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 295778 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 54d0fd71-451f-44e8-91a9-411fad681b45 1464-5262 11059701 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 ).