Revision of Indian species of Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species Author Veenakumari, Kamalanathan ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India veenapmraj@gmail.com Author Kolla, Sreedevi ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India Author Mohanraj, Prashanth ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India Author Khan, Farmanur Rahman https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8906-709X Department of Biology, Deanship of Educational Services, Qassim University, Buraidah, Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia text Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 2021 2021-11-30 68 2 309 339 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.70497 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.70497 1860-1324-2-309 68B74BEE6CB54535B5FE9F540AC7218B 1DA273F483815909A739673367A3AF22 Phanuromyia chola Veenakumari sp. nov. Fig. 3A-F Material examined. Holotype , female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4318), India : Tamil Nadu : Lower Pulney Hills , Thadiyankudisai , HRS (orange orchard) 10°17'58"N , 77°42'42"E , 990 m , YPT, 27.XI.2016 . Paratypes : 2 females , (ICAR/NBAIR/P4319), Tamil Nadu : Dindugul , Thandikudi , RCRS (pepper plantation), 10°18'34"N , 77°38'34"E , 1305 m , YPT, 29.XI.2016 ; 3 females , (ICAR/NBAIR/P4320-P4322), Tamil Nadu : Dindugul , Thandikudi , RCRS (coffee plantation), 10°18'34"N , 77°38'34"E , 1305 m , YPT, 29.XI.2016 . Figure 3. Phanuromyia chola sp. nov. ( ♀ ). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antenna; F. Wings. Diagnosis. This species is unique in having longitudinal carinae in posterior half of mesoscutum. Description. Female body length=0.85 mm-1.08 mm (n=5). Colour . Head and mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown; radicle and A1 yellow, A2-A4 brown-black, A5-A7 yellow, A8-A11 brown; procoxa brown-black, meso- and meta- coxae yellow-brown, remainder of all legs yellow-brown. Head . Head 1.3 x as wide as high, 1.1 x as high as long; IOS 0.5 x head width, 0.9 x eye length; frons dorsally smooth, ventrally coriaceous reticulate with sparse transverse striae on either side of imaginary central keel; transverse striae present along ventral malar area; central keel absent; vertex weakly reticulate with sparse punctae; gena striate-reticulate with a smooth basal patch; eye (L: W=14.6:12.0) large, setose; POL: LOL in ratio of 10.3:5.6; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate with sparse setae;A1 4.7 x as long as wide; A1 3.2 x as long as A2. Mesosoma . Mesoscutum (L: W=14.2:21.2) convex, anteriorly tuberculate, remainder vertically costate; mesoscutal humeral sulcus foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus foveate; lateral pronotal area obliquely carinate with distinct space between carinae with a small coriaceous reticulate patch posterodorsally; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate; netrion sulcus ventrally foveate; subacropleural sulcus not foveate; prespecular sulcus indicated by four foveae; mesopleural pit distinct with several vertical carinae radiating ventrally; speculum transversely carinate; episternal sulcus indicated by a carina; postacetabular sulcus not foveate; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron smooth except for a small weakly reticulate patch anteriorly; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, narrower than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus indicated by wide furrows; dorsal and ventral metapleural area smooth; metapleural epicoxal sulcus indicated by a furrow; scutoscutellar sulcus foveate laterally; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=6.5:12.3), smooth, setose; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum anteriorly foveate, remainder tuberculate, with a weak projection posteromedially; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area smooth with foveae on inner margin; medial lateral propodeal carina not visible as hidden beneath metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=58.1:17.9) and hind wing (L: W=54.0:7.7) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 6.2:7.8:21.4, respectively. Metasoma . (L: W=32.0:19.5); T1 with longitudinal foveae, laterally and posteriorly smooth; T2 anteromedially smooth, followed by basal foveae, from which several longitudinal striae extend 0.8 x length of tergite; posterior margin of T2 slightly convex; T1 with two lateral setae; T2 4.4 x the length of T1. Male. Not known. Etymology. This species is named after the Cholas, a major dynasty, that ruled for well over a millennium in South India. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.