Hadronotus linshcostei (Masner)

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 : 2155-2156

Hadronotus linshcostei (Masner)

( Figures 12 (a–g), 26(k))

Gryon linshcostei Masner, 1975: 211 , 213 (keyed); Sarazin, 1986: 975 (type information); Johnson 1992: 387 (catalogued, type information)

This is a sibling species of H. triatomae , described in detail by Masner (1975).

Material examined

Holotype: female ( CNC 881050 ; CNC 13469 ), INDIA: South India: Karnataka: Chikkaballapura, Gundlugurki , nr. Bangalore , April, 1973; reared on eggs of Linshcosteus sp. ( Hemiptera : Reduviidae ).

Diagnosis

Hadronotus linshcostei and H. triatomae (sibling species) differ from H. galdikasae sp. n. and H. circus in having a distinct postmarginalis coupled with the absence of a medial notch on propodeum, whereas in the other two species the postmarginalis is absent and the medial notch on the propodeum is distinct.

Figures

Figure 12. Hadronotus linshcostei (Masner), holotype, female. (a) Habitus (dorsolateral view); (b) head and antennae; (c) habitus (lateral view); (d) habitus (dorsal view); (e) habitus (ventral view) showing frons; (f) head and mesonotum; (g) type labels. (Photos: Drs N.F. Johnson © Ohio State University and E.J. Talamas, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services).