Torymus centor Graham & Gijswijt, 1998.
Type material.- Holotype, (BMNH): "England, Bucks. Hell Copice (1) 19.8.1960, M. de V. Graham". (damaged after the description).
Description of female:
Morphology: head in dorsal view 2.13 times as broad as long, temples 0.24 apparent length of eyes. POL 2.2 OOL, OOL 1.3 OD. Vertex with fine reticulation and scattered minute punctures. In frontal view the head is trapeziform, with straight genae. Mouth is 1.9 times malar space, which is 0.35 length of eye, clypeus is very slightly produced, narrowly truncate. Antenna with toruli well above lower eyeline, but slightly nearer to clypeus than to anterior ocellus; scape 3.8 times as long as broad not quite reaching anterior ocellus; pedicellus plus flagellum 1.3 times breadth of head, flagellum proximally very slightly stouter than pedicellus, moderately clavate; pedicellus twice as long as broad; anellus 1.3 times as broad as long; F1 1.25 times as long as broad, following segments quadrate, F7 slightly transverse; clava 2.1 times as long as broad; sensilla moderately numerous, uniseriate.
Mesosoma 1.9 times as long as broad. Mesonotum 1.15 times as broad as long, somewhat shiny, finely reticulate, transversely rippled-scaly, setae of average length, slightly raised, punctures numerous, very small. Scutellum 1.32 times as long as broad, with narrowly rounded base, sculpture and punctures like on mesoscutum, setae on hind third very distinctly raised, flange very narrow, with indistinct trabeculae. Dorsellum nearly smooth. Propodeum very shiny, with finely, delicate alutaceous sculpture, smooth in the middle third. Mesepimeron 1.45 times as high as broad, shorter than mid coxa (19:22.5). Fore femur with long outstanding setae ventrally, setae nearly as long as breadth of femur. Hind coxa twice as long as broad, with moderate finely, slightly raised reticulation, its hind edge strongly curved, fairly thickly hairy in basal half. Hind femur 3.5 times as long as broad. Spur of hind tibia 0.5 length of basitarsus and 1.8 times breadth of tibia, which is 7 times as long as broad. Forewing 2.3 times as long as broad; costal cell 9 times as long as broad, above with one row, below with one row plus scattered setae in basal quarter and distal third; basal cell with 2-3 setae below SM, closed; basal vein with 6 setae; speculum not extending beyond parastigma, nearly closed; M:PM:ST=70:19.5:6.5, stigma small, subcircular.
Gaster slightly compressed; basal sternite hardly projecting beyond coxa; hypopygium extending two thirds along gaster, bare, except tip. Ovipositor index 1.46, very slightly shorter than gaster. Length 2.5 mm.
Colour: head and mesosoma blue-green; scapus dark brown, lighter brown frontally, rest of the antenna dark brown, nearly black. Palpi and tegulae brown. Legs with coxae green, the hind coxae with golden reflections, femora dark brown with green shine, fore tibiae fuscous, hind tibiae fuscous. Wing veins brown.
Male.- Unknown.
Comments.- Near to genisticola which differs mainly in having a longer ovipositor index (more than 1.6), a shorter spur on hind tibia (half as long as breadth of tibia) and the less darkened tibiae.
Biology.- Unknown.
Distribution.- Great Britain.