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, Kerala, Palakkad, Pattambi,
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Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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, emerged from
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Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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”., 1♀ “
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Fab. Coll. Rajesh, K.M.
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”., 5♀♀ “
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,
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, emerged from
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Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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”., 4♀♀ “
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, Kerala, Palakkad, Pattambi,
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,
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,
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, emerged from
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE39069AC37C2EDDED" box="[1121,1309,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Psalis pennatula</emphasis>
Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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”. 1♀ “
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, Kerala, Palakkad, Pattambi,
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,
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,
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, emerged from
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DF09B0B7860DC55" box="[151,339,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Psalis pennatula</emphasis>
Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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”., 4♀♀ “
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFF5FFBE3FB39B047A21DC55" box="[724,786,295,320]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">India</collectingCountry>
, Kerala, Palakkad, Pattambi,
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,
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,
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, emerged from
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3C8B9B6F7B9FDC71" box="[492,684,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Psalis pennatula</emphasis>
Fab., Coll. Ranjith, A.P.
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”. All
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specimens are deposited in
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.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09BB77834DCB8" bold="true" box="[199,263,404,429]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Head</emphasis>
: Head subcircular in anterior view (
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-B); lateral temples visible in anterior view (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE39AE9BB77C3FDCB9" box="[1225,1292,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-B); width of face (at widest) 0.5× width of head; face 1.4× as wide as long, slightly rugose-punctate, pilose, strongly convex with small nodes dorso-medially below antennal sockets (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3E5E9BFF7AB2DCE1" box="[825,897,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-B); clypeus convex, punctate, sparsely pilose; length of clypeus 0.3× its width; tentorial pit deep; maxillary palp four segmented; length of maxillary palp 1.1× height of head in dorsal view; height of clypeus: intertentorial distance: tentorio ocular distance 6:18:4.5; length of eye 3.5× length of malar space; length of malar space 1.9× basal width of mandible; vertex dull with micropunctures; lateral temples punctate and densely pilose; frons smooth and strigose with medial longitudinal carina extending from medial ocellus to middle of antennal sockets, anterior frons with raised area in dorsal view; in lateral view medial temples 0.7× width of eye; eyes pilose (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3E3D98977A93DFD9" box="[858,928,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-B); ocelli normal size forming obtuse angle; POL 1.9× OOL; occiput smooth; antennae about as long as body; scape and pedicel 1.3, 0.3× as long as wide; length of first flagellomere 1× second flagellomere; length of first, second and penultimate flagellomere 2.8, 2.7, and 2.5× as long as wide respectively; terminal flagellomere acute, 3.3× as long as its maximum width.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA099677D9FD818" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA099677876DE48" bold="true" box="[199,325,836,861]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: Mesosoma 1.3× as long as high; mesoscutum rugulose, pilose, lateral lobes of mesoscutum rugose with indistinct medial groove (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3F6099447B61DE95" box="[519,594,871,896]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-C); notauli impressed, rugulose, meeting posteriorly in broad strigoserugulose field with faint medial longitudinal carina (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3F9199AF7A0EDEB1" box="[758,829,908,933]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-C); scutellar lunules wide divided by seven carinae; scutellum rugulose, pilose, punctate; posterior margin with two large laterally diverging, crenulate furrows which forms carinate margin to posterior half of dorsal scutellum, these furrows partially extending onto and merging with rugosity of medial posterior band (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3F3399D47BAAD905" box="[596,665,1015,1040]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-C); lateral lobes of anterior scutellum extended to form a triangulate horn; propodeum sparsely pilose with a percurrent medial longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity with a well-developed branched transverse carinae extending to spiracles (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3EC79E1C7AD4D94D" box="[928,999,1087,1112]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-D); pronotum laterally with crenulate furrows, rugulose dorsally and laterally; mesopleuron rugulose, pilose anteriorly and dorsally, rest smooth, shiny and glabrous; epicnemal furrow crenulate reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron; precoxal groove rugose crenulate, almost meeting epicnemal furrows; pleural suture deep, crenulate; mesosternum pilose; hind coxae punctate and pilose anteriorly with fine striae basally; length of hind femur 3.3× its width; length of hind tibia 6.6× its width; length of hind tibial spurs 0.32, 0.27× hind basitarsus; hind tarsal claw normal size.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09F3478C1D888" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09F347820D825" bold="true" box="[199,275,1303,1328]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Wings</emphasis>
: Fore wing 2.72.8× as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3FA79F347A37D825" box="[704,772,1303,1328]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-F); pterostigma 2.6× as long as wide (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE39D59F347DC5D825" box="[1202,1270,1303,1328]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-F); 1-R1 short 0.45× distance from pterostigma to SR1; 1-M straight; areolet quadrangular; 1-CU1 0.25× as long as 2-CU1; 2- CU1 slightly curved posteriorly; angle between C+SC+R and 1-SR 71°; hind wing 2SC+R very short but present; first submarginal cell elongate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09F8479D0DB45" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09F847870D8D5" bold="true" box="[199,323,1447,1472]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Metasoma</emphasis>
: T1 1.7× as long as wide with prominent shallow depression in anterior 2/3, rugulose laterally, narrowing in anterior 1/3, widest medially, rest almost parallel sided (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3EC49FEF7AD6D8F1" box="[931,997,1484,1509]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-E &amp; F); T
<quantity id="217E9B0DFFF5FFBE393A9FEF7DB4D8F0" box="[1117,1159,1484,1509]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.08" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" unit="in" value="2.0">2 in</quantity>
medial line 0.6× as long as T3; T2 smooth basally with medial triangular field (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3E669FCC7A74DB1D" box="[769,839,1519,1544]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-E); T3 glabrous medially; T2 and T3 sparsely pilose posteriorly; T4T7 smooth with irregular rows of sparse setae (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3E3A9C377A92DB39" box="[861,929,1556,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-E); ovipositor sheath acute apically, sparsely setose.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09C7F7838DBF5" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09C7F7828DB60" bold="true" box="[199,283,1628,1653]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Colour</emphasis>
: Body generally black, T1 brown, palps yellow, clypeus brownish black, antenna black, fore, mid tibiae and tarsi brown, hind tibia black on apical 1/3, rest yellow, hind tarsi brownish black, hind tibial spurs yellow, wings hyaline with infuscations apically, tegulae, venation brown, pterostigma yellow basally rest black (
<figureCitation id="7EBD2A6DFFF5FFBE3DF89CE479D7DBF5" box="[159,228,1735,1760]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="12.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[172,1427,204,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[156,1441,193,1829]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURE 4. Microplitis pennatulae Ranjith &amp; Rajesh sp. nov., female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/235267/files/figure.png" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
-F).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFF5FFBE3DA09CCF78BBDA10" box="[199,392,1772,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" type="description">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09CCF78BBDA10" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,392,1772,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09CCF7837DA10" bold="true" box="[199,260,1772,1797]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Male</emphasis>
: Unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFF5FFBE3DA09D2C7A28DA58" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09D2C7B3FDA3D" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,524,1807,1832]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09D2C7853DA3D" bold="true" box="[199,352,1807,1832]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="9E917678FFF5FFBE3C009D2C7892DA3D" box="[359,417,1807,1832]" name="India" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">India</collectingCountry>
(Kerala).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09D177A28DA58" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,795,1844,1869]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09D177835DA58" bold="true" box="[199,262,1844,1869]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Host.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF5FFBE3C6A9D177B32DA58" authority="Fab." authorityName="Fab." box="[269,513,1844,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Lymantriidae" genus="Psalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pennatula">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3C6A9D1778FBDA59" box="[269,456,1844,1868]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Psalis pennatula</emphasis>
Fab.
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF5FFBE3F689D177BAEDA58" box="[527,669,1844,1869]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Lepidoptera</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF5FFBE3FC19D177A3CDA58" box="[678,783,1844,1869]" class="Insecta" family="Erebidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Erebidae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFF5FFBE3DA09D747C0CDA65" box="[199,1343,1879,1904]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09D747C0CDA65" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,1343,1879,1904]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09D74787DDA65" bold="true" box="[199,334,1879,1904]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3F4E9D7B7B95DA65" box="[553,678,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">pennatulae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comes from the species name of the host
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF5FFBE391D9D7A7C0CDA65" authority="Fab." authorityName="Fab." box="[1146,1343,1879,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Lymantriidae" genus="Psalis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pennatula">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE391D9D7A7C36DA65" box="[1146,1285,1880,1904]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">P. pennatula</emphasis>
Fab.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFF5FFBE3DA09D5F7D54DA80" box="[199,1127,1916,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380" type="description">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF5FFBE3DA09D5F7D54DA80" blockId="11.[151,1437,151,1941]" box="[199,1127,1916,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF5FFBE3DA09D5F7808DA80" bold="true" box="[199,315,1916,1941]" pageId="11" pageNumber="380">Variation.</emphasis>
Number of carinae dividing the scutellar lunules varies from sixseven.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF2FFB93DF09D6E7D89DA94" blockId="12.[151,1436,1868,1921]" pageId="12" pageNumber="381">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF2FFB93DF09D6E7827DA77" bold="true" box="[151,276,1869,1891]" pageId="12" pageNumber="381">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF2FFB93C7A9D6F7BF2DA77" authority="Ranjith &amp; Rajesh" authorityName="Ranjith &amp; Rajesh" box="[285,705,1868,1890]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="381" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pennatulae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF2FFB93C7A9D6F7B36DA77" box="[285,517,1868,1890]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="381">Microplitis pennatulae</emphasis>
Ranjith &amp; Rajesh
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF2FFB93FAE9D6E7A2FDA77" bold="true" box="[713,796,1869,1890]" pageId="12" pageNumber="381">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, female, holotype A) Habitus, lateral view; B) Head, anterior view; C) Mesosoma, dorsal view; D) Propodeum, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Fore wing.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFF3FFB83DA09AB47CA9DF75" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFF3FFB83DA09AB47CA9DF75" blockId="13.[151,1436,151,608]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83DA09AB4787FDDA5" bold="true" box="[199,332,151,176]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">Discussion.</emphasis>
This new species is closely related to
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF3FFB83F999ABA7A92DDA5" box="[766,929,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="narendrani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83F999ABA7A92DDA5" box="[766,929,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CFC15781FFF3FFB83ECE9AB47D37DDA5" box="[937,1028,151,176]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83ECE9AB47D37DDA5" bold="true" box="[937,1028,151,176]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
in having the scutellar lunules wide medially, propodeum coarsely rugose with a distinct transverse carina, and 1-CU 1 0.2× as long as 2-CU 1. It differs in the following characters, second flagellomere 2.7× as long as wide (second flagellomere 2.4× as long as wide in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF3FFB83D939B2678ABDC09" box="[244,408,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="narendrani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83D939B2678ABDC09" box="[244,408,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CFC15781FFF3FFB83CC69B2778CFDC08" box="[417,508,260,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83CC69B2778CFDC08" bold="true" box="[417,508,260,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
), terminal flagellomere 3.3× as long as wide (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFF3FFB839499B267DE1DC09" box="[1070,1234,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="narendrani" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB839499B267DE1DC09" box="[1070,1234,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="CFC15781FFF3FFB839BC9B277C05DC08" box="[1243,1334,260,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382" rank="species">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB839BC9B277C05DC08" bold="true" box="[1243,1334,260,285]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
terminal flagellomere 3.9× as long as wide), scutellar lunules divided by sixseven carinae (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB839EA9B0A7C00DC55" box="[1165,1331,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB838599B047CAFDC55" bold="true" box="[1342,1436,295,320]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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scutellar lunules divided by eightnine carinae), hind tibia 6.6× as long as wide (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB8393F9B6E7DCEDC71" box="[1112,1277,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB838629B6F7C51DC70" bold="true" box="[1285,1378,332,357]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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hind tibia 4× as long as wide), metasoma black (metasoma orange brown in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB8396B9B527D86DC9D" box="[1036,1205,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB839A39B4C7C17DC9D" bold="true" box="[1220,1316,367,392]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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), and the pterostigma 2.6× as long as wide (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83F539BB67BE5DCB9" box="[564,726,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. narendrani</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83FBB9BB77A06DCB8" bold="true" box="[732,821,404,429]" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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pterostigma 2.4× as long as wide). This new species is also related to
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83C5A9B9A78D0DCC5" box="[317,483,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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in having the propodeum coarsely rugose with a distinct medial longitudinal carina, scutellum rugulose and T1 with medial longitudinal groove. It differs in the following characters, face 1.4× as wide as long (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83C739822788ADF0D" box="[276,441,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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face 1.6× as wide as long), frons smooth and strigose (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB8395898227DD7DF0D" box="[1087,1252,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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frons rugulose), POL 1.9× OOL (POL 1.7× OOL in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83F4B98067BE1DF29" box="[556,722,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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), body black (body reddish in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB8394B98067DE2DF29" box="[1068,1233,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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), first and second flagellomeres 2.8, 2.7× as long as wide (in
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFF3FFB83F1D986A7A2DDF75" box="[634,798,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="382">M. carinicollis</emphasis>
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first and second flagellomere 3.4, 3.1× as long as wide).
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