Additions to the genus Chakra Rajmohana and Veenakumari, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) from India Author Veenakumari, Kamalanathan Author Sreedevi, Kolla Author Mohanraj, Prashanth text Journal of Natural History 2022 2022-11-23 56 41 - 44 1657 1707 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2123286 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2022.2123286 1464-5262 7380608 Chakra sanghamittae Veenakumari sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 41523267-6968-4530-94C7-A8AAAFAB36B3 ( Figures 20 (a–f), 23(k)) Female body length = 1.85 mm (n = 1). Colour Head brown-black, frons paler than vertex; mesoscutum brown with uneven dark brown patches medially; mesoscutellum and metascutellar spine black-brown; T1 anteriorly, T2– T3 laterally black-brown, remainder brown; remaining tergites black; radicle, A1 brown, A2 black-brown, A3–A7 yellow-brown, remaining antennomeres brown-black; all legs brownyellow with black apical tarsomeres. Head 1.3× as wide as high, 1.4× as high as long. Setation on head: dense. IOS: 0.6× head width, 1.1× eye length. POL> LOL> OOL: 9.1:5.8:4.4. OOL: 1.6× MOD. Compound eye: large (L: W = 20.5:16.0). Sculpture on vertex: with setose protuberances, furrows between protuberances with weak rugose sculpture. Sculpture of frons: with setose protuberances, except for transverse striae medially and on either side of central keel. Central keel: present, 0.3× head height. Sculpture of gena: with setose protuberances interspersed with longitudinal carinae. Facial and malar striae: prominent. Interantennal process: triangular, narrow apically, beak-like. Mesosoma L:W of mesoscutum: 25.7:33.2. Setation of mesoscutum: dense. Sculpture of mesoscutum: with setose protuberances, furrows between protuberances with weak rugose sculpture. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: not foveate. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not foveate. Scutoscutellar sulcus: narrow, laterally foveate. L:W of mesoscutellum: 13.7:22.3. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: with setose protuberances, furrows between protuberances with weak rugose sculpture. Setation of mesoscutellum: dense. Sculpture of metascutellum: basally foveate, remainder smooth with longitudinal carinae. Armature of metascutellum: triangular spine. Sculpture of metanotal trough: weakly foveate. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: with depressions. Posterior propodeal projection: pointed, directed posteriorly. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally with setose protuberances, medially smooth, posteriorly transversely carinate. Pronotal cervical sulcus: not foveate. Netrion sulcus: with depressions. Speculum of mesopleuron: transversely carinate. Episternal sulcus: foveate. Postacetabular sulcus: not foveate. Prespecular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate dorsally. Mesepimeral area: smooth, narrower than mesepimeral sulcus. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of femoral depression: obliquely carinate. Mesopleural pit: present. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: with setose protuberances. Sculpture of metapleuron: dorsally obliquely carinate, ventrally with setose protuberances. Metapleural sulcus: weakly foveate. Paracoxal sulcus: weakly foveate. Metapleural epicoxal sulcus: not foveate. L:W of fore wing: 101.8:33.5. L:W of hind wing: 95.0:18.7. Marginal cilia on posterior margin of proximal fore wing: absent. Figure 20. Chakra sanghamittae sp. nov. (♀): Habitus, dorsal view; (b) frons; (c) head and pleuron; (d) head and mesoscutum; (e) wings; (f) antenna. Metasoma L:W of metasoma: 85.9:38.5. Sculpture of T1: longitudinally costate. Length of T1: 0.7× the length of T2. Horn on T1: absent. Length of T2: 0.6× the length of T3. Sculpture of T2: basal foveae present, followed by longitudinal costae and smooth patch posteromedially. Sculpture of T3: longitudinally costate medially and coriaceous reticulate laterally. Sculpture of T4–T6: weakly coriaceous reticulate. Male Not known. Material examined Holotype . Female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4531 ), Tamil Nadu : Yelagiri , Thayalur , 12.578°N 78.662°E , 1111 m , YPT, 15 June 2016 . Etymology This species is named after ‘Sanghamitta’, the Indian Emperor Asoka’s eldest daughter, who started the order of Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka . The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis Chakra sanghamittae sp. nov. resembles C. bournei sp. nov. The distinguishing characters are given above under the latter species.