Phanuromyia hoysala 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 hoysala Veenakumari sp. nov.

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Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4253), India: Himachal Pradesh: Chamba , Khajjiar, SN, 32°33'20"N, 76°03'56"E, 1814 m, 24.IX.2014 . Paratypes: 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4254), Odisha: Bhubaneswar, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), 20°15'52"N, 85°48'50"E, 45 m, SN, 19.XI.2013 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4255), Tamil Nadu: Yercaud, Horticulture Research Station (HRS), 11°47'44"N, 78°12'42"E, 1399 m, YPT, 06.VIII.2016 .

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia hoysala sp. nov. is close to P. rashtrakuta sp. nov. but differs from it in the following character states: In P. hoysala sp. nov. head is protruding forward, preoccipital area is distinct and gena and malar area are basally punctate; whereas in P. rashtrakuta sp. nov. head is evenly rounded, preoccipital area is absent and gena is basally smooth and malar area is basally reticulate.

Description.

Female body length=1.12-1.21 mm (n=3).

Colour. Head and mesosoma black, metasoma black-brown; radicle and A1 yellow-brown, A2-A4 brown-black, A5-A6 yellow-brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown; all coxae dark brown, remainder of leg yellow-brown.

Head. Head 1.2 × as wide as high, 1.1 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 × head width, 0.9 × eye length; frons coriaceous reticulate, except for a small smooth patch medially, surrounded by short transverse striae on all sides except ventrally replaced by transverse carinae; ventral malar area weakly punctate; central keel absent; vertex coriaceous reticulate; gena dorsally reticulate, medially obliquely carinate, ventrally punctate; eye (L: W=14.1:13.5) large, with short setae; POL: LOL in ratio of 9.0:5.4; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; a blunt hyperoccipital carina indicated; occiput coriaceous reticulate with elongate setae; A1 3.8 × as long as wide; A1 2.7 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=19.6:24.3) convex, coriaceous reticulate, setose; mesoscutal humeral sulcus foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus foveate; lateral pronotal area obliquely striate; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus weakly foveate, setose; netrion sulcus entirely foveate; subacropleural sulcus indicated by a single fovea; prespecular sulcus indicated with five foveae; mesopleural pit distinct; speculum with transverse carinae; episternal sulcus not foveate; postacetabular sulcus foveate; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron coriaceous reticulate; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, narrower than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus foveate; dorsal metapleural area unevenly carinate to smooth; ventral metapleuron obliquely carinate interspersed with sparse foveae; metapleural epicoxal sulcus with depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus laterally foveate; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=7.4:15.2), smooth; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum foveate; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area unevenly sculptured, with a large depression on inner margin; medial lateral propodeal carina not visible as hidden beneath metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=84.7:29.4) and hind wing (L: W=73.7:13.2) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 2.0:12.0:22.6, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=44.5:27.1); T1 with longitudinal foveae, laterally and posteriorly smooth; T2 anteromedially smooth followed by large basal foveae, from which longitudinal striae extend culminating in reticulations; remaining tergites smooth; posterior margin of T2 slightly convex; T1 with six lateral and a sublateral setae; T2 4.4 × the length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named Hoysala after the dynasty that grew to become the dominant power in southern India between the 12th and 13th centuries CE. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 5. Phanuromyia hoysala sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antenna; F. Wings.