Tijdschrift voor entomologie . ous; scutellummoderately convex, slightly above level of mesoscutum; propodeum not densely coveredwith long hairs, carinae high. Tl crenulated; basal foveae of T2 deep and striated, striationcontinuing to one-third of length; midlobe between basal foveae tongue-like with somestriae; rest of metasoma smooth, joints between tergites thickened. Black, shiny species. An-tennae dark brown. Wings infuscated. Legs dark brown, fore tibiae apically and all tarsiHghter. Length female mm (figs. 32a—32d). — Tl with three carinae. A8 and A9 clearly longer than broad (4 :
Tijdschrift voor entomologie . ous; scutellummoderately convex, slightly above level of mesoscutum; propodeum not densely coveredwith long hairs, carinae high. Tl crenulated; basal foveae of T2 deep and striated, striationcontinuing to one-third of length; midlobe between basal foveae tongue-like with somestriae; rest of metasoma smooth, joints between tergites thickened. Black, shiny species. An-tennae dark brown. Wings infuscated. Legs dark brown, fore tibiae apically and all tarsiHghter. Length female mm (figs. 32a—32d). — Tl with three carinae. A8 and A9 clearly longer than broad (4 : 3). Head about times asbroad as long chrysippus Walker, 1835 OOL : POL : LOL = 3:8:3; frons smooth in middle part, striated above antennal sockets,transversely striate to coriaceous at both sides of the smooth middle part; ocellar region co-riaceous with strong transverse striation between lateral ocelli; occiput striated. Notaulicomplete, midlobe between them coriaceous, posteriorly longitudinally coriaceous; a coria-. Figs. 33—38. a, antenna; b, head (dorsal view); c, metasoma (dorsal view); d, metasoma (lateral view). 33a—d,Platygaster chrysippus (lectotype); 34a—c, P. oeclus (lectotype); 35a—c, P. gorge (lectotype); 36a—c, P. oebalus(paralectotype no. 296 in NMI); 37a—c, P. iolas (lectotype); 38a—c, P. demades (authors collection). Vlug: Types of Platygastndae 195 ceous strip at outer side of notauli, then a smooth area and laterally roughly punctate withscaly hair-implantations; propleurae coriaceous with hairs in upper one-third; lower two-thirds smooth with a few hairs; scutellum relatively convex, only slightly above crenulated with two carinae; basal foveae of T2 smooth, a short striation on the lobe be-tween these, rest of tergite smooth; T3—T6 anterior with faint longitudinal sculpture, be-coming stronger posteriorly. Black, shiny species. Antennae dark brown, distal end of A2and entire A3 hghter. Wings slightly infuscated. Fore
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