Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg 2025, nom. nov.

Phanerotomella mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov. Figs 47–48 Phanerotomella flava Zettel, 1989: 23, 35–37 (not Phanerotomella flava Lӑcӑtușu, 1963: 241, 243, 245). Diagnosis Body entirely pale yellow except for the brown flagellum (Fig. 47); pterostigma, parastigma and veins of fore wing yellow (Fig. 48H); face largely smooth except for fine punctation and less contrasting than smooth clypeus (Fig. 48B); mesopleuron densely and superficially punctate (Fig. 48J); stemmaticum distinctly narrowed, OD 1.3–1.4 × as long as POL and ocelli arranged in a triangle with base 0.9× as long as its sides (Fig. 48A); basal carina of first metasomal tergite distinctly developed (Fig. 48K); metasoma regularly reticulate except the first tergite longitudinally striate medially (Fig. 48K). Etymology Renamed after the yellow (honey-coloured) veins of the fore wing; ‘ mellis ’ is Latin for ‘honey’ and ‘ vena ’ is Latin for ‘vein’. Material examined (3 ♀♀) CHINA – Hainan • 1 ♀; Jianfengling, Tianchi; 12–15 Jul. 2006; W.Y. Zhang leg.; ZJUH No. 200803502 • 1 ♀; Jianfengling, Tianchi; 12–15 Jul. 2006; J.X. Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 200803614 • 1 ♀; Jianfengling; 7 Jun. 2007; J.X. Liu leg.; ZJUH No. 202300197. Host Unknown. Distribution Brunei, China (Hainan), Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore. Remarks Phanerotomella flava Zettel, 1989 is a junior homonym of P. flava Lӑcӑtușu, 1963 (the latter is a new synonym of P. rufa (Marshall, 1898) syn. nov.). The holotype (USNMENT 01932230) from East Malaysia (Sandakan) was not examined; the interpretation is based on the original description by Zettel (1989) and photos of the holotype on the USNM website. There are three females agreeing with the original description of P. flava Zettel, 1989 (= P. mellivena van Achterberg nom. nov.).