Nedinoschiza indica Ranjith, 2021
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.5 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5027173 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BB8CAC14-455D-4AF6-A180-006B96EFC184 |
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Plazi |
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Nedinoschiza indica Ranjith |
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sp. nov. |
Nedinoschiza indica Ranjith sp. nov.
( Figs 1–3 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 )
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Material examined. Holotype, female, (♀) “ INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode, Janakikkadu , 4.iii.2020, coll. Ranjith, A.P. ” . Paratype 1 female “ INDIA: Kerala, Kannur, Aralam , 11.i.2020, coll. Alfred Daniel ” ( AIMB) .
Description. Holotype, female, length of body 6.83 mm, fore wing 5.42 mm, ovipositor 7.64 mm.
Head. Antenna with 38 antennomeres ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ). Length of first flagellomere 1.3 × second. First and second flagellomere 2.2, 1.7 × as long as wide respectively. Head 1.13, 1.40 × as wide as long in anterior and dorsal view respectively. Face 1.15 × as wide as long, smooth, shiny, setose, glabrous medially with a short mid longitudinal groove anteriorly ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Height of clypeus: inter tentorial distance: tentorio ocular distance= 9: 18: 22. Clypeus separated from face with a shallow smooth transverse groove ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Tentorial pit deep ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 ). Malar suture absent ( Fig. 1D View FIGURE 1 ). Malar space 0.83 × basal width of mandible. Length of eye 1.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view, sparsely setose, not emarginated beyond antennal sockets ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Frons distinctly impressed, punctate, setose anteriorly with a complete, distinct mid longitudinal carina ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). POL: diameter of ocellus: OOL= 7: 9: 27. Vertex smooth, sparsely punctate ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ). Occiput smooth, sparsely setose ( Fig. 1C View FIGURE 1 ).
Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.6 × as long as high. Pronotum smooth laterally, setose ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Mesoscutum smooth, setose, glabrous laterally ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Notauli distinct, shallow ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Scutellar sulcus wide medially divided by 11 carinae ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Scutellum smooth, setose ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Mesopleuron smooth, setose, glabrous antero-medially ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Precoxal sulcus shallow, impressed not crenulated ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Metapleuron smooth, setose ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Medial area of metanotum without mid longitudinal carina anteriorly ( Fig. 1F View FIGURE 1 ). Propodeum smooth, setose ( Fig. 2A View FIGURE 2 ).
Wings. Fore wing ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ): Angle between vein C+SC+R and 1RS 50°. Vein (RS+M)a curved. Ratio of length of veins r-rs: 3RSa: 3RSb= 1: 4.5: 7.6 and 2RS: 3RSa: rs-m= 1.4: 2.6: 1. Second submarginal cell parallel sided ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ). Vein 1cu-a slightly postfurcal ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ). Hind wing ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ): Apex of vein C+SC+R with one hamule. Vein R longitudinal. Vein cu-a straight. Vein 1r-m 3.5 × R.
Legs. Ratio of lengths of fore femur: tibia: tarsus = 1: 1: 2.1. Fore tibia with stout spines ( Fig. 2E View FIGURE 2 ). Hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.5, 8.5 and 5 × as long as wide respectively. Hind coxa punctate, setose ( Fig. 1E View FIGURE 1 ). Tarsal claw without pointed basal lobe.
Metasoma. First metasomal tergite 1.2 × as long as wide apically, distinctly rugose with a midlongitudinal carina and a pair of lateral smooth longitudinal groove ( Fig. 2B View FIGURE 2 ). Second metasomal tergite 1.3 × as long as third tergite, 2.00 × as wide as long, rugose with a large triangular midbasal, longitudinally striate area, with a pair of smooth sublateral areas and lateral shallow, crenulated grooves, midbasal area 0.38 × as long as tergite not connected with second metasomal suture by a short longitudinal carina, lateral sides of midbasal area crenulated ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Second metasomal suture sinuate wide medially, crenulate ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Metasomal tergite 3 2.85 × as wide as long ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Metasomal tergites 3–4 longitudinally strongly striate with distinct antero-lateral area ( Figs 2B, C View FIGURE 2 ). Metasomal tergite 5 transversely striate ( Fig. 2C View FIGURE 2 ). Hypopygium large, acute apically ( Fig. 2D View FIGURE 2 ). Ovipositor sheath setose ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ). Ovipositor with distinct dorsal nodus and ventral serrations ( Fig. 2G View FIGURE 2 ).
Colour. Body black ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 ) except face, lateral temples, frons antero-medially, occiput ventrally, labial and maxillary palps, fore coxa, trochanter, femur apical half mid femur apically, pterostigma basally, metasomal sternite, ovipositor except apex yellow.
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. India (Kerala).
Host. Unknown.
Etymology. Named after the country where the specimen was collected.
Comparative diagnosis. The new species is similar to N. speciosa in having the longitudinally striated mid basal area of second metasomal tergite and sculptured third metasomal tergite. Apart from the differences stated in the key this new species differs from N. speciosa by the following characters; length of eye 1.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view (vs length of eye as long as temple in N. speciosa ), fore wing vein 3RSb 1.7 × as long as 3RSa (vs 1.25 × in N. speciosa ), antenna with 38 antennomeres (vs 64 antennomeres in N. speciosa ), head dorsally black (vs yellow in N. speciosa ) and scutellum black (vs reddish yellow in N. speciosa ).
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