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Fig. 2. Cryptalyra plaumanni, lateral habitus 
Cryptalyra plaumanni, new species 
(Figs. 2, 5) 
Holotype. Female, BRAZIL: Nova Teutonia, 22.11.1941, (F. Plau- 
mann). (AEI) 
Measurements and ratios: BL 2.9 mm; FWL 2.6 mm; OL 1.0 mm; 
OL/BL 0.34; HW/HL 1.52; POL/OOL 1.40; OD/POL 0.36; 
FW/MAE 0.83; F1L/F1W 1.67; F2L/F2W 1.67; F3L/F3W 1.67; 
F1L/F2L 1.0; F2L/F3L 1.0; F11L/F11W 1.67; F12L/F12W 3.0; 
FI 1L/F12L 0.56; MSL/MSW 0.56; MTL/MTW 1.60; MTL/BL 
0.41. 
Color: Brown except ocellar triangle, occipital carina, mesosomal 
sutures and sulci, meso- and metapleuron, propodeum, hind coxa, 
and metasoma black; pedicel, basal flagellomeres, tarsi, and ovipos- 
itor yellowish brown; wing venation dark brown. 
Male: Unknown. 
Remarks: Notable for its minute body size and very short oviposi- 
tor. It is the smallest megalyrid ever described. Only a few of the 
undescribed Australian species are nearly as small. 
Distribution: Brazil. 
Etymology: Named for the collector of the holotype. 
Genus Neodinapsis Shaw, new genus 
Type-species: Neodinapsis peckorum Shaw 
