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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Eniacomorpha bakeri
(Crawford, 1915)
(
Figures 31, 32
)
Dirhinus backeri
(Crawford)
Dirhinus bakeri
(Crawford, 1915)
Dirhinus
(
Hontalia
)
bakeri
(Crawford, 1915)
Dirhinus
(
Hontalia
)
trichophthalmus
(Masi, 1927)
Pareniaca bakeri
Crawford, 1915
Pareniaca trichophthalma
Masi, 1927
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
,
Tiswadi
,
Old
Goa
,
14 July 2015
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
. Ankita Gupta
.
Description
Female, length of the body 3.8 mm.
Colour.
Body black with following yellowish-brown: apex of the fore tibia, base and apex of mid tibia and femur, mid and hind tarsi.
Head.
With 2 projecting horns. Head on anterior with an additional tooth. Genotemporal furrow present. Post-orbital carina absent. POL equal to OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices carinate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum without punctures. The apex of scutellum rounded.
Figure 31–36.
Habitus: 31–32,
Eniacomorpha bakeri
; 33–34,
Epitranus erythrogaster
; 35–36,
Epitranus oxytelus
.
Metasoma.
T1 smooth and shiny with basal carinae reaching one-third of its length.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Delhi
,
Goa
,
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Maharashtra
,
Odisha
,
Tamil Nadu
,
Tripura
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
(
Emiliyamma 2016
;
Gowriprakash
et al
. 2018
).