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
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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
).