kostjukov (ZISP).

Paratypes: Turkmenistan: 8♀, same data as holotype (ZISP) .

Distribution: Turkmenistan.

Host: Unknown.

Species excluded from Kolopterna

Kolopterna trjapitzini Kostjukov & Kosheleva, 2018 is hereby excluded from Kolopterna Graham, 1987 and transferred to the genus Aprostocetus (Aprostocetus) Westwood, 1833 , according to the following combination of characters: mid T1 1.25× longer than T2, hind T1 1.25× shorter than T2, and fovea on malar sulcus absent ( Fig. 11C). The species Aprostocetus trjapitzini (Kostjukov, 1976) already exists, as Graham (1987: 326) transferred Tetrastichus trjapitzini Kostjukov (1976: 169) to Aprostocetus . Thus, a replacement name is needed for Aprostocetus trjapitzini ( Kostjukov & Kosheleva, 2018) n. comb., which has become a junior secondary homonym of Aprostocetus trjapitzini (Kostjukov, 1976) .