Parastephanellus mufeedae Narendran & Sureshan, 2001

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 : 36-37

Parastephanellus mufeedae Narendran & Sureshan, 2001

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Parastephanellus mufeedae Narendran & Sureshan, 2001 , Zoos Print J., 16(10), 597–599.

Type material. Holotype ♀, mounted on rectangular card, India: Kerala, Malappuram district, Tirur (11°00’N & 76°00’E, 40m), 08.ix.1999, Coll. C.A. Mufeeda, ( ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.1890. Examined.

Diagnosis. Body length 8.2 mm; ovipositor sheath length 13.0 mm. Frons with transverse irregular carinae with rugose and reticulate interstices; vertex with several cross carinae followed by a longitudinal medial grove; temple with distinct pale streak; pronotal fold indistinct; mesoscutum with a median pitted grove, notauli distinct, pitted on the posterior half; scutellum shiny with very fine reticulation, 1.5× as long as mesoscutum; propodeum with scattered shallow pits and fine reticulate interstices; metapleuron foveate; hind femora bidentate ventrally with 3–4 denticles in between the teeth and a few denticles basally; first metasomal tergite strongly annulate, basally rugate reticulate, distally smooth, shorter than remaining segments; ovipositor sheath 2.5× as long as metasoma, without a subapical pale band.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 72. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Parastephanellus mufeedae Narendran & Sureshan, 2001.