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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Kriechbaumerella pulvinata
(Masi, 1932)
(
Figures 45, 46
)
Antrocephalus pulvinatus
Masi, 1932
Kreichbaumerella
pulvinatus
(Masi, 1932)
Kriechbaumerella pulvinatus
(Masi, 1932)
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Dharbandora
,
Mollem National Park
,
9 February 2019
,
2 females
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Sandesh Gawas
;
11 March 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Sandesh Gawas
;
21 October 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
.
Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Female, length of the body 6–6.5 mm.
Colour.
Body black with following rufous: pedicel, F1 and F2, fore and mid tarsi, trochanter of the mid-leg.
Head.
Triangular, slightly wider than high. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow absent. Post-orbital carina absent. POL 7× OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices carinate. Scutellum with apical V-shaped emargination. Fore wing with post-marginal vein 0.5× shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein. Fore wing with 2 brown infuscations.
Metasoma.
Metasoma longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny. T1 0.4× as long as metasoma dorsally.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
,
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Tripura
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
(
Gowriprakash
et al
. 2018
;
Basak
et al
. 2020
).