Eniacomorpha bakeri (Crawford, 1915)

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 : 362-363

Eniacomorpha bakeri (Crawford, 1915)

( Figures 31, 32 )

Dirhinus backeri (Crawford)

Dirhinus bakeri (Crawford, 1915)

Dirhinus (Hontalia) bakeri (Crawford, 1915)

Dirhinus (Hontalia) trichophthalmus (Masi, 1927)

Pareniaca bakeri Crawford, 1915

Pareniaca trichophthalma Masi, 1927

Material examined

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

Description

Female, length of the body 3.8 mm.

Colour. Body black with following yellowish-brown: apex of the fore tibia, base and apex of mid tibia and femur, mid and hind tarsi.

Head. With 2 projecting horns. Head on anterior with an additional tooth. Genotemporal furrow present. Post-orbital carina absent. POL equal to OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices carinate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum without punctures. The apex of scutellum rounded.

Metasoma. T1 smooth and shiny with basal carinae reaching one-third of its length.

Distribution

INDIA. Delhi, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Emiliyamma 2016; Gowriprakash et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 31–36. Habitus: 31–32, Eniacomorpha bakeri; 33–34, Epitranus erythrogaster; 35–36, Epitranus oxytelus.