Goniozus chowdhari Kurian, 1955

Singh, Sudhir, Colombo, Wesley D., Shreevihar, Santhosh, Pandey, Vijay P. & Tribull, Carly M., 2021, Rediscovery of Kurian’s types of Hymenoptera at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India with notes on Indian bethylid fauna, Zootaxa 5019 (1), pp. 1-90 : 11-13

3. Goniozus chowdhari Kurian, 1955

Fig. 3 , A–Q

Goniozus chowdhari Kurian, 1955 , 4: 114, 117, 118, Figs: 182–187.

Type locality: Delhi, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 2.7 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown to black. Head slightly wider than long; frons coriaceous; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin angled, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; mandible tetradentate; antenna with sparsesparse pubescence, scape 2.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli incomplete, shorter than parapsidal signum. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings nearly hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein present, 1M 2 c opened; hind wing with three hamuli. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA,] Delhi { National Capital Territory of Delhi}, parasitic on [unidentified] larvae, F.L. Chowdhary [coll.], 2-VII-1938, Imperial Entomologist C.S. Nº. 3220 . Paratypes: 2♀, same data of the holotype .

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 91/B. On slides : S1 C1—three legs complete, one leg without tarsi, another without coxa, femur, and tarsomeres. S1 C2—head, mesosoma with left metaleg without tibia and tarsi, metasoma. S2 C1—one leg complete; one forewing. Paratypes completely dissected on slide 93/B and partly dissected on slide 80/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: Head with left antenna, mesosoma with left pair of wings and right metaleg and metasoma glued from left side. On slides : S3 C1—one leg without coxa, few separated tarsomeres; one antenna complete (probably of another paratype). S4 C1—one forewing and one hind wing. S4 C2—two legs; one antenna complete.

Remarks. Kurian (1955) described the holotype as male, and labeled the slides of the holotype as male, but dissection of the metasoma confirmed it as female. The dissected metasoma and ovipositor of the holotype is mounted on the same slide and cover S1 C2. Both paratypes are also females, not males as mentioned by Kurian. One of the paratypes is represented by its antenna only.

Hosts. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A–Q. Goniozus chowdhari Kurian, 1955. A–G. Holotype. A. Head, dorsal view; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view; C. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; D. Legs; (left to right) pro, meso and metaleg; E. Metasoma; F. Forewing; G. Antenna. H–O. Paratype. H. Habitus, dorsal view; I. Habitus, lateral view; J. Head, dorsal view; K. Head, lateral view; L. Mesosoma, dorsal view; M. Mesosoma, lateral view; N. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; O. Metasoma, lateral view; P. Four slides, upper two of holotype and lower of paratype; Q. Labels of paratype.