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. 1♀
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, Kerala, Kollam, Kundara, N
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76° 41 21.8”,
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. sweep net, coll. Ranjith (
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Body length
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(based on examined specimen).
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09B657834DC4A" bold="true" box="[199,263,326,351]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Head</emphasis>
: Subcircular, 1.1× as wide as long in anterior view (Fig. 20-B); lateral temples slightly visible in anterior view; width of face (at widest) 0.5× width of head; face 1.3× as wide as long, slightly convex, rugose-punctate, sparsely setose (Fig. 20-B); lateral temples, vertex and dorsal occiput slightly rugose; occiput concave; frons slightly rugose, anterior frons with raised area in dorsal view; area between antennal sockets without distinct carinate longitudinal ridge; eyes setose; POL 1.1× OOL; ocelli forming an obtuse angle; antennae 1.1× as long as body (Fig. 20-A); first flagellomere 1× as long as second flagellomere, 3× as long as wide; second flagellomere 3.1× as long as wide; terminal flagellomere acute, 3.2× as long as wide.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA098617876DF4E" bold="true" box="[199,325,578,603]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Mesosoma</emphasis>
: Mesosoma 1.1× as long as high; mesoscutum rugose, setose, separated by a longitudinal ridge (Fig. 20-C); notauli impressed, percurrent, meeting posteriorly; medial furrow present; scutellar lunules wide, divided by six carinae (Fig. 20-C); area lateral to scutellar lunules convex; dorsal scutellum convex, sparsely punctate, setose with marginal crenulate groove laterally; propodeum rugose with percurrent medial longitudinal carina with lateral transverse carina (Fig. 20-D); lateral pronotum with impressed furrow, slightly crenulate; mesopleuron setose anteriorly, smooth and glabrous postero-medially; epicnemal area setose with crenulate epicnemal furrow reaching anterior margin of mesopleuron; precoxal groove shallow, crenulate; hind coxa slightly rugose-punctate, setose; hind femur 4.1× as long as wide; hind tibia 6.2× as long as wide; outer hind tibial spur 0.4× as long as basitarsus.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DF09FEB782CD8C8" bold="true" box="[151,287,1480,1502]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
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Rao &amp; Kurian
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, female, holotype A) Mesosoma &amp; metasoma, lateral view; B) Mesosoma &amp; metasoma, dorsal view.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09C017820DB2E" bold="true" box="[199,275,1570,1595]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Wings</emphasis>
: Fore wing 3× as long as wide (Fig. 20-F); pterostigma 2.8× as long as wide (Fig. 20-F); 1-M slightly arched throughout; areolet quadrangular (Fig. 20-F); margin of vannal lobe convex, setose.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09C497870DB96" bold="true" box="[199,323,1642,1667]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Metasoma</emphasis>
: T1 1.25× as long as wide, rugose, without medial depression, parallel sided, sparsely setose with apical swelling (Fig. 20-D &amp; E); T2 with median field (Fig. 20-E); T2T7 smooth with sparse transverse row of setae posteriorly and scattered setae postero-laterally (Fig. 20-E); ovipositor 0.5× as long as hind basitarsus.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09CF57837DBFA" bold="true" box="[199,260,1750,1775]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Male</emphasis>
: Same as female except scutellar lunules divided by four carinae, hind femur much darker than that of female.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09D3D7828DA22" bold="true" box="[199,283,1822,1847]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Colour</emphasis>
: Head, antennae, mesosoma and coxae black, tegulae dark brown, fore and mid legs mostly yellow brown, hind femur either completely reddish brown or along with yellow brown patches in postero-lateral sides (
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-A &amp; B), tibia with median half white, apical 1/3 and base with black infuscation (Fig. 20-BF), tarsi dark reddish brown, wings infuscate (Fig. 20-F), venation brown, pterostigma and veins uniformly dark brown, T1 black with anterior laterotergites pale testaceous to white.
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD8FF933DA09DF17853DAFE" bold="true" box="[199,352,2002,2027]" pageId="38" pageNumber="407">Distribution.</emphasis>
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(Bihar, Karnataka and Kerala).
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD9FF923DF09D027813DA23" bold="true" box="[151,288,1825,1847]" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
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<th id="1B675DD6FFD9004A39159D027CAFDA2D" box="[1138,1436,1825,1848]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">anterior view; C) Mesosoma,</th>
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<th id="1B675DD6FFD9004A3DF09D637B29DA43" box="[151,538,1856,1878]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">dorsal view; D) Propodeum &amp; tergite</th>
<td id="1B675DD6FFD9004A3F459D637D58DA43" box="[546,1131,1856,1878]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">1, dorsal view; E) Metasoma, dorsal view; F) Metasoma</td>
<td id="1B675DD6FFD9004A39159D637CAFDA43" box="[1138,1436,1856,1878]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">(in part), lateral view &amp; fore</td>
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<th id="1B675DD6FFD9004A3DF09D7D7B29DA61" box="[151,538,1886,1908]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">wing.</th>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFD9FF923DA09DBF7BBBDAA0" blockId="39.[199,1436,1948,2009]" box="[199,648,1948,1973]" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD9FF923DA09DBF7835DAA0" bold="true" box="[199,262,1948,1973]" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">Host.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD9FF923C6A9DBF78C5DAA1" box="[269,502,1948,1972]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">Spodoptera mauritia</emphasis>
(Boisduval)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<subSubSection id="AE9C6563FFD9FF9D3DA09DE37AEEDC71" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="409" pageId="39" pageNumber="408" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFD9FF9D3DA09DE37BB9DC09" blockId="39.[199,1436,1948,2009]" lastBlockId="40.[151,1437,151,357]" lastPageId="40" lastPageNumber="409" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD9FF923DA09DE3787FDACC" bold="true" box="[199,332,1984,2009]" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">Discussion.</emphasis>
This species is close to
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD9FF923F0E9DE27A32DACD" box="[617,769,1984,2008]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="39" pageNumber="408" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD9FF923F0E9DE27A32DACD" box="[617,769,1984,2008]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="408">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the T1 rugose, propodeum with distinct medial longitudinal carina. It differs from
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD6FF9D3F579ABA7BF9DDA5" box="[560,714,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D3F579ABA7BF9DDA5" box="[560,714,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the following characters: scutellum micropunctured (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD6FF9D381A9ABA783BDDC1" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D381A9ABA783BDDC1" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
scutellum rugose), T1 without medial longitudinal groove (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD6FF9D3EA29A9E7D68DDC1" box="[965,1115,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D3EA29A9E7D68DDC1" box="[965,1115,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
T1 with medial longitudinal groove), T2 without setae medially (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD6FF9D3F2B9AC27BD1DDED" box="[588,738,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D3F2B9AC27BD1DDED" box="[588,738,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
T2 with single row of setae medially), mesoscutum rugose (in
<taxonomicName id="21864D6BFFD6FF9D3DF09B26781EDC09" box="[151,301,260,284]" class="Insecta" family="Braconidae" genus="Microplitis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="prodeniae">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D3DF09B26781EDC09" box="[151,301,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">M. prodeniae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
mesoscutum rugose-punctate).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E63936E8FFD6FF9D3DA09B047AEEDC71" blockId="40.[151,1437,151,357]" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">
<emphasis id="D4F2EAFAFFD6FF9D3DA09B04787CDC55" bold="true" box="[199,335,295,320]" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">Comments.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="393D884AFFD6FF9D3C309B0B78BCDC55" box="[343,399,296,320]" pageId="40" pageNumber="409">Type</typeStatus>
material could not be directly examined, but images of the
<typeStatus id="393D884AFFD6FF9D395E9B047DA8DC55" box="[1081,1179,295,320]" pageId="40" pageNumber="409" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
taken by Dr S. Sheela (NZSI) were used to compare with the new species described in this paper.
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