Foenatopus anupam ( Narendran and Sureshan, 2003 )

Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4838 (1), pp. 1-51 : 7-8

Foenatopus anupam ( Narendran and Sureshan, 2003)

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Diastephanus anupam Narendran and Sureshan, 2003 , Entomon, 28(2), 124–127.

Type material. Holotype ♀, mounted on triangular card, India: Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng district, Bhalukpung ( 27°01’12.5”N & 92°38’25.9”E, 213 m), 25.x.1997, Coll. T. C. Narendran, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC / IR/INV.1891. Examined.

Additional material examined: 1♀, India: Tamil Nadu, Thirunelveli district, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Karaiyar dam site ( 8°39’23.7609”N & 77°18’7.8669”E), 29.ix.2017, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.13600 .

Diagnosis. Body length 10.4 mm; ovipositor sheath length 8.8 mm; fore wing length 5.2 mm. Frons trans-striate with interstices between striae microsculptured; vertex with four strong carinae followed by transverse striae not forming a medial line or grove; lower head white; pronotum strongly trans-carinate anteriorly becoming trans-reticulate posteriorly; scutellum finely reticulate; metapleuron rugose-reticulate; hind coxa transversely carinate; hind femora tridentate ventrally without any distinct tubercles in between; first metasomal tergite uniformly annulate, 1.2× as long as remaining segments; ovipositor sheath 1.4× length of metasoma, without a subapical pale band.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India ( Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (present record)).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus anupam (Narendran & Sureshan, 2003)