Microplitis dipika (Bhatnagar, 1948)

Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Revision of the Indian Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of one new species, Zootaxa 3620 (3), pp. 429-452 : 451

II. Microplitis dipika (Bhatnagar, 1948) incertae sedis

Male. As per original description (Bhatnagar, 1948, 157–161): Mesoscutum punctuate, scutellum dull with punctures; medial longitudinal carina distinctive with indications of transverse basal carina; mesopleuron punctate hind femur light red brown; T1 black, rugulose with median furrow till apex; T2 with sulci converging in middle towards the apex; T3 basal half black; rest tergites black; smooth and polished tegulae hyaline.

Comments. The species is originally described based on a single male specimen. The original description mentions that ‘ Holotype.-13 dissected and mounted on slide No. 66, labelled, “on wing at light, Agra (U.P.), 10-3-.1949, S. P. Bhatnagar coll.” The type could not be traced.

As the holotype is missing and the original description mentions that the species was initially described based on a single male specimen (dissected on slide), it is suggested this species be ‘ incertae sedis’.