Hockeria Walker, 1834

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 : 368

Hockeria Walker, 1834

Hockeria Walker, 1834: 21 , 34. Type species: Hockeria bifasciata Walker ; indirectly proposed by Kerrich and Menon 1949

Stomatoceras Kirby, 1883: 54 , 62. Type species: Halticella liberator Walker , by original designation. (Synonymised with Hockeria Walker by Bouček 1988 b)

Temnata Cameron, 1897: 42 . Type species: Temnata maculipennis Cameron , by monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria Walker by Narendran 1989)

Centrochalcis Cameron, 1905: 230 . Type species: Centrochalcis octodentata Cameron , by monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria Walker by Bouček 1988 b)

Hypochalcis Girault, 1915b: 325 . Type species: Chalcis modesta Masi , by original designation and monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria Walker by Bouček 1952)

Afrochalcis Schmitz, 1946: 115 . Type species: Afrochalcis exiguus Schmitz , by monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria by Bouček 1988 b)

Hockerella Girault, 1930: 4 . Type species: Hockerella dioculata Girault , by original designation. (Synonymised with Hockeria by Bouček 1988 b)

Afrhockeria Steffan, 1955: 381–382 . Type species: Afrhockeria basilewskyi Steffan , by original designation and monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria by Bouček 1988 b)

Nipponohockeria Habu, 1960: 234 . Type species: Nipponohockeria ishiii Habu , by original designation and monotypy. (Synonymised with Hockeria by Narendran 1989)

Key to species of Hockeria Walker, 1834

1. T1 with a pair of longitudinal carinae, carinae shorter than the distance between them ( Figure 95 )................................................ ................................................ H. argentigera Holmgren

– T1 with three longitudinal carinae ( Figure 96 ).................. .................. H. manii Narendran

Figures

Figure 80–96. 80–83, Head lateral view: 80, Brachymeria carbonaria; 81, Brachymeria jambolana; 82, Dirhinus anthracia; 83, Eniacomorpha bakeri. 84–87, Mesosoma dorsal view: 84, Brachymeria megaspila; 85, Brachymeria euploeae; 86, Dirhinus anthracia; 87, Eniacomorpha bakeri. 88–90, Hindleg: 88, Brachymeria bengalensis; 89, Brachymeria jambolana; 90, Brachymeria megaspila. 91–92, Metasoma lateral view: 91, Brachymeria euploeae; 92, Brachymeria jambolana. 93–94, Mesosoma dorsal view: 93, Epitranus erythrogaster; 94, Epitranus oxytelus. 95–96, Metasoma dorsal view: 95, Hockeria argentigera; 96, Hockeria manii.