identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D.text	03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachygaster bangalorensis Rameshkumar & Kazmi & Yeshwanth & Barua 2025	<div><p>Brachygaster bangalorensis Rameshkumar &amp; Kazmi sp. nov.</p><p>(Fig. 1)</p><p>Material examined.   HOLOTYPE, Female (on card), “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru (=Bangalore), GKVK, ex.  Zyzygium, 06.vi.2024, Coll. Yeshwanth, H.M  .</p><p>Description. Holotype female. Body length 3.8 mm (head to tip of metasoma).</p><p>Head. Black with silvery setae, quadrate, deeply punctured except vertex sparsely punctured; eyes and ocelli silvery; gena with three rows of deep punctures; mandible tridentate, brown except base and apex dark brown; fronto-vertex half of head width, 2.0 × of scape length; distance between posterior ocellus 2.3 × of the distance between anterior ocellus, 4.8 × of posterior ocellus and eye margin; malar space 0.7 × scape length and half of posterior ocelli; eyes ovoid. Antenna with 13 antennomeres (excluding radicle); scape, pedicel, F1– F3 pale brown, remaining flagellomeres (F4–F13) brown; antennal socket arise just above base of eyes; antennomeres longer than broad; pedicel 0.7 × longer than F1; scape 2.3 × longer than broad, 2.8× longer than pedicel, slightly shorter than F1 and F2 combined, 1.5 × longer than eye length. Relative measurements (in mm)—head width (height), 1.18 (1.11); fronto-vertex width, 0.6; OOL, 0.09; AOL, 0.14; POL, 0.44; eye length (width), 0.80 (0.56); malar space length, 0.22; scape length (width), 0.31 (0.13); pedicel length (width), 0.11 (0.08); F1 length (width), 0.14 (0.09); F2 length (width), 0.14 (0.08); F3 length (width), 0.17 (0.10).</p><p>Mesosoma. Black, pronotum short, with silvery setae; pronotal neck obscure; dorsolateral area of pronotum with the sharp ending; carinae present on lateral sides of pronotum; pronotal carina inconspicuous in the mid-dorsal area and prominent in lateral view. Mesoscutum foveate with silvery setae, 1.8 × longer than broad; notaulus absent; tegula brown; parascutal carina and parascutal sulcus present. Scutellum 2.3 × broader than long. Lateral metanotum covered by setae; metapleuron with upper region flat, nitid and lower region foveate; epicnemial carina with median process; prespecular sulcus not smooth and nitid; propodeum with regular foveae; adpetiolar strip (aps) broader than long; nucha present and elevated in lateral view; projection of propodeum present.</p><p>Legs: Fore coxa dark brown except apex pale; tibia yellowish brown; tarsi yellowish. Mid coxa dark brown; femur except apex pale. Hind coxa dark brown except trochanter yellowish brown; hind tibia and basitarsus with uniformly distributed short spines; length of hind leg 3.0 × mesosoma height; metatarsal length 4.3 × of external tibial spur. Relative measurements (in mm)—mesoscutum length (width), 0.52 (0.97); scutellum length (width), 0.38 (0.89); mesosoma height, 1.32; hind leg length, 4.02; hind coxa length, 0.48; hind femur length (width), 1.04 (0.32); hind tibia length (width), 0.98 (0.22); external tibial spur length, 0.28; metatarsal length, 1.22.</p><p>Wings. Hyaline; fore wing with three complete cells; costal cell length 0.58 × of head and mesosoma length; stigmal vein as wide as costal cell; 4RS and r-m vein spectral; fore wing 2.6 × longer than wide. Relative measurements (in mm)—fore wing length (width), 2.41 (0.92); costal cell length (width), 0.96 (0.08); stigmal vein width, 0.08; hind wing length (width), 1.32 (0.35).</p><p>Metasoma. Ovoid in lateral view; nitid, dark brown, smooth; ovipositor not exserted; petiole brown with prominent longitudinal sculpture on dorsal side but slightly oblique on lateral side, not punctate, half of the metasoma length. Relative measurements (in mm)—petiole length (width), 0.54 (0.14); metasoma length (width), 1.10 (0.75).</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Host. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. India: Karnataka.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named based on type locality.</p><p>Comments. The new species is distinctive and differs from the two existing Indian species as follows: head lacks an arch-like pattern of sculptures around antennal sockets, and the length of the POL is consistently greater than that of the scape length. Further comparison of the three species of Indian  Brachygaster is provided in the species key.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C587F0FF87FF92FF61060D0D7AFC5D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rameshkumar, A.;Kazmi, S. I.;Yeshwanth, H. M.;Barua, A.	Rameshkumar, A., Kazmi, S. I., Yeshwanth, H. M., Barua, A. (2025): Description of a new species of Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with a key to species. Zootaxa 5618 (1): 137-139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10
03C587F0FF85FF92FF61041C0DF2FA92.text	03C587F0FF85FF92FF61041C0DF2FA92.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Brachygaster Leach 1815	<div><p>Key to Indian species of  Brachygaster Leach (based on females)</p><p>1. Head with an arch-like pattern of sculpturing around antennal sockets; length of POL ≤ scape length................... 2</p><p>--. Head without an arch-like pattern of sculpturing around antennal sockets; length of POL&gt; scape length.................................................................................................  B. bangalorensis sp. nov.</p><p>2. Mandible bidentate; length of POL equal to scape length; notaulus absent; epicnemial carina without median process; nucha present and elevated; costal cell 3.5 × as long as stigmal vein; ovipositor not exserted......  B. rarum Rameshkumar et al.</p><p>--. Mandible tridentate; length of POL less than scape length; notaulus present and not elevated; epicnemial carina with median process; costal cell 1.3 × as long as stigmal vein; ovipositor exserted...................  B. kawadai Rameshkumar et al.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C587F0FF85FF92FF61041C0DF2FA92	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Rameshkumar, A.;Kazmi, S. I.;Yeshwanth, H. M.;Barua, A.	Rameshkumar, A., Kazmi, S. I., Yeshwanth, H. M., Barua, A. (2025): Description of a new species of Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with a key to species. Zootaxa 5618 (1): 137-139, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5618.1.10
