Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species
Author
Narendran, T. C.
Author
van Achterberg, Cornelis
text
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2016
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.576.8177
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.576.8177
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Taxon
classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae
Brachymeria jambolana Gahan, 1942
Figs 42-43
Brachymeria jambolana
Gahan, 1942: 41 (♀, holotype, India (USNM), examined);
Narendran 1989
: 243, 273 (keyed).
Material.
1 ♀ (RMNH), "S. Vietnam:
Dong
Nai,
Cat
Tien
N. 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 euploeae
in having the metasoma not globose or subglobose (as in
Brachymeria euploeae
) and the ovipositor sheath is visible in dorsal view (in
Brachymeria euploeae
ovipositor sheath not visible in dorsal view).
Description
(female from
Cat
Tien
N. 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
x
length 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.
Danaus
sp. (
Lepidoptera
:
Danaidae
);
Orgya postica
(Walker) (
Lepidoptera
:
Lymantriidae
);
Cerea subtilis
Walker (
Lepidoptera
:
Noctuidae
);
Papilio agamemnon
(Linnaeus) (
Lepidoptera
:
Papilionidae
) (
Howlader 1979
;
Narendran 1986
).
Distribution.
India, Vietnam (new record); Indonesia (Java and Sumatra) (
Noyes 2011
).