Xenomerus hilleri Miko &amp; Masner 2010, new species
Creators: name: Mikó, I.
name: Masner, L.
name: Deans, A. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Scelionidae
Xenomerus
Xenomerus hilleri

description: <i>Xenomerus hilleri</i> Mikó &amp; Masner, new species Figures 101, 102 <b>MALE</b> (Holotype): Length= 1.27 mm. Dark brown, radicle, A1, legs excluding coxae and apical dark brown tarsomeres yellow. <b>FCI</b> =1.24; <b>LCI</b> =1.64; <b>HW/IOS</b> =1.55; head less than 1.5 times as wide as mesosoma (<b>HW/TSL</b> =1.31); facial striae, reaching midlevel of eye, strongly diminishing dorsally, parallel on frons, obscuring frontal patch; frontal patch distinct; frons setae sparse, thin; central keel complete, strongly diminishing dorsally; toruli triangle shorter than clypeus height; POL more than 1.5 times as long as OOL (<b>POL/OOL</b> =1.75); OOL less than 1.5 times as long as LOL (<b>OOL/LOL</b> =1.28); hyperoccipital carina present, blunt, not extending to inner orbit; vertex entirely reticulate, sculpture slightly extending anteriorly to frons; genal patch present, separated from vertex sculpture; A1 less than 5 times as long as radicle (<b>A1/r</b> =4.66), A5 not modified, A3–A6 unibottled, A7–11 dibottled. Epomial carina present, diminishing medially; cervical and lateral pronotal areas smooth; netrion sulcus complete, netrion as wide as fore coxa; pronotal suprahumeral and cervical sulci complete, foveolate; mesoscutum less than 1.5 times as wide as long (<b>TSL/ML</b> =1.37); notaulus normal, almost reaching transscutal line; reticulate sculpture of mesoscutum not extending to inter and lateral notaular areas; mesoscutellum 2 times as wide as long (<b>SW/SL</b> =2.04); scuto-scutellar sulcus distinctly diminishing medially, 4–5 times as wide laterally as in the middle; mesoscutellum smooth, with sparse, long marginal setae; posterior scutellar sulcus not extending onto axillula; sternaulus not separated from anterior row of foveae of mesopleural carina; mesopleural carina incomplete; foveae of mesepimeral sulcus transversely elongated; sulcus along metapleural carina foveolate; metascutellum bluntly triangular, metanotal spine reduced; propodeal lateral carinae inverted V-shaped, shafts distinctly curved outward; propodeal lateral and plical areas obscured by dense setae, marginal striation extending medially; posterior propodeal projection indistinct; fore wing distinctly wider than mesoscutum (<b>TSL/WW</b> =0.72); marginal vein more than 3.5 times as long as stigmal vein (<b>m/st</b> =3.84); hind wing about 1.5 times as wide as marginal cilia length (<b>HWW/ HWS</b> =1.66). T1, slightly wider than T1+T2 length (<b>T1W/T1+T2L</b> =1.18); T3 less than 1.5 times as wide as long (T3W/T3L=1.30), about as wide as mesoscutum (<b>T3W/TSL</b> =0.90); costae on T3 not extending to 1/5 of tergum; lateral patch distinct, elongate, 4–5 times as long as wide; posterior patch of T3 nearly equal to width of one basal depression; lateral patch on T4 present, median patch marked by punctures. <b>FEMALE</b>: Unknown. <b>Diagnosis.</b> Most closely related to <i>X. gloriosus</i>, differing by the incomplete mesopleural carina. <b>Etymology.</b> The name refers to the collector of the species, T. Hiller. <b>Material examined.</b> <i>Holotype male</i>: <b>AUSTRALIA:</b> Queensland, Mount Glorious, -27.3316,152.758, 24–30.I.1998, T.Hiller, MT [ANIC:####]. <b>Other material examined.</b> AUSTRALIA: 53km SSW Darwin, -12.8694; 130.583, 17–26.II.1998, M. Hoskins, mango patch, 1 &amp;male;. Holotype is deposited in ANIC.
description: Published as part of <i>Mikó, I., Masner, L. &amp; Deans, A. R., 2010, World revision of Xenomerus Walker (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) 2708, pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 2708</i> on pages 29-30