Original description

Schauff, M.E. (1986). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88:167-173.

Synonyms

None.

Diagnosis

Frons, vertex, mesoscutum and scutellum with raised and strong reticulation; propodeum with a narrow and raised median carina; lower mesepimeron weakly enlarged.

Distribution

Colombia, Panama.

Biology

Gregarious endoparasitoid in larvae of Microdon sp. (Diptera: Syrphidae) living in nests of Tapinoma fulvum Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Depository of primary type

Holotype female in United States National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, non-type female.	Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, male.	Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, head frontal, female. From ZooTaxa no. 2200 (2009).	Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, head frontal, non-type female.
Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, second funicular on the antenna, female. From ZooTaxa no. 2200 (2009).	Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, thoracic dorsum, female. From ZooTaxa no. 2200 (2009).	Microdonophagus woodleyi Schauff, thoracic dorsum, non-type female.	Microdonophagus woodleyi, mesosoma lateral, female. From ZooTaxa no. 2200 (2009).