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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Brachymeria euploeae
(Westwood, 1837)
(
Figures 23, 24
)
Chalcis euploeae
Westwood, 1837
Brachymeria euploeae
Joseph, Narendran and Joy, 1973
Chalcis hearseyi xanthopterus
Waterston, 1922
Brachymeria flavotibialis
Husain and Agarwal, 1982
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Dharbandora
,
Mollem National Park
,
31 November 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
. Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Similar to
B. jambolana
but differs in having subglobose metasoma in lateral view (acuminate in
B. jambolana
) and ovipositor sheath not visible in dorsal view (visible in
B. jambolana
).
Distribution
INDIA
.
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Bihar
,
Goa
(new record),
Haryana
,
Jharkhand
,
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Manipur
,
Odisha
,
Punjab
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Tripura
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
Uttarakhand
,
West Bengal
(
Sheela
et al
. 2015
;
Emiliyamma 2016
;
Gowriprakash
et al
. 2016
;
Daniel and Ramaraju 2017a
,
2017b
).