The genus Cremastobaeus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Cremastobaeini) from India Author Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Author Mohanraj, Prashanth text Journal of Natural History 2017 2017-09-13 51 33 - 34 1989 2056 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2017.1357859 journal article 10.1080/00222933.2017.1357859 1464-5262 5183380 6B34883C-F8BC-4DFB-9807-E2F73AA04DAD Cremastobaeus valmikii Veenakumari sp. nov. ( Figure 24 (a–h)) www.zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 8B805545-CFBB-467D-A222-889C3B2C85DB Holotype : Female. Body length = 1.21 mm ; (m = 1.28 (1.19–1.35) mm, SD = 0.07, n = 5) Colour ( Figure 24 (a)) Figure 24. Bright field images of Cremastobaeus valmikii sp. nov. (female) (a), Habitus (dorsal view); (b) frons; (c) head and mesosoma; (d) antennae; (e) pleuron; (f) meso- and metascutellum; (g) metasoma; (h) wings. Head, mesosoma and T5–T7 black; T4 brown-black; T1–T3 red-brown with uneven black patches laterally; T1–T3 with light brown posterior margins. All antennomeres brown except light brown A2–A4; clava a shade darker than other antennomeres; eyes silvery with white setae; mandibles brown; legs yellow; posterior margin of mesoscutellum and lateral propodeal area with light brown margin. Head ( Figure 24 (b–d)) FCI = 1.60; LCI = 0.83; IOS 0.41× width of head; POL>LOL in ratio of 10.8:6.7; lateral ocellus contiguous with inner orbit; eye large (L:W = 16.9:15.4), with dense white setae; frontal depression with wide uniformly spaced transverse striae; vertex and gena coriaceous reticulate; length and width of antennomeres A1–A 8 in ratio of 16.0:4.0, 6.1:4.0, 5.4:3.8, 3.6:2.7, 2.7:2.8, 2.3:2.9, 2.1:3.3, respectively; length and width of clava 13.2:5.3; clava with rows of sparse long white setae. Mesosoma ( Figure 24 (c,e,f,h)) Mesoscutum (L:W = 20.9:25.4) coriaceous reticulate, with long setae, setae denser posteromedially; dorsal lateral pronotal area weakly coriaceous reticulate, ventrally smooth; netrion smooth except for weak striae posteriorly; speculum with transverse striae; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesopleural depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron reticulate; metapleuron above transverse metapleural sulcus smooth and beneath predominantly striate; paracoxal sulcus foveate; mesoscutellum (L:W = 8.6:14.8) semicircular, coriaceous reticulate, with long setae; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate with a smooth posterior margin; metascutellum rectangular, weakly vertically striate; anterior margin of metascutellum foveate, medial foveae smaller than those present on sides; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area rugose; fore wing (L:W = 77.6:29.6) and hind wing (L: W = 63.7:8.7) hyaline with dense microtrichia; length of marginal cilia of fore wing and hind wing 0.07× and 0.4× width of their wings, respectively; length of submarginalis: marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis in ratio of 32.3:3.4:7.3:23.5, respectively. Metasoma ( Figure 24 (g)) (L:W = 58.0:26.0); T1 costate almost the entire length of tergite with a smooth posterior margin; T2 with basal foveae followed by costae extending the entire length of tergite except for a smooth posterior margin; T3 and T4 reticulate on anterior margin, followed by costae; space between costae on T1–T4 narrow; T5–T7 reticulate; length and width of tergites T1–T 7 in ratio of 12.4:14.2, 11.1:21.7, 11.0:26.0, 8.9:24.3, 7.2:18.6, 3.5:10.5, 3.1:4.4, respectively; T1 longest of all tergites. Variation Colour of T1–T3 varies from brown to red-brown. Male Unknown. Material examined Holotype : Female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P1029 ), INDIA : Tamil Nadu , Theni , Kombai , 9.8517°N , 77.2938°E , 428 m , SN, 15.VIII.2013 , ARK . Paratypes : 1 female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P992 ), Uttarakand : Almora , Matela , 29.7959°N , 79.1932°E , 1056 m , SN, 28 .X .2009, FRK; 1 female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P1274 ), Karnataka : Makalidurga , Doddaballapur , 13.4326°N , 77.5014°E , 8 m , YPT , 01 .VII .2015, KV; 1 female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P1174 ), Karnataka : Bengaluru , Hebbal , 13.0360°N , 77.5969°E , 906 m , PFT, 22 .I .2010, KV; 1 female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P1182 ), Karnataka : Mandya , Srirangapatna , 12.4232°N , 76.6936°E , 676 m , SN, 04 . I .2012, KV. Etymology This species is named ‘ valmikii ‘ after the sage Valmiki, the author of the Indian epic Ramayana . The name is treated as a noun in the genitive sense. Diagnosis This species is closer to C. breviabdominus . The differences are mentioned under C. breviabdominus .