Menaforia szepligetii ( Uchida, 1930 )

Menaforia szepligetii ( Uchida, 1930) View in CoL

[SJN: Taiwan-togari-himebachi]

( Figs. 72A–F, 73A–D, 80I)

Neomesostenus formosanus Szépligeti, 1916: 293 . Name preoccupied. Mesostenus szepligetii Uchida, 1930: 301 . New name. Eurycryptus unicolor View in CoL : Watanabe, 2019: 93. Misidentification

(in part).

Materials examined. JAPAN: [Miyakojima Is.] MNHAH, 1F (det. Momoi), Okinawa Pref., Miyako Is. , XI. – XII. 1952, C. E. Bohart leg. [Iriomotejima Is.] MNHAH, 1M, Okinawa Pref., Taketomi Town, Komi , 19. VIII. 1968, S. Azuma leg. ; KPM-NK 5006301 , M, Okinawa Pref., Iriomotejima Is., Ootomi, 15. V. 2007, T. Ban leg. [ Yonagunijima Is. ] KPM-NK 5006300 , M, Okinawa Pref., Yonagunijima Is., 29. V. 2003, T. Mita leg. ; KPM-NK 103101 , F, Okinawa Pref., Yonaguni Town, Tarumai-shitsugen , 25. VI. 2013, S. Fujie leg.

Description. Female (n = 2). Body polished; covered with setae; length 5.9–6.9 mm.

Head 0.75 × as long as wide. Clypeus 1.5 × as wide as long; sparsely punctate; anterior margin slightly rounded in frontal view, without distinct tooth anteromedially. Face 0.65–0.7 × as long as width just below antennal sockets; densely punctate with some longitudinal lined punctures below antennal sockets. Malar space 0.85–0.9 × as long as basal width of mandible. Frons and anterior part of vertex finely coriaceous with sparse punctures. Posterior part of vertex and gena punctate. POL 1.8–2.0 × as OD. OOL 0.9–1.5 × as OD. Occipital carina complete; joined with hypostomal carina far from mandibular base. Upper tooth of mandible almost as long as lower tooth. Base of mandible flat. Antenna with 34 flagellomeres; apex pointed. FL I 8.3–9.6 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view, 1.2–1.25 × as long as FL II.

Mesosoma. Lateral part of pronotum largely covered with oblique rugae. Epomia indistinct. Mesoscutum punctate; with distinct notaulus ( Fig. 72B). Scutellum punctate; not margined laterally. Mesopleuron largely irregularly rugulose except for smooth speculum ( Fig. 72D); with some longitudinal striae just in front of speculum; with well-developed epicnemial carina. Metapleuron irregularly rugulose; without a juxtacoxal carina. Propodeum without carinae except for anterior and posterior transverse carinae and anterior section of lateromedian longitudinal carinae present. Posterior transverse carina of propodeum partly weak and sometimes partly indistinct. Anterior area of propodeum including weakly defined area basalis largely smooth. Median and posterior parts of propodeum covered with irregular rugae ( Fig. 72E). Fore wing length 4.0– 4.9 mm. Areolet present ( Fig. 72F). Fore wing vein 1cu-a interstitial to vein M&RS ( Fig. 72F). Nervellus reclivous; intercepted slightly anterior the middle. Hind femur 5.6 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. Tarsal claws simple and short; slightly longer than arolium in hind tarsal claws.

Metasoma. T I 2.9–3.05 × as long as maximum width; smooth; without carinae. Spiracle of T I situated only slightly just behind of middle length. T II 1.5–1.6 × as long as maximum width; densely punctate. T III to T V finely and densely punctate. ISP of T II to T V coriaceous. Ovipositor sheath 0.5–0.55 × as long as hind tibia, 1.0–1.05 × as long as T I. Ovipositor straight; with a weak nodus and ventral teeth ( Fig. 80I).

Coloration ( Figs. 72A–F). Body (excluding wings) yellow to reddish-yellow. Setae silver. Mandibular teeth black. Apical part of antenna, apical segments of tarsi, and ovipositor sheath more or less darkened. Wings hyaline. Veins and pterostigma brown.

Male (n = 3). Similar to female ( Figs. 73A–D). Body length 6.0– 7.2 mm. Clypeus 1.7–1.75 × as wide as maximum length. Malar space 0.85–1.0 × as long as basal width of mandible. Antenna with 38 flagellomeres. FL I 6.1–6.5 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. FL XII to FL XIV each with linear tyloid ventrally ( Fig. 73D). Hind femur 6.0 × as long as maximum depth in lateral view. T II 2.05 × as long as maximum width.

Distribution. Japan (Miyakojima Is., Iriomotejima Is., and Yonagunijima Is.) and Taiwan.

Bionomics. Unknown.

Remarks. This is the first record of the male and from Iriomotejima Island, and Yonagunijima Island. The male of this species resembles Eurycryptus unicolor (Uchida, 1932) , while it can be distinguished by the reddish-yellow ocellar area (black in Eur. unicolor ) and the complete occipital carina (absent lower part in Eur. unicolor ). Watanabe (2019) recorded Eur. unicolor from Iriomotejima Island and Yonagunijima Island, while these specimens are misidentification of this species. Thus, the distribution of Eur. unicolor of both islands are delated here.