Revision of Indian species of Baeus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) Author Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Author Mohanraj, Prashanth Author Samuel, D. K. Author Reddy, M. Krishna text Journal of Natural History 2020 2020-09-30 54 13 - 14 813 917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1770885 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2020.1770885 1464-5262 5020678 878C5BFB-C2CB-4163-A08B-C761B4C6F087 Baeus krishnareddyi Veenakumari , sp. n . ( Figure 15 (a–e)) http://www.zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C5444A83-1CDE-42C7-9737-5891B726F908 Holotype . Female; body length = 0.66 (0.61–0.71) mm; n = 3 Colour ( Figure 15 (a)). Head, mesonotum and metasoma honey brown, mesoscutellum and propodeum paler; hyperoccipital carina black; posterior margin of mesoscutum with a black band and mesoscutellum with a black band followed by a white line; antenna yellowish brown except dark brown A2; legs yellow with patches of brown. Head ( Figure 15 (a–e)). Head 1.11 (1.01–1.15)× as wide as high; IOS 0.51 (0.49–0.53)× width of head and 1.11 (1.05–1.16)× eye length; eye small (L: W = 13.2:10.1) setose, not touching hyperoccipital carina posteriorly; head height 2.12 (2.06–2.18)× eye length; POL>LOL in ratio of 15.3:10.3; lateral ocellus contiguous with orbit; distance from posterior margin of lateral ocellus to hyperoccipital carina 0.48 (0.45–0.50)× MOD ; pilosity of moderate density, setae of medium length, shorter than those on mesonotum and metasoma; interantennal process triangular, rugose; central keel consisting of short rugae instead of a carina, 0.50 (0.48–0.52)× distance from interantennal process to median ocellus; facial striae long, extending up to lower orbit; malar striae absent; frons adjacent to central keel smooth, with semicircular striae followed by reticulations; upper frons imbricate; vertex weakly imbricate; gena anteriorly smooth and posteriorly weakly reticulate, with costae on postero-ventral margin, 3.68 (3.62–3.75)× as long as wide; anterior margin of gena in contact with 0.63 (0.61–0.68)× length of ventral margin of eye; length of A1 1.21 (1.17–1.24)× that of clava; length of A2 0.43 (0.40–0.45)× that of A1. Figure 15. Baeus krishnareddyi sp. n. (a) Habitus (colour); (b) Frons; (c) Habitus; (d) Antenna; (e) Habitus (lateral view). Mesosoma ( Figure 15 (a,c,e)). Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum 0.44 (0.41–0.52)× and 0.17 (0.15–0.18)× as long as wide, respectively; mesoscutum and mesoscutellum reticulate except smooth posterior margins; metascutellum not visible; propodeum dorsally smooth, 0.74 (0.71–0.76)× length of mesoscutellum medially; pilosity of moderate density, setae of medium length; antero-lateral margin of mesoscutellum with a weak fovea; lateral pronotal area dorsally imbricate, remainder smooth, except for sparse weak striae antero-medially; postero-dorsal margin of lateral pronotal area with two short protuberances; ventral margin of lateral pronotal area extending as a blunt projection; transverse carinae on dorsal mesopleuron terminate above the level of dorsal level of metapleuron; mesopleuron ventrally reticulate, followed by short oblique carinae, remainder smooth; mesopleuron extending as a narrow, smooth projection ventrally; mesopleural pit small; metapleuron smooth; posterior suture of metapleuron almost straight, not curving towards mesopleuron; dorsal level of posterior metapleural suture ventral to level of antero-lateral margin of T 2; sculpturing of propodeum anterior to spiracle with short, uneven transverse carinae, region posterior to spiracle with short transverse carinae; region ventral to spiracle with a vertical carina, two transverse carinae and an oblique carina; remainder of lateral propodeum smooth with two transverse carinae antero-ventrally; propodeal spiracular opening round. Metasoma ( Figure 15 (a,c,e)). Metasoma 1.16 (1.11–1.21)× as long as wide; pilosity sparse, setae of medium length; T 2 anteriorly weakly reticulate and posteriorly smooth; remaining tergites smooth. Material examined. Holotype : Female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P3419 ), INDIA : Arunachal Pradesh : Pasighat , CHF, 28 ° 04 ʹ 28 ʹ ’ N 95 ° 19 ʹ 28 ʹ ’E, 173 m , YPT, 05.V.2014 ; Paratypes : 2 females ( ICAR / NBAIR / P3420 – P3421 ), same as holotype , 05–07 . V .2014; 2 females ( ICAR / NBAIR / P3422 – P3423 ), same as holotype , 10–11 .XI .2014; 1 female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P3424 ), Tamil Nadu : Chidambaram , Annamalai University , 11 ° 23 ʹ 30 ʹ ’ N 79 ° 42 ʹ 48 ʹ ’E, 7 m , YPT, 02 . V .2013. Etymology. This species is named after Dr. K. Krishna Reddy, Head, Division of Plant Pathology, ICAR – IIHR, Bengaluru, India . The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis. B. krishnareddyi sp. n. is similar to B. bharathiae sp. n. and the diagnostic characters are mentioned under the latter.