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
Antrocephalus cariniaspis
(Cameron, 1911)
(
Figures 1, 2
)
Stomatoceras cariniaspis
Cameron, 1911
Material examined
INDIA
:
Goa
:
Sattari
,
Ambedem
,
7 January 2019
,
1 female
,
yellow pan trap
, coll
. Sandesh Gawas
.
Description
Female, length of the body 2.9 mm.
Colour.
Body black with following parts brownish: tegulae, tarsi, apex of fore tibia and femur, apex of mid and hind tibia, apex of hind coxa, apex and base of the hind femur.
Head.
Frons with raised preorbital carinae and carinate around anterior ocellus. Post-orbital carina present and distinct. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 3× OOL.
Mesosoma
.
Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum with large punctures and carinate interstices. Scutellum with anterior median carina extending into posterior mesoscutum. Post-marginal vein twice as long as marginal vein.
Metasoma.
Metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma. T1 more than 0.5× longer than the total length of metasoma. T1 with pair of basal carinae extending beyond half the length of T1.
Distribution
INDIA
.
Goa
(new record),
Kerala
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Tamil Nadu
(
Emiliyamma 2016
)
.