Josephiella microcarpae

Female body uniformly dark brown, head subglobose, bilobed clypeus, antennae inserted above ocular line, tarsi four-segmented, marginal vein of forewing at an angle of 90°. Head reticulate in dorsal occipital area behind ocelli. Pronotum reticulate without carinae. Mesoscutum smooth centrally, scutellum smooth with weak, longitudinally oriented reticulation. Gaster smooth and shiny. Wings hyaline. Antenna with five funicle segments plus very small basal anellus; scape slightly more than two times as long as wide; pedicel constricted basally, shorter than scape, longer than individual funicle segments; funicle segments subequal in length, becoming progressively slightly broader toward apex; club about as long as last two funicle segments combined, apparently unsegmented. Fore wing hyaline, with ca six large setae on submarginal vein, two on marginal and one at apex of postmarginal; apical fringe setae short (ca 15–18 μm long), moderately dense. Hind tibia with a comb of five slightly curved spines on inner face near apex, a series of ca eight spines and several long setae on outer margin. Gaster globular, dorsally humped and nearly as long as head plus mesosoma combined when distended with ova, nearly sessile, petiolar segment much broader than long.

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