Townesia exilis Gupta & Tikar, 1976

Li, Tao, Sun, Shu-Ping, Sheng, Mao-Ling, Liu, Jing-Xian & Pham, Nhi Thi, 2019, Taxonomic study of the genus Townesia Ozols (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) with description of a new species from China and a key to world species, ZooKeys 878, pp. 23-32 : 29

Townesia exilis Gupta & Tikar, 1976 Figure 12

Diagnosis.

Female: Forewing length 8 mm. Ovipositor sheath length 15 mm. Face smooth and shiny. Malar space 0.2 times as long as basal width of mandible. Pronotum smooth, upper-posterior corner with sparse punctures. Fore wing with vein 1 cu-a opposite to 1/M. Areolet receiving 2m-cu approximately at its posterior 0.1. Hind wing vein 1-cu 0.67 as long as cu-a. Tergite I as long as tergite II. Tergite II 2.6 times as long as its maximum width, with distinct, dense, fine punctures; apical, smooth, transverse bands 0.25 times as long as length. Tergite III 2.5 times as long as its maximum width. Lateral tubercles of tergites III–V indistinct. Submetapleural carina complete. Tegula, fore, and middle legs yellow to yellow brown; hind coxa, trochanter, and femur red.

Male. Unknown.

Host.

Unknown.

Material examined.

1 ♀ (Holotype), INDIA: Kashmir, Gulmarg, 2600 m, 23 June 1966, J.K. Jonathan leg., coll. no. J166.

Distribution.

India.

Figures

Figures 10 - 14. Apical part of ovipositor, lateral view 10 Townesia sulcata Sheng & Li, sp. nov. 11 Townesia cheni Liu & He 12 Townesia exilis Gupta & Tikar 13 Townesia qinghaiensis He 14 Townesia tenuiventris (Holmgren).