Phanuromyia rashtrakuta Veenakumari, 2021

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Mohanraj, Prashanth & Khan, Farmanur Rahman, 2021, Revision of Indian species of Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68 (2), pp. 309-339 : 309

Phanuromyia rashtrakuta Veenakumari sp. nov.

Fig. 13A-F

Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4298), India: Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari, Pechiparai , 8°14'23"N, 76°33'34"E, 17 m, YPT, 05.I.2012 ; Paratypes: 2 females, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4299, P4315), Tamil Nadu: Dindugul, Thandikudi , RCRS, 10°18'34"N, 77°38'34" E, 1305 m, YPT, 29.XI.2016 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4316), Tripura: Agartala, Tripura University (TU), 23°76'28"N, 91°26'33"E, 17 m, YPT, 09.III.2016 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4317), Odisha: Bhubaneswar , OUAT, 20°15'52"N, 85°48'50"E, 45 m, YPT, 29.I.2015 .

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia rashtrakuta sp. nov. is close to P. hoysala sp. nov. The distinguishing characters are given under the latter species.

Description.

Female body length=1.02-1.18 mm (n=5).

Colour. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma black-brown; radicle, A1 black-brown with uneven yellow patches; A2 basally ¾ black-brown; remainder of A2, A3-A6 yellow-brown; A7-A11 black-brown; all coxae dark brown, remainder of all legs yellow-brown.

Head. Head 1.3 × as wide as high, 1.2 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 × head width, subequal to eye length; frons entirely coriaceous reticulate without medial smooth patch, instead with transverse carinae; central keel absent, instead a discontinuous longitudinal carina present with transverse carinae on either side; vertex coriaceous reticulate, reticulations transverse; gena entirely coriaceous reticulate, except for smooth basal patch; eye (L: W=18.0:15.5) large; POL: LOL in ratio of 13.4:7.9; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate with elongate setae; A1 4.8 × as long as wide; A1 2.9 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=22.3:29.0) not convex, entirely coriaceous reticulate; mesoscutal humeral sulcus not foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus indicated by small rugae; lateral pronotal area obliquely striate; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate, setose; netrion sulcus entirely foveate; subacropleural sulcus indicated by three foveae; prespecular sulcus indicated by seven foveae; mesopleural pit distinct; speculum transversely carinate; episternal sulcus not foveate; postacetabular sulcus indicated by small rugae; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron smooth with anterior reticulate patch; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, subequal to width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus foveate; dorsal metapleural area weakly carinate; ventral metapleural area carinate; metapleural epicoxal sulcus with large depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus narrow, foveate laterally; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=8.0:17.5), smooth; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum foveate; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area smooth with a fovea on inner margin; medial lateral propodeal carina not visible, hidden beneath metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=70.4:23.6) and hind wing (L: W=46.7:9.4) sculptured with reticulations, microtrichia sparse; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 4.7:11.6:22.2, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=34.7:26.7); T1 with longitudinal foveae and with an oblique costa extending towards posterolateral margin of tergite, remainder smooth; T2 with basal foveae, followed by longitudinal striae, striae elongate medially, progressively decreasing in length laterad; remainder of T2 and other tergites smooth; posterior margin of T2 slightly convex; T1 with two lateral setae and one sublateral seta; T2 4.9 × the length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named after the Rashtrakuta dynasty that ruled an area stretching from central India to parts of South India, during whose reign the famed Kailasa temple at Ellora was built. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 13. Phanuromyia rashtrakuta sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antennae; F. Fore wing.