Neochalcis breviceps (Masi, 1929)

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 : 373

Neochalcis breviceps (Masi, 1929)

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Eugastrochalcis breviceps Masi, 1929

Eugastrochalcis secundus Mani and Dubey, 1974

Hockeria maetai Habu, 1969

Neochalcis breviceps (Masi, 1929)

Neochalcis secundus (Mani and Dubey, 1974)

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Tiswadi, Old Goa, 14 July 2015, 1 female and 2 males, yellow pan trap, coll . Ankita Gupta .

Description

Female, length of the body 5 mm.

Colour. Body black with following reddish brown: antennae, tegulae, legs except for tarsi, metasoma. Tarsi yellowish brown.

Head. Triangular, wider than high. Antennae stout, scrobe deep and striate hardly reaching anterior ocellus. Genotemporal furrow present. Head in dorsal view wider than mesosoma. POL 3× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameter. Scutellum emarginate at apex. Fore wing with post-marginal vein equal to the marginal vein in length.

Metasoma. Metasoma 1.5× longer than mesosoma. T1 largely smooth with fine punctures at apex dorsally.

Distribution

INDIA. Bihar, Goa (new record), Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Sheela et al. 2015; Emiliyamma 2016).