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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Hockeria argentigera
Holmgren, 1868
(
Figures 37, 38
)
Hookeria argentigera
Holmgren 1868
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Sattari
,
Ambedem
,
11 March 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
. Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Female, length of the body 4.8 mm.
Colour.
Body black with fore and mid tarsi pale brown.
Head.
Triangular, wider than long, scrobe flat with striations. Antennae long and slender. Pre- and postorbital carinae absent. Genotemporal furrow absent. POL 4× OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate and interstices carinate. Scutellum emarginate and bilobed at the apex. Fore wing with 2 brown infuscations and a hyaline spot in the middle. Hind femur bilobed ventrally.
Metasoma.
Metasoma longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with 2 basal carinae which are shorter than the distance between them.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
(new record)
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
West Bengal
(
Emiliyamma 2016
)
.