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; 1130;
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for complete bibliography).
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Body length
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.
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: Circular in anterior view; lateral temples hidden behind eyes in anterior view; face and clypeus finely reticulate-punctate, densely setose; face slightly convex, with faint medial, longitudinal carina in dorsally, width of face (at widest) 0.5× width of head; inner margins of eyes straight to slightly emarginate near to antennal sockets; upper frons, vertex and temples finely punctate, with short sparse setae, upper frons with small pit below median ocellus; eyes setose; ocelli forming an obtuse triangle, POL 0.9× OOL; antenna moderately robust, longer than body, first flagellomere 2.5× as long as wide.
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: Mesoscutum finely reticulate-punctate; notauli slightly impressed, crenulate, meeting posteriorly to form broad coarser longitudinally reticulate-punctate area, medial furrow slightly impressed; scutellar lunules broad, deep, divided by fiveseven carinae; area anterior and lateral to scutellar lunules smooth; dorsal scutellum convex, faintly punctate medially, postero-lateral margin bordered by crenulate furrow; propodeum with median longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity; lateral pronotum with deep oblique crenulate furrow; mesopleuron mostly smooth and shining, dorsal epicnemal area and anterior margin finely punctate, with dense long fine pilosity; epicnemal furrow deep, crenulate, reaching anteriorly to margin of mesopleuron; precoxal groove crenulate; mesosternum finely punctate, pilose; hind coxa smooth, setose; tarsal claws small, simple.
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: Fore wing 2.7× as long as wide; pterostigma broad, 2.7× as long as wide; 1-R1 0.66× distance from pterostigma to SR1; 1-M very slightly curved; areolet quadrangular; 1-CU1 0.42× as long as 2-CU1; hind wing with 1-M slightly sinuate; 2-SC+R present; first submarginal cell 1.6× as long as wide.
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: T1 2× as long as wide, finely rugose-punctate in posterior half, smooth basally, parallel-sided except for slight constriction medially and slight narrowing apically, apical surface with smooth convex swelling; T2 smooth, with median field indicated by oblique grooves; T3T7 each with one or two transverse rows of setae posteriorly, becoming denser laterally; hypopygium smooth, sparsely setose; ovipositor sheaths slightly curved, with sparse moderately long hairs and tuft of fused hairs apically.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3DA09F517828D89E" bold="true" box="[199,283,1394,1419]" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Colour</emphasis>
: Head, antennae (except brown scape), mesosoma and coxae black, T1 of metasoma black, laterotergites of T1 and T2 yellow brown, T2 with brown black median field indicated by indistinct oblique grooves, laterotergites yellowish brown, T3 with mixture of yellow, brown and black patches, rest tergites dark.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3DA09FFD7837D8E2" bold="true" box="[199,260,1502,1527]" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Male</emphasis>
: Unknown.
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<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3C0F9C2178E2DB0E" box="[360,465,1538,1563]" name="Australia" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Australia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3CB99C217B17DB0E" box="[478,548,1538,1563]" name="China" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">China</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3F579C217B5FDB0E" box="[560,620,1538,1563]" name="India" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">India</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3F1E9C207B8FDB0F" box="[633,700,1539,1562]" name="Japan" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Japan</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3FAF9C207A3CDB0F" box="[712,783,1539,1562]" name="South Korea" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Korea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3E7C9C217AB6DB0E" box="[795,901,1538,1563]" name="Malaysia" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3EF69C207D5CDB0E" box="[913,1135,1538,1563]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA391C9C217DCFDB0E" box="[1147,1276,1538,1563]" name="Philippines" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Philippines</collectingCountry>
,
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and
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFE1FFAA3DF09C0579C7DB2A" box="[151,244,1574,1599]" name="Vietnam" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
.
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Walker
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,
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3F009C687A0CDB77" box="[615,831,1611,1635]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Spodoptera exigua</emphasis>
(Hübner)
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,
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3EA49C687DF4DB76" box="[963,1223,1611,1635]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Spodoptera frugiperda</emphasis>
(Smith &amp; Abott)
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,
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(Boisduval)
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3F759C4D7B0FDB93" box="[530,572,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">and</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3F249C4D7A3ADB93" box="[579,777,1646,1670]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Spodoptera litura</emphasis>
(Fab.)
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,
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFE1FFAA3E059C4C7D69DB92" authority="Fab." authorityName="Fab." box="[866,1114,1646,1671]" class="Insecta" family="Crambidae" genus="Maruca" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="400" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vitrata">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3E059C4C7D3FDB93" box="[866,1036,1647,1670]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Maruca vitrata</emphasis>
(Fab.)
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.
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<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFE1FFAA3DA09CB17A07DA4A" pageId="31" pageNumber="400" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFE1FFAA3DA09CB17B5FDA2E" blockId="31.[151,1437,566,1887]" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3DA09CB1787FDBBE" bold="true" box="[199,332,1682,1707]" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Discussion.</emphasis>
This species is closely related to
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3FA79CB07A6EDBBF" box="[704,861,1683,1706]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">M. ajmerensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the distinct medial longitudinal carina on propodeum, T1 narrowing posteriorly, T1 without medial longitudinal grove, propodeum coarsely rugose and scutellar lunules wide. It differs from
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFE1FFAA3F239CF87BD1DBE7" box="[580,738,1755,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="400" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ajmerensis">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3F239CF87BD1DBE7" box="[580,738,1755,1778]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">M. ajmerensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the following characters, mesoscutum with distinct medial furrow (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFE1FFAA3C7A9CDC78F2DA03" box="[285,449,1791,1814]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="400" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ajmerensis">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3C7A9CDC78F2DA03" box="[285,449,1791,1814]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">M. ajmerensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mesoscutum without medial furrow), median field on T2 faintly indicated (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFE1FFAA381A9CDC783CDA2F" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="31" pageNumber="400" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ajmerensis">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA381A9CDC783CDA2F" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">M. ajmerensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
T2 with distinct median field).
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFE1FFAA3DA09D65787CDA4A" bold="true" box="[199,335,1862,1887]" pageId="31" pageNumber="400">Comments.</emphasis>
We could not examine the
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specimens.
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