Thaumasura femoralis ( Westwood, 1874 )

Thaumasura femoralis ( Westwood, 1874) View in CoL ( Figs 3–11)

Belonea femoralis Westwood, 1874:146–147 View in CoL ; 1♀, 2♂ syntypes, Indonesia. [transferred to Thaumasura View in CoL by Bouček, 1988:246).

Type material. Holotype ♀, pinned mounted (abdomen and one hind leg on triangular card) “–Type HYM: 6692/3 Belonea femoralis Westwood, Hope Dept. Oxford ; Aru–” Indonesia: Aru Island ; W.W. Saunders collection ( Fig. 10) ( OXUM).

Redescription ( Figs 3–10) Holotype ♀, length 12.9 mm (including ovipositor), exerted part of ovipositor 4.34 mm.

Colour. Body dark green with metallic blue reflections on following: frons; occiput; temple; conspicuously on gena and malar space; collum and posterior margin of pronotum; spot on lateral lobes of mesoscutum on either side adjoining notauli; a faint median streak over scutellum; propodeum conspicuously; all coxae; metasoma with anterior margin of Gt 1 with faint blue reflections; Gt 2 with narrow anterior band; wide anterior bands (except for medial breaks) on Gt 3 and Gt 4; dorsum of Gt 5 with two oblong submedian reflective bluish patch anteriorly; wings subhyaline with two light brown infumations, one below parastigma and other on stigmal area; legs: trochanters and mid femur yellow-brown, mid tibia brown with median area pale, apical spur yellow-brown, mid basitarsus yellow, remaining tarsomeres brown-black (other leg parts missing); ovipositor sheaths black.

Head. In dorsal view 2.61× as wide as long and in anterior view 1.05× as wide as high; free margin of clypeus straight ( Fig. 4); malar sulcus distinct; gena striate reticulate with scattered pits; outer margin of eye with adpressed setae on to the occiput, laterally and dorsally with thin sparse white setae ( Figs 5 & 6); malar space 0.54× eye length in profile; antennal scrobes narrow, converging above onto a median carina, inner surface with coarse transverse striae; lower face distinctly reticulate, above antennal scrobes distinctly reticulate punctate including vertex and occiput with moderately dense thin white setae, occiput with fine carina indicated laterally; POL subequal to OOL ( Fig. 5); eyes bare, length 1.82× width in profile; orbital border diverging ventrally; antennal segments thinner towards apex and flagellum black according to literature.

Mesosoma. Pronotum 1.7× as broad as long, neck with strong transverse ridges, median carina distinct reaching posterior margin of pronotum; pubescence confined to lateral parts of collar, white; collar area rugose reticulate ( Fig. 8), laterally expanded; lateral panel of prepectus reticulate ( Fig. 7); mesoscutum 1.1× as wide as long, transversely striate reticulate in the upper half and regularly foveolate in lower half, median lobe convex in the upper half; notauli distinct and complete, lateral lobes of mesoscutum with a blue spot in the lower half close to notauli on either side; pubescence of mid lobe of mesoscutum distinct; scutellum 0.7× as long as mesoscutum medially, punctuate reticulate, pubescence almost absent except near anterior margin; axilla punctate reticulate, dorsellum narrow and shiny ( Fig. 8); propodeum with median area narrow, almost shiny, spiracles large, oval, separated from hind margin of metanotum by a narrow gap less than the diameter of spiracle, posterior margin of propodeum on either side of median area with thick brush of white setae ( Fig. 8); mesopleuron rugose reticulate; except upper mesepimeron smooth and shiny; transepimeral sulcus foveolate; pubescence distinct; metapleuron shiny except posterior one-third portion reticulate; fore coxa distinctly rugulose anteriorly, posteriorly reticulate, sculpture not visible beneath moderately thick pubescence; hind coxae distinctly striate reticulate with dense white setae; hind coxa 1.46× as long as wide; hind femur 2.9× as long as wide; fore wing with marginal fringe small.

Metasoma. Gaster shiny, dorsum transversely reticulate; posterior margin of all tergites straight ( Fig. 9); Gt 4 –Gt 6 with densely setose basolaterally, dorsum bare; gaster (except ovipositor) 1.51× as long as rest of the body; syntergum 0.5× as long as ovipositor sheaths ( Fig. 11).

Male. As per original literature. Smaller in size than female, especially the thicker hind femur.

Distribution. Indonesia; New Guinea ( Westwood, 1874).

Host. Unknown.