Shireplitis bilboi

General description: 

Description. Female. Body length: 1.8–2.0 mm (X=1.9 mm). Body color: legs and metasoma dark brown to black. Fore wing length: 1.6–1.8 mm (X=1.7 mm). Fore wing discal cell maximum width/height: 1.6–1.8 x. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 3.2–4.3 x (X=3.7 x). Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7–2.0 x, rarely 1.5–1.6 x (X=1.8 x). Flagellomerus 2 length/width: 1.1–1.3 x, rarely 1.4 x (X=1.2 x). Flagellomerus 14 length/width: 0.8–1.1 x (X=0.9 x). Flagellomerus 2 length/flagellomerus 14 length: 1.3–1.5 x, rarely 1.6 x (X=1.4 x). Metafemur length/width: 2.3–2.6 x (X=2.4 x). Metafemur length: 0.39–0.48 mm (X=0.43 mm). Metatibia length: 0.52–0.60 mm (X=0.56 mm). Metatibia length/ovipositor sheaths length: 2.1–2.2 x, rarely 2.0 x or 2.4 x (X=2.2 x). Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.24–0.27 mm (X=0.26 mm). Male. Same as females.

Description. Female. Body length: 1.8–2.0 mm (X=1.9 mm). Body color: legs and metasoma dark brown to black. Fore wing length: 1.6–1.8 mm (X=1.7 mm). Fore wing discal cell maximum width/height: 1.6–1.8 x. Ocular–ocellar line/posterior ocellus diameter: 3.2–4.3 x (X=3.7 x). Interocellar distance/posterior ocellus diameter: 1.7–2.0 x, rarely 1.5–1.6 x (X=1.8 x). Flagellomerus 2 length/width: 1.1–1.3 x, rarely 1.4 x (X=1.2 x). Flagellomerus 14 length/width: 0.8–1.1 x (X=0.9 x). Flagellomerus 2 length/flagellomerus 14 length: 1.3–1.5 x, rarely 1.6 x (X=1.4 x). Metafemur length/width: 2.3–2.6 x (X=2.4 x). Metafemur length: 0.39–0.48 mm (X=0.43 mm). Metatibia length: 0.52–0.60 mm (X=0.56 mm). Metatibia length/ovipositor sheaths length: 2.1–2.2 x, rarely 2.0 x or 2.4 x (X=2.2 x). Ovipositor sheaths length: 0.24–0.27 mm (X=0.26 mm). Male. Same as females.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith