Herbertia altunensis Kang & Hu, 2025

Herbertia altunensis Kang & Hu sp. nov.

Fig. 4 A – G View Figure 4

Material examined.

Holotype. • ♀, China: Xinjiang, Ruoqiang, Altun Mountain Nature Reserve , 38°4'22.5288"N, 89°7'10.7472"E, Altitude: 3681.55 m, 13.VII.2020. Coll. Ning Kang, by sweeping net GoogleMaps ; Paratypes. • 2 ♀♀, 13.VII.2020. same locality, Coll. Ning Kang GoogleMaps ; • 1 ♀, 19.VII.2021. same locality, Coll. Ning Kang GoogleMaps (All deposited in ICXU).

Description.

Female. Length 1.5 mm (Fig. 4 A View Figure 4 ); body dark aeneous, with green metallic reflection, antenna concolorous with body, clava dark brown, eyes and ocelli dark red, coxae and femurs concolorous with body, tibiae light brown, forewing hyaline, venation dark brown.

Head in frontal view 1.25 × as wide as high (Fig. 4 B View Figure 4 ), eyes separated by 1.24 × their height. Antennal insertion below lower ocular line, distance from upper margin of torulus to lower margin of anterior ocellus 5.1 × distance from lower margin of torulus to lower margin of clypeus, clypeus margin slightly concave. Antenna stubby (Fig. 4 D View Figure 4 ), length of flagellum and pedicel combined longer than head width (0.68 ×), each funicular segment transverse, and width is significantly greater than length, gradually widen from base to end, each funicular segment with a round of short sensilla, clava clavate. Head in dorsal view 4.35 × as broad as long, POL 2.3 × OOL, without occipital margin (Fig. 4 C View Figure 4 ). Head in lateral view, malar sulcus not distinct, malar space 0.44 × eye height.

Mesosoma flattened, head and mesoscutum covered with distinct white setae and rough reticulation (Fig. 4 F View Figure 4 ), notauli distinct and complete, pronotum 3.65 × as long as broad, mesoscutum 2.95 × as long as broad, notauli complete, scutulum 0.95 × as long as broad, frenal line absent. Propodeum rectangular (Fig. 4 G View Figure 4 ), plicae and median carina distinct and complete, white setae covered on both sides. Forewing hyaline (Fig. 4 E View Figure 4 ), covered with dense setae, speculum absent, the distance from uncus to the postmarginal vein 0.63 × the width of stigma, marginal vein 1.73 × postmarginal vein, postmarginal vein longer than stigmal vein (2.8 ×).

Gaster sessile, ovate, 2.45 × as long as broad, Gt 1 covers 1 / 2 of gaster, ovipositor not exerted.

Male. Unknown.

Hosts.

Unknown.

Etymology.

‘ altunensis ’ means the collection site.

Diagnosis.

The new species is similar to H. indica , but noticeably different from H. indica in body color black with dark blue metallic reflection, head in frontal view as broad as height, pronotum 0.2 × as long as broad, scutellum equal in length and width, and marginal vein: postmarginal vein: stigmal vein = 23: 9.6: 4.