Torymus interruptus

Torymus interruptus Gijswijt, 2000.

Morphology.- Head in dorsal view 1.9-2.0 times as broad as long, temple 0.3 apparent length of eye, rounded; POL 2.3 times OOL, OOL 1.25 OD. Eyes not hairy. Vertex with fine, nearly alutaceous sculpture, scattered with small punctures. In frontal view mouth is 2.1 times as long as malar space, which is 0.4 times as long as eye. Clypeus broadly truncate; genae straight. Lower face 0.7-0.75 upper face; scape 3-3.5 times as long as broad, not reaching anterior ocellus; pedicellus plus flagellum 1.15 breadth of head, F1 1.25 times as broad as pedicellus, F1 quadrate or slightly longer than broad, F2-F7 gradually more transverse: F7 0.7-0.8 times broader than long, clava about 1.6 times as long as broad, 1.5 times broader than F1.
Mesosoma 1.6 times as long as broad. Mesoscutum about 1.5 times as broad as long, very finely rippled with scattered punctures, posterior fifth alutaceous. Scutellum 1.2 times longer than broad, sculptured as posterior part of mesoscutum with frenum; propodeum as long as or longer than frenum. Mesepimeron 1.5 times as long as broad, 0.9 length of mid coxa. Hind coxa about 2.5 times as long as broad, bare on basal half dorsally. Forewing 2.4 times longer than broad. Costal cell:M:PM:ST=10:4.3:1.8:0.9.
Metasoma slightly compressed; hypopygium extending 0.8 length of gaster, bare. Ovipositor sheaths as long as metasoma plus mesosoma, ovipositor index 2.9-3.0.
Length 1.9-2.0 mm.
Colour.- Head and mesosoma green, strongly fiery, on mesosoma the green colour is hardly visible. Metasoma dark with golden reflections. Antenna, including scape black. Legs black with reddish reflections on hind coxa and slight greenish reflections on the rest, only the first three tarsal segments of all legs are white or slightly brownish.
Typematerial.- Holotype: , (RMNH). Paratypes: , (MJG).
Biology.- Unknown.
Distribution.- Portugal.

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