Clistopyga ghatensis, Manjusha & Sudheer & Ghosh, 2019

Manjusha, B. M., Sudheer, K. & Ghosh, S. M., 2019, A new species of Clistopyga Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Western Ghats, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (1) : -

Clistopyga ghatensis sp. nov.

Material examined: Holotype: 1F, INDIA: Tamil Nadu, KMTR, (N 8° 56'47" - E 77°39'02"), 13.iv.2007, Priyadarsanan D. R., (Reg. No. NBRL 189 ).

Female Length: 12 mm (Including ovipositor). Head: In dorsal view HL= 1.2 mm and HW= 0.3 mm; in frontal view HL= 0.75 mm and HW = 1 mm; face convex medially, coarsely punctate, with scattered hairs; clypeus impunctate with long hairs, 0.52 x high as wide; malar space coarsely punctate, 1.3 x basal width of mandible; upper tooth of mandible slightly longer than lower tooth; diameter of lateral ocellus 1.08 x as long as ocello-ocular distance; inter ocellar distance1.1 x ocello-ocular distance,

0.77x distance between median and lateral ocelli; frons and temple smooth and shiny; occipital carina complete and straight.

Mesosoma : Pronotum smooth, shining; mesoscutum impunctate with short, dense, white hairs, notauli present, strongly depressed on anterior 0.41 of mesoscutum; scutellum impunctate, convex, smooth, with hairs, lateral carinae absent; mesopleurum with moderate punctures on sides of prepectal carina and on lower region; speculum smooth and shining; prepectal carina present on lower 0.7 of mesopleurum; metapleurum medially with minute punctures; pleural carina distinct on anterior

0.7; propodeum with wrinkles; spiracles round. FWL =

4.25 mm, HWL = 3.4 mm, FWW = 1 mm, HWW = 0.45 mm; fore wing with second intercubitus present, nervulus opposite to basal vein; hind wing with discoidella absent, nervellus not intercepted; legs slender, hind leg with femur 4.71 x as long as wide, slightly shorter than hind tibia, first tarsomere 1.76 x as long as second, 2.66 x as long as third, 6.76 x as long as fourth, 3.25 x as long as fifth and third tarsomere 1.22 x as long as fifth tarsomere.

Metasoma: Closely coarsely punctate, apical transverse bands and concave area at base of first tergite smooth; tergites 2–5 with two weak anterolateral tubercles; ovipositor length = 3 mm; ovipositor upcurved, polished, without any serration in upper valve, nodus absent, upper valve projecting out, lower valve with ridges,1.6 x the length of hind tibia.

Colour: Body blackish brown with following markings: propodeum, mesoscutum, mesopleurum, upper half of metapleurum light brown; scutellum, metascutellum, area around ocelli, two antero lateral and medio lateral spots on mesoscutum; all legs whitish yellow.

Male: Unknown.

Host: Unknown.

Biology: Unknown.

Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve ( KMTR).

Etymology: The species epithet is after the Western Ghats which includes the collection locality of type.