Netomocera ramakrishnai Sureshan, 2010

Mitroiu, Mircea-Dan, 2019, Revision of Netomocera Bouček (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), excluding the Oriental species, European Journal of Taxonomy 568, pp. 1-87 : 64-68

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scientific name	Netomocera ramakrishnai Sureshan, 2010
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Figs 144–156 View Figs 144–148 View Figs 149–154 View Figs 155–156

N. ramakrishnai Sureshan, 2010: 1310 (holotype (♀) in ZSIP, not examined).

Diagnosis

Both sexes

Clypeus about as wide as high; apical margin produced ( Fig. 147 View Figs 144–148 ). Scrobes shallow and reticulate. Upper face and vertex with eight large setae. Occiput margin sharply defined ( Fig. 146 View Figs 144–148 ). Pronotal collar not unusually long or wide ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesoscutum, scutellum and axillae with shallow reticulation ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ); scutoscutellar sutures deep, distinct ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ); frenal area distinct, i.e., sculpture at least slightly different than on rest of scutellum ( Figs 150–151 View Figs 149–154 ). Setation of mesonotum not unusually dense or conspicuous ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesepimeral sulcus conspicuous ( Fig. 149 View Figs 149–154 ). Propodeum without a welldefined V-shaped area basally ( Fig. 151 View Figs 149–154 ). Fore wing with basal third extensively setose except for narrow bare region ( Figs 152, 154 View Figs 149–154 ). Visible part of petiole very short, distinctly transverse, with more or less obliterate sculpture ( Fig. 151 View Figs 149–154 ).

Female

Head black, mesosoma reddish-brown ( Figs 145 View Figs 144–148 , 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Flagellum brown, gradually becoming darker towards clava ( Fig. 148 View Figs 144–148 ). Macropterous, submacropterous or brachypterous ( Figs 144 View Figs 144–148 , 153 View Figs 149–154 ); fore wing subhyaline ( Figs 152, 154 View Figs 149–154 ). Eye height 2.3–2.4× malar space. POL 3.3–3.5 × OOL. Antenna strongly clavate ( Fig. 148 View Figs 144–148 ). MV 4–5 × SV.

Male

Mesosoma usually at least partially reddish ( Fig. 155 View Figs 155–156 ). Head without violet reflections on vertex (cf. Fig. 146 View Figs 144–148 ).

Material examined

INDIA • 1 ♀; “ INDIA Madras , Nilgiri, 22.XI.72, 1600 m, Coonoor, Besuchet Löbi Mussard”; “ Netomocera ”; BMNH .

JAPAN • 1 ♀; “Honshu I., Ibaraki, Tsukuba Mountain , 36°13.186′ N, 140°06.444′ E, 25 September 1999, S.A. Belokobylskij ”; ZIN GoogleMaps • 2 ♀♀, 3 ♂♂; “ Iwate, Iwaizumi Hitsufori , 770 m, 11–17 August 1991, A. Smetana (J47)”; CNC • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; “ Tochigi, Nishinasuno , 500 m, 10 August 1989, M.J. Sharkey, sweep”; CNC • 1 ♂; “ Aichi, Toyone Misawa , 750 m, 15–17 July 1992, K. Yamagishi ”; CNC • 3 ♂♂; “ Iwate, Kawai, Yoshibezawa , 1050 m, 12–17 August 1991, A. Smetana (J50)”; CNC • 2 ♂♂; “ Tochigi, Kuriyama, Nikkosawa , 1465 m, 20–22 August 1991, A. Smetana ”; CNC • 1 ♂; “ Kibune , Kyoto, 6 August 1980, C.M. Yoshimoto ”; CNC • 1 ♂; “ Aichi Pref., Mt Sanageyama , 25–31 July 1989, A. Takano, Malaise trap ”; CNC .

RUSSIA • 2 ♀♀; “ Kamchatka Terr., Kronotsky Natural Reserve, 90 km S Lazo, forest margin near thermal pool Kipelye , 55°08.165′ N, 160°05.832′ E, 20 July 2013, E.V. Tselikh et D.V. Rachin ”; ZIN GoogleMaps • 1 ♀; “ Sakhalin Prov., Sakhalin I., 17 km S Nevelsk , forest margin, 46°35.244′ N, 141°50.071′ E, 17 July 2011, E.V. Tselikh et D.V. Rachin ”; ZIN GoogleMaps .

TAIWAN • 2 ♀♀; “ Taiwan , Shan-Lin Chi (Nanton Helen), 1600 m, 16 May 1990, L. Lesage ”; CNC .

Description

Female (habitus: Figs 144 View Figs 144–148 , 153 View Figs 149–154 )

COLOUR. Head ( Figs 145–146 View Figs 144–148 ) black. Mandibles reddish-yellow, teeth darker. Antenna ( Fig. 148 View Figs 144–148 ) with scape and pedicel reddish-yellow, pedicel sometimes darker dorsally; flagellum brown, gradually becoming darker towards clava. Mesosoma ( Figs 149–151 View Figs 149–154 ) dorsally reddish-brown, occasionally dark brown. Mesepisternum and sometimes mesepimeron brown to dark brown. Legs reddish-yellow. Fore wing evenly and slightly to moderately infuscate; setation brown ( Figs 152, 154 View Figs 149–154 ). Hind wing hyaline. Metasoma with petiole reddish-brown ( Fig. 151 View Figs 149–154 ); gaster ( Fig. 144 View Figs 144–148 ) dorsally dark brown to black, ventrally pale. Body setation pale except for several large, symmetrically arranged dark brown setae.

BODY LENGTH. 1.6–2.4 mm.

HEAD. Clypeus virtually smooth; apical margin slightly produced ( Fig. 147 View Figs 144–148 ). Lower face coriaceous to shallowly reticulate, piliferous punctures not distinct. Upper face including vertex reticulate ( Fig. 146 View Figs 144–148 ). Scrobes deep, reticulate; parascrobal region with elongate cells ( Fig. 145 View Figs 144–148 ). Occiput coriaceousalutaceous; margin sharply defined ( Fig. 146 View Figs 144–148 ). Toruli with lower margins below lower margins of eyes ( Fig. 145 View Figs 144–148 ). Antenna with flagellum strongly clavate; clava conspicuously asymmetric ( Fig. 148 View Figs 144–148 ). Upper face and vertex with eight large setae. Head width about 2.3 × length in dorsal view and 1.1–1.2 × height in frontal view. POL 3.3–3.5 × OOL. Eye height 1.4–1.5 × length, 2.3–2.4 × malar space and 1.1–1.2 × scape length. Head width subequal to length of pedicel plus flagellum. Fu1 length 1.0–1.3 × width; fu7 width 1.70–1.85 × length; clava length 1.8–2.0× width.

MESOSOMA. Pronotal collar narrower than mesoscutum, with six large setae ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesonotum moderately setose ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesoscutum and axillae with fine punctulate reticulation ( Fig. 150 View Figs 149–154 ). Scutellar disc with similar sculpture as mesoscutum and longitudinally striate-reticulate on frenal area ( Figs 150–151 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesepisternum densely reticulate ( Fig. 149 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesepimeron mainly smooth, except for shallow striation on upper part dorsally; mesepimeral sulcus conspicuous ( Fig. 149 View Figs 149–154 ). Propodeum mainly smooth, with intricate pattern of carinae, interspaces smooth to slightly wrinkled ( Fig.151 View Figs 149–154 ). Brachypterous ( Fig. 153 View Figs 149–154 ), submacropterous or macropterous ( Fig. 144 View Figs 144–148 ). Macropterous and submacropterous forms with fore wing uniformly and densely setose except for small, elongate bare region ( Fig. 152 View Figs 149–154 ). Brachypterous form with fore and hind wings reduced and represented by stumps; fore wing with rounded or truncate apex well surpassing posterior margin of propodeum; setation similar to that of macropterous form; fore wing with complete submarginal vein, reduced marginal vein and very short postmarginal and stigmal veins ( Fig. 154 View Figs 149–154 ). Mesosoma length about 1.3 × width and 1.1–1.2× height. Pronotal collar 0.4–0.6 × as long as mesoscutum and about 0.8× as wide as mesoscutum. Mesoscutum width 2.9–3.1 × length. Scutellum about as long as broad. Propodeum length 0.6–0.7 × scutellum length. Fore wing length of macropterous form 2.2–2.3 × width; MV 4–5 × SV and 2.0–2.6 × PV. Fore wing length of brachypterous form 2.6–3.0 × width.

METASOMA. Petiole barely visible, transverse, smooth except for a few superficial longitudinal striae ( Fig. 151 View Figs 149–154 ). Gaster ovate, length 1.6–1.8 × width ( Fig. 144 View Figs 144–148 ); gt1 longest, length 1.4–1.5 × width, with hind margin produced; gt2–6 short; syntergum acutely pointed. Ovipositor sheaths slightly to distinctly protruding beyond apex of gaster. Cercal setae surpassing apex of gaster.

Male (habitus: Fig. 155 View Figs 155–156 )

Differs from female mainly as follows. Body length: 1.0– 2.3 mm. Flagellum uniformly brown to dark brown ( Fig. 156 View Figs 155–156 ). Mesoscutum, scutellum and axillae dark brown; mesopleuron more extensively brown

( Fig. 155 View Figs 155–156 ). Fu1 length 2.0–2.7 × width; combined length of pedicel plus flagellum 2.7–3.0× head width. Gaster (when not inflated) much shorter than mesosoma, with only gt1 visible.

Distribution

India, Japan, Russia, Taiwan.

Remarks

See Tselikh & Mitroiu (2014) for general comments regarding the identity of the brachypterous and submacropterous specimens collected in East Asia and identified as N. ramakrishnai . Based on their original description, and taking into consideration the high intraspecific variability encountered in other species of the genus, N. ramakrishnai seems very similar to N. calicutensis and N. minuta (the latter two not treated here).