The original species description is presented here in text form, taken directly from: Girault, A.A. 1906. Two new species of Telenomus. Psyche 13:63-66.
Telenomus quaintancei species novem.
Female.-Shining black; length, 0.60 mm. trochanters, knees, distal tips of tibiae, and tarsi, brownish-yellow; basal and distal joints of tarsi darker, the latter sometimes nearly black.
Head slightly wider than mesothorax, much wider than prothorax, from
dorsal aspect twice as wide as thick (cephalo-caudad), shagreened;
face to cephalic ocellus glabrous. excepting the portions bordering
the inner margins of the eyes which are hairy; head triangulate,
cephalic aspect hairy; eyes hairy and very dark red, ocelli
inconspicuous, reddish, the lateral ocelli close to, but not touching,
the margin of the eye.
Thorax rather stout, slightly longer than abdomen, sculpture similar
to that of the head, the dorsum with rather dense whitish pubescence.
Mesothorax flattened dorsad, with a deep conspicuous smooth femoral
furrow on its side. Scutellum smooth, hairy, striate at outer edges.
Abdomen smooth, polished, first and second segments, at base,
strongly, longitudinally striate, the striations of the second segment
not present near the lateral margin of that segment; second segment by
far the largest, one-third wider than long; hairs sparse, whitish, in
lateral rows at incisions; anal segment truncate. Abdomen depressed.
Wings hyaline, venation yellowish, the marginal vein more than half
the length of the shaft of the stigmal; postmarginal vein sub-equal in
length to the marginal and submarginal veins combined, or slightly
shorter. Shaft of the stigma thick.
Antennae 11-jointed, uniformly pubescent, black; scape at basal
constriction and at tip, and the tip of the pedicel, pale. Antennae
more gradually clavate than usual, the club, however, distinct. Scape
long, subclavate, constricted at basal one-fourth and narrowed
somewhat
at tip; longer than the four joints following. Pedicel oval, much
longer and thicker than the first funicle joint. Funicle joints I, 2,
and 3 inoniliform, slightly longer than wide, equal, about half the
length of the pedicel; 4, wider. Club 5-jointed, the basal joint
somewhat rounded, but much wider and slightly longer than joint 4 of
the funicle, wider than the scape, and narrower than joint 2 of the
club; club joints 2, 3 and 4 equal, 2 slightly smaller, all nearly
twice as large as joint 1 of the club, quadrate; the distal joint, or
5, conic, its base slightly narrower than joint 4 of the club, but
wider than the pedicel, and about equal to the pedicel in length,
though much stouter. Antennae shorter than the body.
From six specimens.
Male.-The same. Length, 0.68 mm., legs and antennae lighter in color; body more slender. Abdomen oval. Mandibles dark brown, tridentate at tip.
Antennae 12-jointed, filiform, the pubescence stiffer. Scape long,
cylindrical, curved, more pale at the tip than in the female, nearly
as long as the next five joints combined. Pedicel small, rounded,
subcuneate. Joint 1 of the funicle longer than the pedicel by
one-half, ovate; funicle joints 2 and 3 sub-equal, oval, twice as long
as the pedicel and about one-third longer than the first funicle
joint; funicle joints 4 and 1 subequal; joints 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of
funicle
equal, subequal to funicle joint 4, but slightly smaller. Club joint
acutely conical, twice longer than the preceding joint, or joint 9 of
the funicle. Joints of the funicle very slightly pedicellate. Antennae
about equal in length to the body.
From ten specimens.
Sixteen specimens; ten males, six females.
Female very near to Telenomus graptae Howard, female, but the males of
the two species are quite distinct. In the female of quaintancei, the
legs are much darker than those of graptae, and the antennae are
wholly black, and have a much better defined club. The male differs
from the male of graptae, by having black antennae and legs, and in
the relative lengths of the club and joint 2 of the funicle.
Bred from the eggs of Sanninoidea exitiosa Say, on peach, Odenton,
Maryland, September 1st to 8th, 1905, in connection with Deciduous
Fruit-insect Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Apparently common.
The species is respectfully dedicated to Professor A. L. Quaintance.
Type:-No. 9098, United States National Museum.
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