Antrocephalus cariniaspis (Cameron, 1911)

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 346

Antrocephalus cariniaspis (Cameron, 1911)

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Stomatoceras cariniaspis Cameron, 1911

Material examined

INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Ambedem , 7 January 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female, length of the body 2.9 mm.

Colour. Body black with following parts brownish: tegulae, tarsi, apex of fore tibia and femur, apex of mid and hind tibia, apex of hind coxa, apex and base of the hind femur.

Head. Frons with raised preorbital carinae and carinate around anterior ocellus. Post-orbital carina present and distinct. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 3× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum with large punctures and carinate interstices. Scutellum with anterior median carina extending into posterior mesoscutum. Post-marginal vein twice as long as marginal vein.

Metasoma. Metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma. T1 more than 0.5× longer than the total length of metasoma. T1 with pair of basal carinae extending beyond half the length of T1.

Distribution

INDIA. Goa (new record), Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu ( Emiliyamma 2016) .

Figures

Figure 1–6. Habitus: 1–2, Antrocephalus cariniaspis; 3–4, Antrocephalus decipiens; 5–6, Antrocephalus dividens.