Abstract
Smicromorpha masneri Darling, sp. n. is described from Bach Ma National Park, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam. This is the first confirmed record for the genus on mainland southeast Asia. It is generally accepted that species of Smicromorpha are parasitoids of green tree or weaver ants, Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius) but this is first rearing record of these parasitoids from the nests of weaver ants.
Highlights
The genus Smicromorpha remains “the least known and perhaps the most bizarre subfamily of chalcidid wasps” (Naumann 1986)
In this paper I describe a new species that confirms the presence of Smicromorpha on mainland southeast Asia, and provide rearing information which strongly suggests that weaver ants (Oecophylla) are the hosts of these parasitoids
The type material of Smicromorpha masneri was obtained by rearing nest pods of Oecophylla smaragdina in a greenhouse where there was no possibility of contamination
Summary
Academic editor: Norman Johnson | Received 08 May 2009 | Accepted 25 June 2009 | Published 14 September 2009 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BC2ACAC6-E496-4F12-BE81-04F3316B8A2E.
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