diff --git a/data/03/C5/87/03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D.xml b/data/03/C5/87/03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..fdb43e4db57 --- /dev/null +++ b/data/03/C5/87/03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D.xml @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ + + + +Description of a new species of Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with a key to species + + + +Author + +Rameshkumar, A. +Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India + + + +Author + +Kazmi, S. I. +0000-0003-2344-8660 +kazmizsi@gmail.com + + + +Author + +Yeshwanth, H. M. +Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru- 560065, Karnataka, India. + + + +Author + +Barua, A. +Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India + +text + + +Zootaxa + + +2025 + +2025-04-01 + + +5618 + + +1 + + +137 +139 + + + + +https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10 + +journal article +10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10 +1175-5326 +15217013 + + + + + + +Brachygaster bangalorensis +Rameshkumar & Kazmi + +sp. nov. + + + + + +( +Fig. 1 +) + + + + +Material examined. + +HOLOTYPE +, +Female +(on card), “ +INDIA +: +Karnataka +, +Bengaluru +(=Bangalore), +GKVK +, ex. + +Zyzygium + +, + +06.vi.2024 + +, Coll. +Yeshwanth, H.M + +. + + + + +Description. +Holotype +female. Body length +3.8 mm +(head to tip of metasoma). + + +Head +. Black with silvery setae, quadrate, deeply punctured except vertex sparsely punctured; eyes and ocelli silvery; gena with three rows of deep punctures; mandible tridentate, brown except base and apex dark brown; fronto-vertex half of head width, 2.0 × of scape length; distance between posterior ocellus 2.3 × of the distance between anterior ocellus, 4.8 × of posterior ocellus and eye margin; malar space 0.7 × scape length and half of posterior ocelli; eyes ovoid. Antenna with 13 antennomeres (excluding radicle); scape, pedicel, F1– F3 pale brown, remaining flagellomeres (F4–F13) brown; antennal socket arise just above base of eyes; antennomeres longer than broad; pedicel 0.7 × longer than F1; scape 2.3 × longer than broad, 2.8× longer than pedicel, slightly shorter than F1 and F2 combined, 1.5 × longer than eye length. Relative measurements (in mm)—head width (height), 1.18 (1.11); fronto-vertex width, 0.6; OOL, 0.09; AOL, 0.14; POL, 0.44; eye length (width), 0.80 (0.56); malar space length, 0.22; scape length (width), 0.31 (0.13); pedicel length (width), 0.11 (0.08); F1 length (width), 0.14 (0.09); F2 length (width), 0.14 (0.08); F3 length (width), 0.17 (0.10). + + +Mesosoma +. Black, pronotum short, with silvery setae; pronotal neck obscure; dorsolateral area of pronotum with the sharp ending; carinae present on lateral sides of pronotum; pronotal carina inconspicuous in the mid-dorsal area and prominent in lateral view. Mesoscutum foveate with silvery setae, 1.8 × longer than broad; notaulus absent; tegula brown; parascutal carina and parascutal sulcus present. Scutellum 2.3 × broader than long. Lateral metanotum covered by setae; metapleuron with upper region flat, nitid and lower region foveate; epicnemial carina with median process; prespecular sulcus not smooth and nitid; propodeum with regular foveae; adpetiolar strip (aps) broader than long; nucha present and elevated in lateral view; projection of propodeum present. + + + +FIGURE 1. + +Brachygaster bangalorensis + + +sp. nov. + +♀ A. Habitus, lateral view, B. Head, frontal view, C. Clypeus with mandible, D. antenna, E. mesosoma, dorsal view, F. hind leg, G. Fore and hind wing, H. metasoma with petiole. + + +Legs: Fore coxa dark brown except apex pale; tibia yellowish brown; tarsi yellowish. Mid coxa dark brown; femur except apex pale. Hind coxa dark brown except trochanter yellowish brown; hind tibia and basitarsus with uniformly distributed short spines; length of hind leg 3.0 × mesosoma height; metatarsal length 4.3 × of external tibial spur. Relative measurements (in mm)—mesoscutum length (width), 0.52 (0.97); scutellum length (width), 0.38 (0.89); mesosoma height, 1.32; hind leg length, 4.02; hind coxa length, 0.48; hind femur length (width), 1.04 (0.32); hind tibia length (width), 0.98 (0.22); external tibial spur length, 0.28; metatarsal length, 1.22. + +Wings +. Hyaline; fore wing with three complete cells; costal cell length 0.58 × of head and mesosoma length; stigmal vein as wide as costal cell; 4RS and r-m vein spectral; fore wing 2.6 × longer than wide. Relative measurements (in mm)—fore wing length (width), 2.41 (0.92); costal cell length (width), 0.96 (0.08); stigmal vein width, 0.08; hind wing length (width), 1.32 (0.35). + + +Metasoma +. Ovoid in lateral view; nitid, dark brown, smooth; ovipositor not exserted; petiole brown with prominent longitudinal sculpture on dorsal side but slightly oblique on lateral side, not punctate, half of the metasoma length. Relative measurements (in mm)—petiole length (width), 0.54 (0.14); metasoma length (width), 1.10 (0.75). + + +Male. +Unknown. + + + + +Host. +Unknown. + + + + +Distribution. +India +: +Karnataka +. + + + + +Etymology. +The species is named based on +type +locality. + + + + + +Comments +. + +The new species is distinctive and differs from the two existing Indian species as follows: head lacks an arch-like pattern of sculptures around antennal sockets, and the length of the POL is consistently greater than that of the scape length. Further comparison of the three species of Indian + +Brachygaster + +is provided in the species key. + + + + \ No newline at end of file