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 carbonaria
(Zehntner, 1906)
(
Figures 21, 22
)
Chalcis carbonaria
Zehntner, 1906
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Tiswadi
,
Old
Goa,
17 July 2015
,
1 male
,
yellow pan trap
, coll. Ankita Gupta.
Description
Male, length of the body 2.5 mm.
Colour.
Body black with following yellow: base and apex of fore and mid tibia, the apex of fore and mid femur, all tarsi, hind femur at the apex, hind tibia at base and apex.
Head.
Head in frontal view wider than high. Antennae stout and short. Scrobe deep and smooth reaching anterior ocellus. Post-orbital carina indistinct. POL 3× OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices carinate. Scutellum rounded at apex. Post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein.
Metasoma.
Metasoma shorter than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with pair of basal carinae.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
,
Mizoram
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Uttar Pradesh
(
Sheela
et al
. 2015
;
Gowriprakash
et al
. 2018
).