Brachymeria jambolana 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 MXGH Gahan, 1942 Gahan 1942 Insecta Chalcididae Brachymeria CoL Animalia Brachymeria jambolana Hymenoptera 35 36 Arthropoda species jambolana   Taxonclassification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae   Brachymeria jambolanaGahan, 1942: 41 (♀, holotype, India (USNM), examined); Narendran 1989: 243, 273 (keyed).  Material. 1 ♀ (RMNH), "S. Vietnam: DongNai, Cat TienN. P., c. 100 m, 9-26.iv.2007, Crocodile tr[ail], Mal. traps, Mai Phu Quy & Nguyen T. Manh, RMNH'07"; 1 ♂ (IEBR), id., but 9.iv.-19.v.2007.  Diagnosis. This species is very close to Brachymeria euploeae(Westwood) in colour, but differs from Brachymeria euploeaein having the metasoma not globose or subglobose (as in Brachymeria euploeae) and the ovipositor sheath is visible in dorsal view (in Brachymeria euploeaeovipositor sheath not visible in dorsal view).  Description (female from Cat TienN. P.). ♀, length of body 4.3-4.9 mm. Colour. Black; antenna black or dark brown; tegula, apical half of fore femur, apical one-third of mid femur, a large spot at apex of hind femur, fore and mid tibiae entirely, and all tarsi yellow. Hind tibia yellow with a narrow band at extreme base and the ventral carina, black. Pubescence on body grayish white and dense on front of head. Head. Head with pre-orbital carina absent or hardly distinct; post-orbital carina present and reaching geno-temporal margin; antennal clava slightly shorter or at the most as equal to twice length of preceding segment; Mesosoma. Pits on mesosoma close and interstices carinate and rugose; apex of scutellum rounded or slightly entire. Dorsal margin of pronotal panel slightly arched. Wings. Fore wing with PMV 0.33-0.36 xlength of MV; SMV slightly shorter than twice MV. Legs. Hind coxa without ventro-mesal tooth; hind femur without an inner basal tooth, outer ventral margin with a row of irregular teeth. Metasoma. Metasoma sessile but very short petiole visible; subacute and ovate; T1 smooth and shiny; its posterior margin straight; following tergites weakly shagreened. Male. Unknown.  Hosts.  Danaussp. ( Lepidoptera: Danaidae); Orgya postica(Walker) ( Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae); Cerea subtilisWalker ( Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); Papilio agamemnon(Linnaeus) ( Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) ( Howlader 1979; Narendran 1986).  Distribution. India, Vietnam (new record); Indonesia (Java and Sumatra) ( Noyes 2011).