Brachymeria carinata Brachymeria shansiensis vietnamensis Brachymeria carinata Brachymeria (Neobrachymeria) ghani Brachymeria carinata Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species Narendran, T. C. van Achterberg, Cornelis ZooKeys 2016 576 1 202 68Q5V Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1970 Joseph, Narendran & Joy 1970 Insecta Chalcididae Brachymeria CoL Animalia Brachymeria carinata Hymenoptera 27 28 Arthropoda species carinata  Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae    BrachymeriacarinataJoseph, Narendran & Joy, 1970: 22 (♀, India (Calicut) (BMNH)).  Brachymeria shansiensis vietnamensisJoseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972: 348 ((♂ "♀") Vietnam (BPBM) (synonymised by Narendran 1989, with Brachymeria carinataJoseph, Narendran & Joy).  Brachymeria (Neobrachymeria) ghaniJoseph, Narendran, & Joy, 1973: 196. (♀, India (Madurai) (USNM) (synonymised by Narendran 1989, with Brachymeria carinataJoseph, Narendran & Joy).  Material. 1 ♀ (RMNH), "Vietnam: Ninh Thuan, Nui ChuaN. P., dry south part; Mal. traps, 100-180 m, 22-29.v.2007, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH'07"; 1 ♀ (BPBM), "Vietnam, 8.xi.1960, C.M. Yoshimoto"; 2 ♀, "Vietnam, 12-28.xii.1963, Gayden".  Diagnosis. This species comes near Brachymeria margaroniaeJoseph, Narendran & Joy in general appearance, but differs from that species in having: 1) hind tibia with base yellow (in Brachymeria margaroniaehind tibia with base reddish black); 2) area below scrobe with median raised smooth portion absent (in Brachymeria margaroniaearea below scrobe with a raised median smooth portion) and 3) MV about 3 xPMV (in Brachymeria margaroniaeMV twice PMV).  Description (based on specimen from Nui ChuaN.P.), ♀, length of body 4.3 mm. Colour. Black with following parts as follows: eyes dull grayish yellow with pale reflecting yellow spots; ocelli pale reflecting yellow; tegula pale yellow; all coxae and trochanters concolorous with mesosoma; femora black with apices yellow; all tibiae and tarsi yellow with a black line along ventral margin of hind tibia; wings hyaline with veins brown. Pubescence silvery white. Head. Width of head in anterior view 1.2 xits height; width in dorsal view slightly broader than mesosoma (excluding tegulae) (26:25), 2.4 xits length. POL 4 xOOL; AOL2.3 xOOL; interocular distance 2.2 xPOL; pre-orbital carina present but not reaching malar ridge; post-orbital carina absent; scrobe reaching anterior ocellus; area below scrobe without a raised smooth area, parascrobal space and face longitudinally striate reticulate and densely pubescent; area above parascrobal space and vertex with close umbilicate setigerous pits, interstices rugose and carinate; height of malar space 0.2 xheight of eye in profile; eye height 2.4 xits length in profile; anterior genal angle slightly acute, 80° to the vertical axis of malar space; posterior genal angle obtuse to the subvertical geno-temporal margin; gena densely pubescent. Antennal radicula 0.2 xlength of scape; scape not reaching anterior ocellus. Relative L:W of antennal segments:scape = 14:3; pedicel = 3:4; anellus = 1:3; F1 = 3:5; F2 = 4:5; F3 = 4:5; F4 = 3:6; F5 = 3:6; F6 = 3:6; F7 = 3:6; clava = 6:6. Mesosoma. Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum with close posterior margin of pronotum, slightly concave; lateral panel of pronotum micro-reticulate, without cross striae or carinae and with transverse fovea at lower margin; pronotum with a cross carina adjacent to posterior margin; carina of anterior side limited to sides only; middle lobe of mesoscutum a little shorter than its width (15:17); scutellum a little wider than long (14:12), apex entire; propodeum 50° to the plain of scutellum (not vertical or subvertical); postspiracular tooth indistinct. Wings. Fore wing 2.6 xlonger than wide; relative length of veins SMV 13; parastigma = 5; MV = 17; PMV = 6; STV = 3. Legs. Hind coxa smooth and shiny on dorsal half, densely pubescent and punctate on ventral side, inner ventro-mesal tooth absent; hind femur 1.8 xas long as wide, outer ventral margin with a row of 12 differently sized teeth; inner basal tooth absent; mesosternal shelf present. Metasoma. Metasoma slightly longer than mesosoma in dorsal view (30:26); T1 reaching middle, densely micro-sculptured; T2 to T5 densely micro-sculptured and pitted, with pubescence on sides; T6 with 7-8 cross rows of shallow pits, pits and interstices rugose. Ovipositor sheath projecting posteriorly and visible in dorsal view. Male. Unknown.  Hosts. Hyperparasitic in Psychidae( Lepidoptera).  Distribution. Vietnam, India, China, Malaysia (North Borneo).