Megachalcis kannapuramensis Sureshan and Girish Kumar, 2018
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2022.2134059 |
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Megachalcis kannapuramensis Sureshan and Girish Kumar, 2018
Megachalcis kannapuramensis Sureshan and Girish Kumar in Sureshan et al. 2018: 181.
( Figures 8a–e View Figure 8 , 9 View Figure 9 , 10a–h View Figure 10 , 11a–h View Figure 11 )
Type material
Holotype ♀ ( Figure 8a–e View Figure 8 ), India: Kerala, Kannur district, Kannapuram mangroves (11.5835° N and 75.1817°E), 13 May 2018, coll. C. Charesh, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI / WGRC / IR/ INV/ 11417 (examined). GoogleMaps
Additional material examined
♀ (Figures 9,10a–h,11a–h) India: Kerala, Kannur district, Aaralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kurukkanpuzha (11.931°N, 75.836°E; alt. 110 m), 25 March 2021, coll GoogleMaps . D GoogleMaps . Ghosh , ZSI LTEO team. ( ZSIK) Regd . No . ZSI / WGRC /IR/INV.22004.
Recognition
Antenna attached at lower margin of clypeus ( Figures 8c View Figure 8 , 10d View Figure 10 ); scrobal margin distinctly carinate, forming sharp conspicuously produced angle in front of eye; postorbital carina distinct, obsolete at genotemporal margin ( Figures 8a View Figure 8 , 10a View Figure 10 ); pronotum subquadrate, with two raised projections medially ( Figures 8d View Figure 8 , 10f View Figure 10 ); hind coxa without any dorsobasal protuberances or tooth; hind femur ventrally with 9–10 teeth, basal one subequal in size to succeeding one ( Figures 8a View Figure 8 , 11c View Figure 11 ); Rs vein of fore wing indicated as a pigmented fold ( Figures 8a View Figure 8 , 11a View Figure 11 ); mesosoma with raised rasp-like sculpture in profile; propodeum with large irregular and smooth variably sized areola; metasoma with a short petiole visible dorsally ( Figures 8b View Figure 8 , 10h View Figure 10 ); Gt1 smooth, largest, occupying 0.5× of metasoma (excluding ovipositor); Gt2 telescopic behind Gt1; Gt3 distinctly pitted on anterior half; Gt4–Gt6 regularly pitted, laterally setigerous; surface shiny on Gt1–Gt4, Gt5–Gt6 with matt surface; Gt6 coarsely punctate with six rows of punctures, spiracle rounded, prominent, peritreme well expanded from surface; syntergum distinctly pitted ( Figures 8b View Figure 8 , 11g View Figure 11 ); ovipositor sheath long, 1.26× as long as metasoma (excluding ovipositor sheath) ( Figures 8a View Figure 8 , 9 View Figure 9 ).
Redescription
♀ ( Figures 9 View Figure 9 , 10a–h View Figure 10 , 11a–h View Figure 11 ) Body length 10.29 mm (including ovipositor sheath); length of fore wing 5.12 mm.
Colour. Body black with the following parts variably coloured: eyes and ocelli reflective red-gold, radicle liver-brown, flagellar segments brown-black, tegula liver-brown, wing lamina brown, veins deep brown; all coxae brown-black, trochanters liver-brown, fore and mid femora and tibiae red-brown with base and apex paler, all tarsi red-brown, metasoma black with posterior margin of terga brown.
Setation. Face with moderately dense white setae arising from both punctae and interspaces; golden setae on vertex, clypeus and mandible ( Figure 10d View Figure 10 ); adpressed white setae on scape; gena densely pubescent; pronotum anteriorly with moderately dense yellowbrown setae, remainder with sparse suberect setae throughout mesosoma; tuft of long white setae on axilla; propodeum with moderately dense setae on dorsum; legs with short, moderately dense white setae; metasoma with long white pubescence laterally arising from pits.
Head. Head distinctly wider than mesosoma in dorsal view (1.13×), coarsely rugosepunctate; OOL 1.17× POL, 1.45× OD; POL with short raised humps; occiput with similar sculpture to that on vertex ( Figure 10e View Figure 10 ); in frontal view, head 1.42× as wide as long, rugose punctate with large shiny setigerous areola; preorbital indicated; scrobal margin distinctly carinate, scrobal margin prominently angulate in profile in front of dorsal and ventral margin of eye, scrobal surface reticulate, maximum width of scrobe 0.5× median interocular width; scrobe at most meeting anterior ocellus; interantennal projection finely punctate, 0.36× as long as scrobe ( Figure 10c, d View Figure 10 ); mandible bidentate ( Figure 10d View Figure 10 ); antenna inserted slightly below ventral margin of eye; scape not attaining median ocellus; two anelli indicated; clava 2-segmented; genotemporal margin carinate, straight; postorbital carina distinct, moving along outer eye margin onto occiput ( Figure 10a View Figure 10 ); relative length of scape, pedicel, anellus, funiculars and clava = 6.7: 1.1: 0.8: 2.0: 2.2: 2.1: 2.0: 1.9: 1.6: 1.3: 1.7: 2.9.
Mesosoma. Pronotum quadrate, 3.75× as long as wide, with varyingly sized areola, anteriorly small becoming large posteriorly, margins conspicuously rugate, forming submedian tubercles, posterior margin of pronotum deeply emarginate inwards; mesoscutum 2.9× as long as wide, with irregular variable sized punctures, anteriorly small, becoming large posteriorly, middle lobe of mesoscutum punctate, margins carinate; lateral lobe of mesoscutum punctate with margin conspicuously rugate; scutellum small, 1.41× as long as wide with large areola, basad of axilla with prominent tuft of pale yellow setae, apical margin of scutellum conspicuously emarginated ( Figure 10f View Figure 10 ); lateral lobe of pronotum coarsely rugose; propleura engraved reticulate; meso and metapleura with similar sculpturing to that of thoracic notum ( Figure 10g View Figure 10 ); propodeum gradually declining onto metasoma, with dense white setae along the costula; spiracles subhorizontal, bean-shaped and well exposed; transverse and sublateral carina prominent; lateral teeth distinct ( Figure 10h View Figure 10 ).
Legs. Fore coxa wide, as long as wide ( Figure 11b View Figure 11 ); hind coxa smooth with numerous setigerous punctures, no dorsobasal tooth or protuberance; outer disc of hind femur smooth and shiny with numerous setigerous pits, inner basal protuberance present ( Figure 10d View Figure 10 ); ventrally with 9–10 teeth, basal one larger than rest of subequal teeth; hind tibia coarsely pitted ( Figure 10c View Figure 10 ).
Wings. Lamina infumate brown; fore wing with PMV 1.8× MV, SMV 2.7× MV, STV 0.2× PMV; lamina densely setose; Rs vein clearly indicated, present as a pigmented fold ( Figure 10a View Figure 10 ).
Metasoma. Metasoma (excluding ovipositor sheath) longer than combined lengths of head and mesosoma (1.2×), metasoma including ovipositor 2.64× as long as lengths of head and mesosoma combined; short petiole visible dorsally; Gt1 with basal fovea, 0.5× as long as combined length of remaining tergites, dorsum shiny with scattered shallow pits medially, posterior 1/3rd smooth; Gt2 telescopic beneath Gt1; Gt3 with 6–7 rows of pits on anterior half, posterior half smooth, shiny; Gt4 distinctly pitted, a median impunctate strip on dorsum; Gt5 and Gt6 densely pitted, with a distinct median carina; spiracle on Gt4 prominent, peritreme distinctly produced laterally; syntergum 1.56× as long as Gt6, pitted anteriorly, posteriorly smooth; ovipositor sheath 0.56× as long as entire length of metasoma, 1.26× as long as metasomal terga combined ( Figure 11e–h View Figure 11 ).
Male
Unknown.
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Megachalcis kannapuramensis Sureshan and Girish Kumar, 2018
Binoy, C., Nasser, M. & Santhosh, S. 2022 |
Megachalcis kannapuramensis
Sureshan PM & Girish Kumar P & Charesh C 2018: 181 |