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 1464-5262 11059701 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 ) .