Antrocephalus phaeospilus Waterston, 1922

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 351-353

Antrocephalus phaeospilus Waterston, 1922

(Figures 13, 14)

Antrocephalus sinicorum Masi, 1932 Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Tiswadi, Old Goa, 17 July 2015, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Ankita Gupta; Sattari, Ambedem , 9 February 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Honda, 13 Novemebr 2015, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female, length of the body 4.8–5.4 mm.

Colour. Body largely black with following reddish brown: tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg entirely.

Head. Triangular, slightly wider than high. Scrobe deep and striate reaching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 5× OOL.

Figure 13–18. Habitus: 13–14, Antrocephalus phaeospilus ; 15–16, Antrocephalus ryukyuensis ; 17–18, Antrocephalus validicornis .

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameter. Interstices smooth and shiny. Scutellum weakly emarginate at apex.

Metasoma. Metasoma longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with a pair of short basal carinae which are shorter than the distance between them.

Distribution

INDIA. Goa (new record), Kerala, Uttar Pradesh ( Emiliyamma 2016; Basak et al. 2020).