Torymus bouceki Graham & Gijswijt, 1998
Type material.- Holotype, (BMNH): Czech Republic, "Bohemia: Lnáre, Rhabdoph. salicis 1952 Hoffer". Paratype: (NMP): "Slovakia: Gelnica, iv.1952. V. Pasek ex Rhabdophaga salicis".
Description of female.-
Morphology: head in dorsal view 2.1 times as broad as long; temples 0.21 times as long as eyes, rather strongly convex, curved. POL 1.65-1.8 OOL, OOL 1.6 OD. Vertex finely reticulate, scattered with fine punctures. Frontally seen the mouth is 1.9 times malar space the latter 0.3 times length of eye; genae virtually straight. Clypeus as in epilobii (fig. ). Antennae (fig. 44) with toruli well above lower eyeline, slightly nearer to clypeus than to anterior ocellus; scape not reaching level of lower edge of anterior ocellus; pedicellus plus flagellum 1.25 as long as breadth of head; pedicellus 1.6-1.65 times as long as broad; anellus 1.3 times as broad as long; F1 slightly longer than broad, F2 hardly so, F3-F6 quadrate, F7 very slightly transverse; sensilla numerous uniseriate.
Mesosoma 1.66 times as broad as long, moderately arched; notauli rather shallow. Mesoscutum 1.35 times as broad as long, finely reticulate, more scaly rippled in front half, punctures numerous, very small, separated by about twice their diameter; setae of normal length slightly raised. Scutellum 1.25 times as long as broad with rounded base, sculpture as on mesoscutum, punctures hardly larger than on mesoscutum, flange extremely narrow, with indistinct trabeculae. Dorsellum virtually smooth. Propodeum with very finely alutaceous sculpture, medially smooth, with very small fovea. Mesepimeron distinctly longer than broad, shorter than mid coxa. Hind femur 3.8 times as long as broad; hind coxa 2.4 times as long as broad. moderately curved, sparsely hairy in basal half, with somewhat coarse, slightly raised reticulation. Forewing 2.43 times as long as broad; costal cell 10 times as long as broad, upper side with one row of setae in distal half, underside with one complete row plus scattered hairs in distal two fifth and proximal quarter; basal cell closed with 2 hairs below SM; basal vein with 4 setae; speculum extending somewhat beyond parastigma, open for about two third its length; relative lengths of M:PM:ST=67:17:6.5 .
Gaster slightly compressed; basal sternite extending beyond coxa by about one third; hypopygium bare except tip, extending about three quarters along gaster. Ovipositor sheaths as long as metasoma plus half mesosoma, index 1.85-2.1. Length 2.2-2.4 mm.
Colour: dark blue-green with golden reflections in part, gaster with first segment green, the rest strongly violaceous. Antennae dark brown, scape testaceous ventrally. Palpi and tegulae testaceous. Coxae concolorous with body, except fore coxae which are partly testaceous. Legs testaceous, except hind femora which are metallic in the middle and last tarsal segments which are brown. Wing veins testaceous.
Male.- Unknown.
Comments.- The species can be separated from related species by the characters used in the key. It differs from the other species known from Rabdophaga salicis (tipulariarum and partitus ) as follows: tipulariarum has a hairy hypopygium and partitus has a larger ovipositor index.
Biology.- Reared from galls of Rabdophaga salicis (Schrank) (Dipt. Cecidomyiidae).
Distribution.- Czech Republic, Slovakia.