Sakencyrtus Hayat, 1981

Usman, Syeda Uzma & Zeya, Shahid Bin, 2018, The genus Sakencyrtus Hayat (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae) from India with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4527 (3), pp. 357-371 : 358

Key to Indian species of Sakencyrtus Hayat , females

1. Funicle uniformly coloured ( Fig. 5 ); maxillary palp 4-segmented and labial palp 3-segmented............ 1. S. mirus Hayat

-. Funicle not uniformly coloured ( Figs 19, 26); maxillary palp 3-segmented and labial palp 2-segmented................. 2

2. Funicle with F6 white ( Fig. 19); clava 3× as long as broad; forewing with distal half narrow to a tapering end ( Fig. 20), venation not reaching the anterior wing margin; hindwing wedge-like, apex without setation ( Fig. 21)..... 2. S. albiclavus Hayat

-. Funicle with F5 and F6 white ( Figs 26, 28); clava 2.5× as long as broad; forewing with distal half relatively less narrow and rounded apex ( Fig. 29 ) venation reaching the anterior wing margin; hindwing ( Fig. 30 ) bulb-like, apex with a few thick setae............................................................................... 3. S. bialbifuniculus sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 3–9. Sakencyrtus mirus Hayat. Female: 3, head, frontal view; 4, frontovertex; 5, antenna; 6, clava; 7, forewing (macropterous); 8, forewing distal venation; 9; forewing (brachypterous).

FIGURES 29–33. Sakencyrtus bialbifuniculus sp. nov. Holotype female: 29, forewing; 30, hindwing; 31, mesosoma and metasoma; 32, mesoscutum; 33, scutellum with axillae.