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
10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671
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Brachymeria jambolana
Gahan, 1942
(
Figures 25, 26
)
Brachymeria jambolana
Gahan, 1942
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Dharbandora
,
Mollem National Park
,
21 November 2019
,
2 females
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
. Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Female, length of the body 3.5–3.8 mm.
Colour.
Body black with following yellow: tegulae, the apex of fore and mid femur, fore and mid tibia, all tarsi, lateral and dorsal surface of hind tibia and apex of the hind femur.
Figure 25–30.
Habitus: 25–26,
Brachymeria jambolana
; 27–28,
Brachymeria megaspila
; 29–30,
Dirhinus anthracia
.
Head.
Distinctly wider than high. Pre-orbital carina absent and postorbital carina present. POL 2× OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate, interstices carinate. Scutellum rounded at apex. Fore wing with post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein. Ventral margin of hind femur with 10 teeth of distinct sizes.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
(new record),
Kerala
,
Karnataka
,
Meghalaya
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
(
Sheela
et al
. 2015
;
Emiliyamma 2016
).