Heydenia Förster, 1856

Kumar, Hemanth, Gupta, Ankita & Sharma, Adarsh, 2025, Description of a new species of Heydenia Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Heydeniidae) from Southern India with two new distributional records, Zootaxa 5711 (1), pp. 93-113 : 94

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.4

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scientific name

Heydenia Förster
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Key to Indian species of Heydenia Förster View in CoL (based on females)

1. Mesosoma moderately compressed dorsoventrally ( Figs 1B View FIGURE 1 , 8A View FIGURE 8 ); pronotum long, tent like with lateral panels angled at about 45° to the dorsal surface ( Fig. 2F View FIGURE 2 ); propodeum distinctly reticulate-punctate ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ) or variably sculptured ( Fig. 5B, C View FIGURE 5 ); median carina distinct in posterior half, shallowly merging with plical region in anterior half ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ); fore wing basal cell with basal setal line present ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ); petiole 1.4–1.5× as long as wide ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ); ovipositor sheath 1.9–2.0× length of metatibia ( Fig. 1B View FIGURE 1 )........................................................ H. longipetiolata Hemanth & Gupta sp. nov.

- Mesosoma not compressed ( Fig. 9B–E View FIGURE 9 ); pronotum relatively short, with lateral panels bent at about 90° to the dorsal surface ( Figs 10D View FIGURE 10 , 11D View FIGURE 11 , 12D View FIGURE 12 ); propodeum mostly smooth and shiny, plical region with median carina different, not as above ( Figs 10F View FIGURE 10 , 11F View FIGURE 11 , 12F View FIGURE 12 ); fore wing basal cell without basal setal line ( Figs 10I View FIGURE 10 , 11I View FIGURE 11 , 12I View FIGURE 12 ); petiole at most as long as wide ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ) or distinctly wider than long ( Figs 10H View FIGURE 10 , 11H View FIGURE 11 ); ovipositor sheath 0.5–1.6× length of metatibia ( Fig. 9B, D, E View FIGURE 9 )............... 2

2. Axillae smooth and shiny, only superficially reticulate ( Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 ); propodeal plical region with a ‘Y’ shaped median carina ( Fig. 12F View FIGURE 12 ); metasoma with posterior margin of Gt 1 straight and posterior margin of Gt 2 medially produced ( Fig. 12J View FIGURE 12 )........... 3

- Axillae distinctly reticulate ( Figs 10D View FIGURE 10 , 11D View FIGURE 11 ); propodeal plical region with median carina different, not as above ( Figs 10F View FIGURE 10 , 11F View FIGURE 11 ); metasoma with posterior margin of Gt 1 and Gt 2 only slightly sinuate or distinctly incised in the middle ( Figs 10J View FIGURE 10 , 11J View FIGURE 11 )...... 4

3. Head and mesosoma dark coppery brown merging with bright blue largely on upper face, dorsal part of pronotum and mesoscutum (fig. 45 in Sureshan 2003); POL 2× OOL; fore wing with infuscation near stigmal vein broad (not rectangular), slightly extended below, without distinctly separated spot (fig. 3 in Sureshan 2000).............. H. tuberculata Sureshan

- Head and mesosoma uniformly testaceous ( Fig. 9C, D View FIGURE 9 ); POL 2.5–3.4× OOL; fore wing with infuscation near stigmal vein broadly rectangular with a well separated circular spot below ( Fig. 12I View FIGURE 12 )............................. H. testacea Yang

4. Profemur with distinct serrations on ventral margin (fig. 5 in Narendran et al. 2001); propodeal plical region with plicae parallel (fig. 7 in Narendran et al. 2001); metasoma with petiole very short (fig. 7 in Narendran et al. 2001), Gt 1 and Gt 2 with posterior margins very slightly sinuate; ovipositor sheath short, 0.65× length of metatibia (fig. 5 in Narendran et al. 2001).............................................................................................. H. indica Narendran

- Profemur with distinct spines only on distal ventral margin ( Figs 10G View FIGURE 10 , 11G View FIGURE 11 ); propodeal plical region with plicae forming well defined hexagonal area ( Figs 10F View FIGURE 10 , 11F View FIGURE 11 ); metasoma with petiole conspicuous and distinct ( Figs 10H View FIGURE 10 , 11H View FIGURE 11 ), Gt 1 and Gt 2 with posterior margins distinctly incised medially ( Figs 10J View FIGURE 10 , 11J View FIGURE 11 ); ovipositor sheath long, 1.6× length of metatibia ( Fig. 9B, E View FIGURE 9 ).. 5

5. Gena with distinct shiny area below outer margin of eye ( Fig. 10C View FIGURE 10 ), extending to vertex ( Fig. 10B View FIGURE 10 ); POL 1.4–2.0× OOL; petiole wider than long, widening posteriorly ( Fig. 10H View FIGURE 10 ); fore wing with infuscation near stigmal vein narrow, almost triangular, with a small spot below ( Fig. 10I View FIGURE 10 )............................................................ H. gibsoni Sureshan

- Gena uniformly reticulate, including the area below outer margin of eye ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ); POL 1.4× POL; petiole about as long as wide, distinctly bell shaped ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ); fore wing with infuscation near stigmal vein broad, almost rectangular without a small spot below ( Fig. 11I View FIGURE 11 )................................................... H. kashmirensis Sureshan & Khanday

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

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