Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species Author Gawas, Sandesh M. School of Sciences (SoS), Jain University, Bangalore, India; Author Gupta, Ankita Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterisation, ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-03-22 58 9 - 12 342 381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 journal article 295778 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 54d0fd71-451f-44e8-91a9-411fad681b45 1464-5262 11059701 Key to genera of Chalcididae of Goa, India 1. Hind tibia obliquely truncated at the apex and with one spur ( Figure 53 ).................. 2 – Hind tibia perpendicularly truncated at the apex and with two spurs ( Figure 54 ) ... 5 2. Head with two projecting horns ( Figure 58 ) ............................................................................. 3 – Head without projecting horns ( Figure 59 )................................................................................ 4 3. Head below the apex of each horn without distinct additional teeth in lateral view ( Figure 82 ); scutellum with median impuctate strip ( Figure 86 ).... .... Dirhinus Dalman – Head below the apex of each horn with distinct additional teeth in lateral view ( Figure 83 ); scutellum without median impuctate strip ( Figure 87 )...................................... .............................................................................................................................. Eniacomorpha Girault 4. Gaster with long slender petiole; petiole with longitudinal carinae ( Figures 34, 36 ).... ................................................................................................................................... Epitranus Fabricius – Gaster sessile without distinct petiole ( Figures 20, 22, 24 , 26, 28)......................................... ............................................................................................................................. Brachymeria Cameron 5. Fore wing with marginal vein removed from wing margin; post-marginal vein absent, stigmal vein short ( Figure 60 ).......................................................................................................... 6 – Fore wing with marginal vein at wing margin; post-marginal vein present; stigmal vein well developed ( Figure 61 ) ..................................................................................................... 7 6. Clava with oblique segmentation ( Figure 62 )...................... Indoinvreia Roy and Farooqi – Clava with normal segmentation ( Figure 63 )..................... ..................... Psilochalcis Kieffer 7. Scutellum greatly bulging in lateral view ( Figure 52 )........................................ Uga Girault – Scutellum normal in lateral view ( Figure 46 )............................................................................. 8 8. Hind tibia with an additional carina externally ( Figure 55 ) ................................................. 9 – Hind tibia without additional carina externally ( Figure 54 ).............................................. 10 9. Hind femur on ventral margin with a prominent dent followed by a comb of teeth ( Figure 56 ).................................................................................................................. Neochalcis Kirby – Hind femur on ventral margin without a prominent dent ( Figure 55 )................................ .................................................................................................................................... Haltichella Spinola 10. Frons with preorbital carina, behind anterior ocellus to inner margin of eyes; scrobe deep ( Figure 64 )................................................................................................................................. 11 – Frons without preorbital carinae; scrobe shallow ( Figure 65 )....... ....... Hockeria Walker 11. Hind femur either uni- or bilobed ( Figure 54 ); transverse carina distinct........................... ................................................................................................................................. Antrocephalus Kirby – Hind femur trilobed ( Figure 57 ); transverse carina indistinct or developed laterally..... ................................................................................................................ Kriechbaumerella Dalla Torre Taxonomic account of Chalcididae of Goa, India Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883 Antrocephalus Kirby, 1883: 54 , 63. Type species: Halticella fascicornis Walker ; designated by Kirby (1883) Coelochalcis Cameron, 1904: 110 . Type species: Coelochalcis carinifrons Cameron , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Narendran (1986)) Dilla Strand, 1911: 210 . Type species: Antrocephalus rufipes Kieffer , by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953)) Stomatoceroides Girault, 1913b: 140 . Type species: Stomatoceroides bicolour Girault , by original designation. (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)) Metarretocera Girault, 1927: 325 . Type species: Metarretocera bursi Girault , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)) Tainania Masi, 1929: 159 . Type species Tainania acutiventris Masi , by original designation (synonymised by Narendran, 1977 with Antrocephalus ) Sabatiella Masi, 1929c: 167–168 . Type species: Sabatiella nigra Masi , by original designation (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Habu (1960)) Stomatocerella Girault, 1930 : [4]. Type species: Stomatocerella anna Girault , by monotypy (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)) Uxa Girault, 1930: 4 . Type species Stomatoceroides clariscapus Dodd , by original designation [synonymised with Antrocephalus by Bouček (1988 b)] Dillisca Ghesquière, 1946: 367 . Replacement name for Dilla Strand considered to be preoccupied by Dila Fisher de Waldheim (synonymised with Antrocephalus by Steffan (1953))