Latin name:Scelio dodes
Vietnamese Name:Ong scelio dodes
Family:Scelionidae
Order:Hymenoptera
Class (Group):

Description:

Female: Head width is 1.5 times greater than its length. The vertex behind the posterior ocelli does not abruptly curve. The frons above the antennal sockets is slightly concave. The distance between the posterior ocelli and the compound eye margin is less than the diameter of the ocellus. The temporal region is narrower than the width of the compound eye. The vertex, frons, temporal region, and cheeks have small honeycomb-like reticulate patterns. The head is almost devoid of hairs. Antennae are 12-segmented, clavate (club-shaped). The scape is 4.8 times longer than wide and 4 times longer than the second antennal segment. The third antennal segment is 1.75 times longer than wide, and its length exceeds that of the second antennal segment. The fourth antennal segment is 1.8 times wider than long and equal in length to the fifth antennal segment. Antennal segments 6 to 11 are wider than long (12:7), being equal in width and length to each other. The twelfth antennal segment is longer than wide (12:11).

The thorax is longer than wide (98:82). The thoracic surface has small honeycomb-like reticulate patterns. The mesoscutum lacks a median longitudinal groove; the sides of the scutellum have two teeth. The propodeum has silvery-white hairs. The remaining parts of the thorax have indistinct hairs. The forewing is 3.7 times longer than wide. The abdomen is 2.2 times longer than wide. The first abdominal tergite is 2.4 times wider than long. The second tergite is 2 times wider than long, its length being less than that of the third tergite (35:42), and equal to the length of the fourth tergite. The fourth tergite is longer than the fifth tergite (35:32). The sixth tergite is wider than long (40:18). The abdominal tergites have longitudinal grooves with indistinct hairs.

Body is black. Coxae are black; the remaining leg segments are dull yellow.

Male: Unknown.

Size:

Body length: 4.8 mm.

Distribution:

Vietnam: Gia Lai.

Material Examined:

1 female (holotype), Gia Lai (An Khê), collected from the forest on December 4, 1978 (Lê Xuân Huệ).