Hadronotus strongist (Kozlov and Lê)

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Kolla, Sreedevi, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Hadronotus insulare species group (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species from India, Journal of Natural History 58 (45 - 48), pp. 2121-2187 : 2164-2167

Hadronotus strongist (Kozlov and Lê)

( Figures 16 (a–g), 26(o))

Gryon strongist Kozlov and Lê, 1992: 225 , 227 (original description, keyed); 1996: 11 (description); Lê 2000: 98, 134 (description, keyed, type information).

Female body length = 1.72–1.95 mm (n = 9); male body length 1.55–1.86 mm (n = 4).

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; clypeus and mandible red-brown; A1 brown, A2–A6 brown with black patches, remaining antennomeres black; legs brown except black coxa and femur.

Head. 1.3× as wide as high, 2× as high as long. IOS: 0.5× head width, 0.9× eye length. POL: LOL: OOL: 25.3: 13.5: 0.07. OOL: 0.2× MOD. Compound eye: ovate (L: W = 35.7: 26.3). Sculpture of orbital furrow: foveate. Inner orbits in frontal view: converging dorsally. Central keel on frons: present, extending 0.7× the length of frontal depression. Malar sulcus: with shallow depressions. Shape of frontal depression: ovoid. L: W of frontal depression: 26.8: 18.2. Width of frontal depression: 0.6× IOS. Sculpture of frontal depression: transversely carinate, space between carinae smooth. Submedian carina of frontal depression: restricted to crown. AOD in dorsal view: 6× OOL. Sculpture of frons sans frontal depression: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. Sculpture of vertex: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose; vertex raised above dorsal margin of compound eye in frontal view; temples absent. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Sculpture of gena: anteriorly with shallow polygonal cells, posteriorly unevenly smooth.

Mesosoma. L: W of mesoscutum: 27.0: 52.2. Sculpture of mesoscutum: with polygonal cells in addition to short longitudinal carina on posterior margin. Scutoscutellar sulcus: foveate. L: W of mesoscutellum: 23.3: 45.1. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: polygonal cells with reticulations bordering the cells; dense brown setae present laterad. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, posteromedially bidentate. Posterior margin of metascutellum: posteromedially bidentate. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Lateral propodeal area: laterally wide and narrowing centrad. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: with rectangular depressions. Posterior propodeal projection: short, pointing posteriorly. Pronotal cervical sulcus: with depressions. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally with polygonal cells, ventrally with depressions. Prespecular sulcus: indicated as large depressions. Sculpture of speculum: with sparse transverse carinae with foveae. Femoral depression: with transverse cells. Episternal sulcus: indicated with transverse cells. Postacetabular sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated with large foveae. Sculpture of posterior mesepimeral area: smooth. Mesopleural carina: indicated ventrally. Mesopleural pit: present. Metapleural sulcus: with large depressions. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: foveate, sparsely setose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: setigerous punctuate. Paracoxal sulcus: with depressions. L: W of fore wing: 124.0: 54.5. Ratio of length of m: st: pm: 4.3: 13.8: 4.3. L: W of hind wing: 100.1: 25.4. Length of hind wing marginal cilia: 0.2× width of wing. Shape of submarginalis: almost straight, distant from anterior margin of fore wing before reaching marginalis.

Metasoma. L: W of metasoma: 62.8: 64.1, wider than long. Anterior margin of T1: weakly concave. Basal foveae on T1: present. Sculpture of T1: longitudinally costate, space between costae weakly rugose. Sculpture of T2: anteriorly with narrow elongate cells bearing shiny patches; irregularly areolate in posterior half; basal foveae absent. Length of T2: 5× length of T3. Sculpture of T3–T4: anteromedially punctate, posteriorly smooth, remainder with setigerous foveae. Setation of metasoma: T1 densely setose laterally; T2 entirely densely setose except anteromedially; remaining tergites densely setose.

Male. Similar to female except for antennal measurements; length of A1–A 12 in ratio of 26.3: 6.3: 7.0: 6.3: 6.3: 5.8: 6.3: 6.3: 6.3: 6.6: 6.3: 10.4, respectively.

Material examined

Holotype: female, VIETNAM: Hoa Binh, Kim Boi, Thuong Tien , 10 November 1978 . Other material: one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4851 ), INDIA: Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Great Nicobar : Campbell Bay , 7.013°N, 93.934°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 22 March 2016; four females ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4852 – P4855 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Great Nicobar: Campbell Bay , 7.013°N, 93.934°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 22 March 2016; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4856 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman , Sippighat, 11.605°N, 92.695°E, ca 8 m, YPT, 26 March 2016; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4857 – P4858 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman , Garacharma, Central Island Agricultural Research Institute ( CIARI), 11.606°N, 92.705°E, ca 40 m, YPT, 26 March 2016; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4859 ), Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute ( CPCRI), Kidu, river bank, 12.307°N, 75.207°E, ca 140 m, SN, 19 February 2015; two males ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4860 – P4861 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Great Nicobar: Campbell Bay , 7.013° N, 93.934°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 22 March 2016; one male ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4862 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Little Andaman, Harminder Bay, 10.587°N, 92.562°E, ca 40 m, SN, 29 January 2013 . One male ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4863 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman, Sippighat, 11.605°N, 92.695°E, ca 8 m, SN, 22 February 2012 .

Diagnosis

Hadronotus strongist is similar to H. divergens sp. n., but differs from it by the absence of temples and having a sharp vertex which is distinctly raised above dorsal margin of eye in frontal view, while in H. divergens temples are distinct and vertex is not sharp but evenly rounded and not raised above dorsal margin of eye in frontal view.

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from India.