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 Neochalcis breviceps (Masi, 1929) ( Figures 47, 48 ) Eugastrochalcis breviceps Masi, 1929 Eugastrochalcis secundus Mani and Dubey, 1974 Hockeria maetai Habu, 1969 Neochalcis breviceps (Masi, 1929) Neochalcis secundus (Mani and Dubey, 1974) Material examined INDIA : Goa , Tiswadi , Old Goa, 14 July 2015 , 1 female and 2 males , yellow pan trap , coll . Ankita Gupta . Description Female, length of the body 5 mm . Colour. Body black with following reddish brown: antennae, tegulae, legs except for tarsi, metasoma. Tarsi yellowish brown. Head. Triangular, wider than high. Antennae stout, scrobe deep and striate hardly reaching anterior ocellus. Genotemporal furrow present. Head in dorsal view wider than mesosoma. POL 3× OOL. Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameter. Scutellum emarginate at apex. Fore wing with post-marginal vein equal to the marginal vein in length. Metasoma. Metasoma 1.5× longer than mesosoma. T1 largely smooth with fine punctures at apex dorsally. Distribution INDIA . Bihar , Goa (new record), Karnataka , Kerala , Madhya Pradesh , Tamil Nadu , Uttar Pradesh , West Bengal ( Sheela et al . 2015 ; Emiliyamma 2016 ).