Epoligosita latipennis, Ikram & Yousuf & Khan, 2025

2. Epoligosita latipennis sp. nov.

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( Figs. 2A–F View FIGURE 2 )

Description: Female. Length, 0.46 mm. Head with front vertex and MS pale yellow except mouth region pale brown; eyes and ocelli dark. Mandibles with tips golden yellow.Antennal segments pale yellow except apical part of club brown. Mesosoma pale yellow; metasoma brown-infuscated with a pale-brown ovipositor. Forewings hyaline, with the basal one-third infuscated.

Head. ( Fig.2B View FIGURE 2 ) about 1.2× wider than long as broad as high (159: 130); eye length 2× of MS. Antennae with club 2-segmented having pointed bristles, 4.6× as long as broad (84: 18); funicle 1.33× longer than wide (20:15); pedicel 2× as long as wide (40: 20); scape long about 4.5× as long as wide(46: 10).

Mesosoma ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ): Mid lobe of mesoscutum about 1.2× broader than long; scutellum 2× as boad as long; pronotum sub-triangular, 3× as long as dorsellum. Forewings ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ) hyaline except basal one-third infuscated, 3.84× as long as broad (369: 96), marginal fringe about 1.5× of wing width (147: 96), STV 5.2× shorter than SMV (15: 79), MV longer than SMV (93: 79).

Metasoma: Gaster longer than mesosoma; ovipositor hidden, arising from the base of gaster, ovipositor about 1.4× as long as hind tibia (188: 136) ( Fig. 2E & F View FIGURE 2 ).

Male. Unknown.

Specimens examined. Holotype, 1♀ (on slide), INDIA: UTTARAKHAND: Rudraprayag, Khankra , 08.iii.2018, M. Ikram; Sweeping ( Acc. No. NFIC-22130).

Distribution: INDIA: Uttarakhand (Rudraprayag).

Etymology: The species name is derived from the Latin word ‘lata’, meaning “broad,” in reference to its broad wings.

Comments: Epoligosita latipennis sp. nov. is very similar to Epoligosita keralaensis Begum & Anis (2015) but can be distinguished by the head with OOL 5× as long as POL; eyes 2× the MS; eyes 0.54× as long as the height of the head. Antennae with funicle 1.33× longer than wide; pedicel 2× as long as wide; scape long, about 4.5× as long as wide. Forewings with the basal one-third infuscated, less than 4× as long as wide; marginal fringe 1.5× as long as the FWW.

In Epoligosita keralaensis , the head has OOL equal to POL; eyes more than 2× the MS; eyes 0.68× as long as the height of the head. Antennae with funicle about 2× longer than wide; pedicel more than 2× as long as wide; scape about 3× as long as wide. Forewings hyaline, 4× as long as wide; marginal fringe more than 1.5× as long as the FWW.