Goniozus lygropiae Kurian, 1955

Singh, Sudhir, Colombo, Wesley D., Shreevihar, Santhosh, Pandey, Vijay P. & Tribull, Carly M., 2021, Rediscovery of Kurian’s types of Hymenoptera at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India with notes on Indian bethylid fauna, Zootaxa 5019 (1), pp. 1-90 : 13-16

5. Goniozus lygropiae Kurian, 1955

Fig. 5 , A–L

Goniozus lygropiae Kurian, 1955 , 4: 114, 121, 122, Figs: 200–205.

Type locality: Edacode , Nilambur, Tamil Nadu, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 2.25 mm–3.0 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown. Head as long as wide; frons coriaceous; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin almost angled, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 2.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum longer than pronotal dorsal area; notauli inconspicuous. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw simple. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein present, 1M 2 c opened. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Kerala,] Nilambur; [Tamil Nadu,] Madras, C Nº. 72 and 73, Edacode, S.N. Chatterji, 6-VII-1938, expt. 3056, parasitic on Lygropia sp . Paratypes: 9♀, same data of holotype, except: Nº. 132/B and 136/B, 11–14-IX-1939; Nº. 537, parasite of Lygropia sp. , ex. cocoon 7-XI-1939; except: Nº. 32, 34, 35, lengeri, 27-VI-1938, parasitic on Lygropia sp .

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 131/B. On slide : S1 C1—head with both antennae attached, but apical flagellomeres are missing; another complete antenna besides the head (of a paratype); mesosoma with both procoxae and one left profemur, left mesocoxa and left metacoxa, right hind wing attached; two legs complete, two legs without coxae and one femur; two forewings. S1 C2—another head with scape attached; another antenna complete (probably of a paratype). Paratypes. Pinned: 4♀, each on a card all on a single pin with same label of holotype, a card with N.º 99, 100, 101, 102; 5♀ all pasted on a single card (132/B) and 1♀ on a card (136/B). On slides : S2 C1—head, mesosoma and metasoma. S2 C2—legs fragments; torn forewing in two pieces; antenna with scape, pedicel and seven flagellomeres and three flagellomeres fragmented. S3 C1—head; mesosoma (with attached left forewing and hind wing, left prolegs, right mesoleg and left metaleg); metasoma; one antenna complete; another with some flagellomeres, pedicel and scape missing; three legs, one without coxa; one forewing. S3 C2—one antenna and one forewing. S4 C1—two forewings; one hind wing; two legs; one antenna complete, another with two fragments (one with scape, pedicel and 1–4 flagellomeres; second with 5–10 flagellomeres). S4 C2—one forewing and two hind wings; one leg with detached coxa.

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Pyralidae : Lygropia sp.

Figures

FIGURE 5. A–L. Goniozus lygropiae Kurian, 1955. A–D, F. Holotype. A. Head, frontal view; B. Mesosoma, dorsal view; C. Forewing; D. Legs (left to right) pro and metalegs; F. Metasoma, lateral view. E, G–J. Paratype. E. Antenna; G. Habitus, dorsal view; H. Habitus, lateral view; I. Head, frontal view; J. Mesosoma, dorsal view. K. Four slides, left top of holotype and rest of paratypes. L. Labels of paratype.