Phanuromyia chalukya 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 chalukya Veenakumari sp. nov.

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Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4240), India: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Malleshwaram, Aranya Bhavan , Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), 13°01'03"N, 77°57'07"E, 942 m, MT, 28.VII.2012 . Paratypes: 4 females, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4241-4244), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Malleshwaram, Aranya Bhavan , Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), 13°01'03"N, 77°57'07"E, 942 m, MT, 28.VII.2012 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4245), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Hebbal, Veterinary College , 13°02'08"N, 77°35'49"E, 906 m, YPT, 15.XI.2012 ; 2 females, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4246, P4248), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Hebbal, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), terrace of 3rd floor, 13°01'38"N, 77°35'03"E, 927 m, YPT, 31.VIII.2015 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4247), Tamil Nadu: Chidambaram, Annamalai University , 11°23'30"N, 79°42'48"E, 7 m, MT, 03.VII.2016 .

Diagnosis.

This species is close to P. andamanensis but differs from it in having an elongate A1 and T2. T3-T6 are clearly visible with punctate sculpture.

Description.

Female body length=1.49-1.64 mm (n=9).

Colour. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma black-brown; radicle and A1 yellow-brown, A2-A7 brown with weak yellow patches, remaining antennomeres brown-black; procoxa black, femur black-brown, remainder of fore leg yellow; mid and hind leg entirely yellow with traces of brown towards base of mid coxa.

Head. Head 1.3 × as wide as high, 1.3 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 ×head width, 0.8 × eye length; entire frons coriaceous reticulate, except for a small smooth patch medially; several transverse carinae are present on either side of imaginary central keel; central keel absent; vertex coriaceous reticulate, sparsely setose; gena coriaceous reticulate, basally smooth; eye (L: W=20.2:18.2) large, with sparse, short setae; POL: LOL in ratio of 13.4:5.8;lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate; A1 5 × as long as wide; A1 3.4 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=23.1:32.0) convex, coriaceous reticulate, setose; mesoscutal humeral sulcus foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus foveate;lateral pronotal area dorsally tuberculate, remainder obliquely carinate; additional two vertical carinae present posterodorsally; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus weakly foveate, setose; netrion sulcus entirely foveate; subacropleural sulcus not foveate; prespecular sulcus indicated with four wide foveae; mesopleural pit distinct; speculum with transverse carinae; episternal sulcus foveate; postacetabular sulcus not foveate; femoral depression smooth to weakly reticulate; ventral mesopleuron smooth with an anterior reticulate patch; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, narrower than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus foveate; dorsal metapleural area smooth; ventral metapleuron transversely carinate; metapleural epicoxal sulcus with uneven depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus foveate laterally; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=8.3:23.3), smooth; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum anteriorly foveate, remainder weakly tuberculate; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area smooth to weakly tuberculate, with foveae on inner margin; entire lateral propodeal carina visible posterior to metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=84.6:28.6) and hind wing (L: W=76.6:12.2) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 10.1:14.8:30.0, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=74.9:26.5); T1 with basal foveae followed by a narrow smooth patch posterior to which a median band of longitudinal foveae present; T1 posteriorly and laterally smooth; T2 with basal foveae followed by longitudinal costae; remaining tergites finely punctate; posterior margin of T2 straight; T1 with two lateral and one sublateral setae; T2 3.8 × the length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

The species is named after the Chalukya dynasty that ruled between the 6th and the 12th centuries CE, and in their heyday ruled most of peninsular India. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 1. Phanuromyia chalukya sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antennae; F. Wings.