The Fergusson squathopper, Messena sinuata Atkinson (Hemiptera: Eurybrachidae) and its egg parasitoids from Southern India Author Binoy, C. Independent researcher, Sreeragam, Chereekandy, Elathur, Kozhikode, Kerala- 673303, India; Author Hiremath, Sangamesh R. Department of Entomology, Thiruvananthapuram, India; & Department of Agricultural Entomology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India Author Prathapan, K. D. Department of Entomology, Thiruvananthapuram, India; text Journal of Natural History 2024 2024-08-14 58 29 - 32 1069 1087 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2024.2381275 journal article 303340 10.1080/00222933.2024.2381275 d742aae4-f393-4c89-91c3-11bb78568700 1464-5262 13758107 Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 Anastatus Motschulsky 1859 , p. 116 . Type species: Anastatus mantoidae Motschulsky. By monotypy. Gibson (1995 , p. 101) may be consulted for a complete list of generic synonymy. Anastatus sp. ( Figures 45–54 ) Material examined 7♂ , All from India : Kerala , Kozhikode district collected by C . Binoy . Malabar Christian College Campus ( 11.263°N , 75.779°E , 27 m ), November 2018 (see ‘Material and methods’ for deposition). Diagnosis Head and mesosoma with bright green-golden metallic lustre, slight blue-violet tinge on lower face, mesosoma, posterior mesoscutum, anterior scutellum, metacoxa and metasoma; eye setose; head, and mesosoma with moderately dense setosity; mandible tridentate. Description (male) Body length 0.96–1.03 mm ; length of forewing 0.74–0.81 mm . Colour. Body metallic green-gold with the following parts variably coloured: eye faintly red; ocelli silver; mandible red-brown; scape ivory ventrally, brown dorsally; pedicel and rest of antennomeres brown; all coxae brown (metacoxa with faint metallic violet lustre); propodeal spiracle concealed below white enclosing peritreme; metasoma brown with green-golden lustre; legs ivory with variable brown patch; forewing with veins pale brown. Figure 45–54. Anastatus sp. ♂ 45, habitus, lateral view; 46, head, frontal view; 47, head, lateral view; 48, head, dorsal view; 49, mesosoma, dorsal view; 50, metanotum, propodeum and metasoma (in part), dorsal view; 51, wings; 52, hind leg; 53, mesososma, lateral view; 54, metasoma, lateral view. Head. In anterior view 1.23× as long as wide; rugose reticulate with scattered setigerous pits, lanceolate, white setae arising from pits; clypeus slightly convex; mandible tridentate, apical one acute; eye distinctly setose; scrobal depression more or less bell shaped; scape curving ( Figure 46 ); eye height 1.86× as long as malar space; malar sulcus distinct, straight; gena distinctly reticulate ( Figure 47 ); in dorsal view 1.97× as long as wide; POL 3.9× OOL, 2.25× AOL and 2.46× OD; vertex coarsely rugose reticulate ( Figure 48 ). Mesosoma. Pronotum subconical, narrow, surface reticulate; mesoscutum coarsely areolate, 1.47× as long as wide with well-marked notauli, distinctly setose; scutellum finely areolate medially, longitudinally reticulate on sides, setose ( Figure 49 ); metanotum rugose reticulate; propodeum smooth, shiny with median carina bifurcating at adpetiolar foramen ( Figure 50 ); lateral panel of pronotum and prepectus reticulate; mesopleuron and metapleuron smooth with faint reticulation, shiny; callus with 4–5 erect white setae ( Figure 53 ). Wings. Forewing hyaline, with short and moderately dense discal ciliation, 2.15× as long as its maximum width; marginal fringe short; SMV with four semi-erect dorsal setae; SMV 1.69× as long as MV; MV 2.0× as long as STV, as long as PMV; hindwing with similar discal ciliation as of forewing ( Figure 51 ). Legs. Metacoxa reticulate, 1.5× as long as wide; hind femur engraved reticulate with faint metallic green-gold tint; metatibia slightly expanded apically, tibial spur short, half as long as hind basitarsus ( Figure 52 ). Metasoma. Sessile, ovate, collapsing on drying; all terga faintly reticulate, posterior margin of all terga straight ( Figure 54 ). Distribution India ( Kerala ).