Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday)

Gupta, Ankita, Van Achterberg, Cornelis & Fernandez-Triana, Jose L., 2022, Two new species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the foothills of western Himalayas, India, with a key to Oriental species of Pambolus Haliday and an update to the key to world species of Paroplitis Mason, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 90, pp. 59-73 : 59

Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday)

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Material examined.

India. 4♀; Himachal Pradesh, Chamba District, Khajjiar , 32.555795°N, 76.0655834°E, 24 Sept. 2014; Ankita Gupta leg; (NIM), code-NBAIR/ Brac / Micg / Cent /24914 (NIM) .

Brief diagnosis.

Length of body 3.03 mm. Antennae 25 segmented. Eye length subequal to temple in dorsal view. Temple almost linearly narrowed behind eye. Precoxal sulcus completely absent. Fore wing: 1-SR+M of fore wing distinct, m-cu not interstitial. Fifth tarsal segment of hind legs distinctly thickened. Propodeum rugose anteriorly. First metasomal tergite distinctly longitudinally striate, without dorsal and medio-longitudinal carinae; 1.1-1.3 times longer than its apical width. Second metasomal tergite length subequal to its apical width. Length of ovipositor sheath almost subequal to first metasomal tergite length.

Remarks.

The genus Centistes (Centistes) Haliday, is mainly distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions (Yunnan and Guizhou provinces of China). Based on the surveys, the distribution range of this species is expanded to India.

Figures

Figure 6. Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday) Female in habitus (lateral view).

Figure 7. Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday) (Female) A head in frontal view B vertex C mesopleuron D wings E mesosoma F metasoma.