Length: 3.2mm
Wings on left side removed
Forewing venation:
1-SR+M arising from 1-M (close to parastigma)
2-R1 present, short … R not reaching apex of wing
cu1b present (subdiscal cell closed)(star)
Metasomal carapace without sutures.
[Note: what happened to the rest of the abdomen? The carapace appears hollow. I didn’t think I had damaged the wasp in handling. It had been allowed to dry for no more than 48 hours before imaging …???]
Postpectal carina is complete (i.e. it spans the mesosternum) … best seen in more ventral view
Mid tibia simple (without ‘blister’?)
Eyes oval in lateral view
Entire mesothorax strongly sclerotised.
Propodeum with small, posterolateral tubercles (green arrows); strongly raised scutellum (S) with lateral axilla (A) ; canaliculate metanotum (red arrow).
Metasomal carapace without sutures
Metasoma black, with pale brown medial patch ‘T1’ (i.e. anterior region of carapace)
Occipital carina complete (arrows) (i.e. not interrupted dorsally).
Ocelli form a low, isosceles triangle … a line drawn across the anterior edges of the posterior ocelli (P) passes through the anterior ocellus (A).
Eyes glabrous (i.e. no hairs apparent).
Mandibles curved inwards, tips meet, when closed.
Clypeus without teeth.
Medioventral margin of clypeus close to upper level of mandible bases (i.e. without obvious, large hypoclypeal depression)
Long flagellum, comprising ~33 flagellomeres
[note: this is a stacked image, so the lengths of the articles cannot be reliably compared, except for the basal few which are relatively planar]