Zelodia henanensis Wu & Tang, 2025

Zelodia henanensis Wu & Tang , sp. nov.

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Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Z. cholathorni Sharkey, 2012 , but differs in having length of hind femur 3.8 × its width (2.7 × in Z. cholathorni ); hind femur only with punctures (lateral surface of hind femur aciculate); length of first tergite 1.9 × its apical width (1.4 ×); and surroundings of cu-a of hind wing sparsely setose (moderately setose).

Material examined. Holotype. ♀, China, Henan prov., Luanchuan Longyuwan, Cai Ping , 14.VII.1996, No. 978253 ( ZJUH).

Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 6.7 mm, of fore wing 7.6 mm.

Head. Antennomeres 39; length of third antennomere 1.3 × fourth antennomere; length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomeres 2.1, 1.6 and 1.2 × their width, respectively; penultimate antennomere 0.7 × apical antennomere with spine; antenna densely setose; length of maxillary palp 0.8 × height of head; in dorsal view length of eye 2.5 × temple; ocelli small, POL:OD:OOL = 10:6:13; malar space 2.3 × basal width of mandible, 0.5 × height of eye and 0.3 × height of head in lateral view; face distinctly punctate; frons shiny and smooth without lateral carinae; vertex shiny with sparse fine punctures; pair of crests between antennal sockets short, occipital flange medium-sized, its ventral margin convex.

Mesosoma. Length of mesosoma 1.3 × its height; subpronope small, deep; side of pronotum smooth, upper side with sparse fine punctures; area near lateral carina of mesoscutum sparsely crenulate; mesoscutum shiny with sparse distinct punctures; notauli shallow, wide and sparsely crenulate, smooth posteriorly; scutellar sulcus with a carina and 0.8 × dorsal part of scutellum; scutellum rugose-punctate; subposterior crest curved; precoxal sulcus rather wide and strongly crenulate; mesopleuron below and above precoxal sulcus with sparse and distinct punctures; upper side of metapleuron rugose-punctate, lower side with some rugae; propodeum with long pentagonal areola, short basal carina; propodeal spiracle elongate, 2.5 × its wide; distance between spiracle and lateral carina 1.4 × width of spiracle.

Wings. Fore wing: second submarginal cell narrow anteriorly, without ramellus; r:3-SR:SR1 = 5:3:96; 2-SR:3- SR:r-m = 13:3:10. Hind wing: M+CU 0.6 × 1-M; surroundings of cu-a sparsely setose.

Legs. Length of hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.7, 6.3 and 6.8 × their width, respectively; outer side of hind coxa punctate; hind femur (as remainder of legs) with long and dense setosity; outer side of apex of hind tibia with two pegs; outer and inner spurs of middle tibia 0.5 and 0.8 × middle basitarsus, respectively; length of outer and inner spurs of hind tibia 0.4 and 0.6 × hind basitarsus.

Metasoma. First tergite twice as long as its apical width; length of second tergite 0.7 × its apical width; second metasomal suture developed.

Colour. Brownish yellow; antenna, hind leg and metasoma black, except first tergite basally and laterally, and second-third tergites laterally brownish yellow; wings subhyaline but near parastigma and vein r infuscate; parastigma, apical part of vein C+SC+R, pterostigma and veins of apical half of fore wing largely dark brown.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. China (Henan).

Biology. Unknown.

Etymology. From “ Henan ”, the type locality of the species.