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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE1FFF2FF459B32FED186CD" bold="true" box="[151,376,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Microplitis murkyi</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE1FFF2FF459BD0FED886ED" blockId="4.[151,477,619,678]" box="[151,369,654,678]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Plate I—Figs. 1 4.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE1FFF2FF459B88FC0E87E9" blockId="4.[151,1437,726,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">
<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE1FFF2FF459B88FEFF86A4" bold="true" box="[151,342,726,751]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Brief diagnosis.</emphasis>
Notauli with faint indications and median furrow lacking; scutellar sulcus with six distinct costulae; tegulae yellow orange.
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legs with femur yellow orange (black at apical and basal tip); T1 strongly reticulate rugose (except apical tip) with median longitudinal furrow in the basal half, reticulations larger preapically, 1.85x as long as its maximum width; T2 with median filed; T2 and T3 margin suffused. Propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose with distinct, percurrent medial longitudinal carina surrounded by dense mesh of reticulations, reticulations clearer medially; transverse carinae visible.
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<subSubSection id="948C6545FFE1FFF2FF159AF0FEB6827B" pageId="4" pageNumber="433" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE1FFF2FF159AF0FD3180EA" blockId="4.[151,1437,726,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">
<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE1FFF2FF159AF0FE06878C" bold="true" box="[199,431,942,967]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Diagnosis. Female.</emphasis>
Head, antennae (including scape and pedicel), mesosoma and coxae black; antennae 18 segmented; tegulae yellow orange; fore and mid legs mostly yellow orange (except dark coxae, tarsi and black infuscation apically and dorsally on femur); fore and mid tibia yellow orange with black infuscation; hind legs with coxae black, densely pilose and punctate; trochanters yellow orange; femur yellow orange (black at apical and basal tip); tibia pilose with dirty yellow orange colouration, black infuscation at apical 1/3rd and in sub basal region; hind tibial spurs pale yellow and equally long; wings infuscate, venation brown, stigma and veins uniformly dark brown; pterostigma with faint basal pale spot.
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<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE1FFF2FF159DF3FBE4811E" blockId="4.[151,1437,726,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Head pilose; mesoscutum pilose and rugose punctuate; notauli not visible clearly and median furrow lacking; scutellar sulcus with six distinct costulae; scutellum shagreen with micropunctures basally. Mesopleuron medially smooth, shining, without pilosity; anterior, posterior and lateral sides finely punctate with dense pilosity. Propodeum coarsely reticulate-rugose with distinct, percurrent medial longitudinal carina surrounded by dense mesh of reticulations, reticulations much clearer medially; transverse carinae visible.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE1FFF2FF159C3FFEB6827B" blockId="4.[151,1437,726,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">T1 of metasoma black and laterotergites brown; strongly rugose (except apical tip); median longitudinal furrow at apical 1/3rd; 1.85x as long as broad; first tergite widest pre-apically and converging apically to round apex; apical margin width little shorter than basal margin width; lateral sides of second tergite brown, smooth, shiny; rest of the metasoma smooth, shiny and black. T2 with median field with slanting lateral margins; T2 and T3 margin suffused and not demarcated clearly; T4 onwards fully pilose; ovipositor slightly exserted, not visible in dorsal view.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE1FFF2FF159F63FED4821E" bold="true" box="[199,381,1597,1621]" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Measurements.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE1FFF2FE569F62FE71821F" box="[388,472,1596,1620]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Female</emphasis>
.
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: Body length =
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.
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Fore wing length
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. Head length: width (0.61: 0.68); 1.1 x as wide as long and not broadening behind eye in dorsal view. Vertex and upper temple densely punctured; (median ocellus diameter) OD: OOL: POL = 0.054: 0.114: 132. Face and eyes densely setose. Compound eye length: width (0.406: 0.22); intertentorial pit distance=
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; tentorial pit to compound eye distance=
<quantity id="1B6E9B2BFFE1FFF2FC929F92FC0E82AF" box="[832,935,1740,1764]" metricMagnitude="-5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7" pageId="4" pageNumber="433" unit="mm" value="0.07">0.07 mm</quantity>
. Width of face at dorsal clypeal edge=
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; malar space =
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; clypeus height =0.07; clypeus width =
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. Antennae longer than body; scape length: width (0.2: 0.11). F1 (0.219: 0.068); F2 (0.216: 0.064); F3 (0.224: 0.71); terminal flagellomere length: width = 0.144: 0.064; penultimate flagellomere length: width = 0.128: 0.067.
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Mesosoma length: width (mm) = 1.27: 0.74. Wings: 1-R1 (0.52) the length and width of stigma (0.53:0.18); 2-SR= 0.16; areolet large, approximately triangular; first discal cell 1.3 × as wide as high (0.44:0.33); 1-CU1: 2- CU1: m-cu = 0.09: 0.3:0.19.
<collectingCountry id="A481765EFFE1FFF2FEEF9EFAFEDA83F7" box="[317,371,1956,1980]" name="India" pageId="4" pageNumber="433">Hind</collectingCountry>
wing with 2a-M: 2r-m = 0.3: 0.11; margin of vannal lobe convex and hairy. Legs: hind coxa not reaching beyond T1; hind basitarsus =
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; spur of hind tibiae =
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, 2.7x as long as hind basitarsus.
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE0FFF3FF459E97FEA98395" bold="true" box="[151,256,1993,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="434">PLATE I.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE0FFF3FED49E96FE6B8395" box="[262,450,1992,2014]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="434">Microplitis murkyi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE0FFF3FE1B9E97FDB08395" bold="true" box="[457,537,1993,2014]" pageId="5" pageNumber="434">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(Figs. 14). 1. Female, habitus view 2. Male, habitus view 3. Mesosoma 4. Metasoma.
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<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE3FFF0FF1599C6FB898574" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1156]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">
Metasoma length
<quantity id="1B6E9B2BFFE3FFF0FE4299C9FE5184E4" box="[400,504,151,175]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.32" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" unit="mm" value="1.32">1.32 mm</quantity>
; Metasoma longer than mesosoma (1.32: 1.27). T1 widest pre apically and slightly narrowed at apex, its median length: basal width: apical width = 0.47: 0.2: 0.18, evenly rugulose except for base (slightly depressed) and apical swelling smooth. T1 2.8x as long as wide. T2 nearly trapezoidal, smooth, with its median length =
<quantity id="1B6E9B2BFFE3FFF0FE87985AFE148557" box="[341,445,260,284]" metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.9" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" unit="mm" value="0.19">0.19 mm</quantity>
; T3: T2 = 0.22: 0.19, and T3 and the following tergites smooth, shiny with sparse hairs. Hypopygium small; ovipositor sheath approximately as long as third hind tarsus.
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159815FEA0852F" bold="true" box="[199,265,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Male.</emphasis>
Similar to female.
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159831FEF085C3" bold="true" box="[199,345,367,392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Distribution</emphasis>
.
<collectingCountry id="A481765EFFE3FFF0FEB59831FE0C85CC" box="[359,421,367,391]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">India</collectingCountry>
: Karnataka.
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<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FF1598CAFEAB85E7" box="[199,258,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Type</typeStatus>
material.
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<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FE5298CAFE4285E7" box="[384,491,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
, one female on card,
<collectingCountry id="A481765EFFE3FFF0FD3798CAFC9E85E7" box="[741,823,404,428]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">INDIA</collectingCountry>
, Karnataka, Mudigere,
<date id="A828100EFFE3FFF0FB9798CAFB4A85E7" box="[1093,1251,404,428]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" value="2012-07-07" valueMax="2012-07-12" valueMin="2012-07-07">712.vii.2012</date>
, sweep net, leg. David.
<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FF3B98E6FEF0859B" box="[233,345,440,464]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
, three males on card, with same data as
<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FCC898E9FC298584" box="[794,896,439,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
.
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<paragraph id="DC2936CEFFE3FFF0FF159885FEB58653" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,1156]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">
<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159885FE6985BF" bold="true" box="[199,448,475,500]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Specimens examined</emphasis>
. One female and two males,
<collectingCountry id="A481765EFFE3FFF0FCDC9882FCE385BF" box="[782,842,476,500]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">India</collectingCountry>
, Karnataka, Mudigere,
<date id="A828100EFFE3FFF0FB849882FB7185BF" box="[1110,1240,476,500]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" value="2012-07-12">12.vii.2012</date>
, yellow pan trap, leg. NBAII.
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159B7DFEE68677" bold="true" box="[199,335,547,572]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Repository.</emphasis>
All
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&amp; specimens deposited in NBAII, Bangalore,
<collectingCountry id="A481765EFFE3FFF0FC0C9B7AFBB28677" box="[990,1051,548,572]" name="India" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">India</collectingCountry>
. Code. NBAII/Bra/ Mic/Microp / 0712-A (
<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FF299B19FEC08614" box="[251,361,583,607]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
), NBAII/Bra/Mic/Microp/0712-B (
<typeStatus id="032D886CFFE3FFF0FD269B19FCF48614" box="[756,861,583,607]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="paratype">Paratype</typeStatus>
).
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<subSubSection id="948C6545FFE3FFF0FF159B32FADF86CF" box="[199,1398,620,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159B32FEE786CF" bold="true" box="[199,334,620,644]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Etymology.</emphasis>
Gender, neutral. This species is named after the word “murky” for its overall dark colouration.
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<subSubSection id="948C6545FFE3FFF0FF159BD1FCEC80CF" pageId="6" pageNumber="435" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="EEE2EADCFFE3FFF0FF159BD1FEE586E3" bold="true" box="[199,332,655,680]" pageId="6" pageNumber="435">Discussion.</emphasis>
This new species runs close to
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in having less distinct notauli and presence of distinct medial longitudinal carina; but differs in the following characters: propodeum with distinct medial longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity with dense mesh of reticulations; transverse carinae less distinct (vs. propodeum with clear median longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity with distinct large reticulations, largest along the sides of median carina, gradually reducing in size towards the lateral sides; distinct raised transverse carinae in
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); antennae black (vs. basal first four antennal segments yellowish brown, funicle segments 56 dark brown, remainder black in
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); metasoma black (vs. T1 dark brown, laterotergite yellow testaceous; T2, T3 and part of T4 red testaceous, rest black in
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). T1 1.85x as long as its maximum width, strongly rugose except apical tip, (vs. T1 about 2.05x as long as its maximum width, basal 2/3rd parallel sided; apical 1/3rd converging to rounded apex; posterior half rugose with longitudinal striations; apical half smooth with apex nitid in
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); hind coxa black, hind femur yellow orange, black at apical and basal tip; hind tibia fuscous, black infuscation at apical 1/3rd and in sub basal region (vs. hind legs with coxae and trochanters yellow orange; hind femur yellow orange with apex black; hind tibia with extreme base pale testaceous in
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); T2 with median field (vs. median field not distinct in
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).
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