Embidobia procera Veenakumari, 2024

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Embidobia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 970, pp. 61-101 : 88-90

Embidobia procera Veenakumari sp. nov.

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Diagnosis

Embidobia procera sp. nov. is close to E. barbarika sp. nov. but differs from it in having an elongate and narrow interantennal process and the carinae on upper frons are short and oblique; whereas in E. barbarika interantennal process is short and wide and the carinae on upper frons are continuous and elongate.

Etymology

Derived from Latin, the species epithet refers to its long interantennal process. The name is treated as an adjective.

Material examined

Holotype INDIA – Karnataka • ♀; Shivamogga, Honnavalli, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS) ; 13°58′24″ N, 75°34′36″ E; 614 m; 10 Jan. 2017; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5055 .

Paratypes INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • 1 ♀; South Andaman, Bloomsdale ; 11°38′25″ N, 92°39′40″ E; 26 Mar. 2016; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5060 . – Karnataka • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Hesaraghatta ; 13°08′01″ N, 77°29′27″ E; 859 m; 29 May 2010; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5056 • 1 ♀; Udupi, Brahmavara ; 13°25′51″ N, 74°44′43″E; 36 m; 28 May 2014; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5057 . – Madhya Pradesh • 1 ♀; Bhopal; Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering (CIAE) ; 23°18′48″ N, 77°24′27″ N; 499 m; 15 Jun. 2011; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5059 . – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Krishnagiri, Kelamangalam, Jakkeri ; 12°42′17″ N, 77°48′37″ E; 899 m; 2 Feb. 2015; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5058 .

Description

Female

MEASUREMENTS. Body length = 0.89–1.07 mm (n = 6).

COLOUR. Head and mesosoma red-brown and metasoma paler than mesosoma; radicle, A1–A7 yellow-brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown; legs yellow-brown.

HEAD. Head: 1.4 × as wide as high, 1.4 × as high as long. IOS: 0.5 × head width, 1.1× eye length. OOL: 0.8× width of median ocellus. Compound eye: ovate (L: W = 13.3: 10.1). Sculpture of frons: lower frons medially smooth with several short uneven longitudinal carinae on either side; several short transverse carinae present dorsal to central keel; upper frons with short uneven transverse and oblique carinae. Central keel: 0.4× head height. Sculpture of gena: predominantly smooth with long setae. Facial and malar striae: prominent. Sculpture of vertex: imbricate. Interantennal process: elongate, very narrow, truncate posteriorly.

MESOSOMA. L:W of mesoscutum: 13.8: 23.4. Sculpture of mesoscutum: imbricate. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: with a furrow. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: indicated with a furrow. Scutoscutellar sulcus: foveate laterally. L:W of mesoscutellum: 8.7: 17.4. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: weakly rugose. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Metascutellum when viewed dorsally: visible. Sculpture of metascutellum: smooth with foveae on anterior margin. Posterior margin of metascutellum: semicircular. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: anteriorly smooth, posteriorly costate with foveae in between. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally imbricate, ventrally smooth. Netrion: present smooth, linear. Netrion sulcus: costate. Pronotal suprahumeral sulcus: not foveate. Pronotal cervical sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Prespecular sulcus: foveate. Speculum of mesopleuron: transversely carinate. Episternal sulcus: with transverse foveae. Postacetabular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: with transverse foveae. Mesepimeral area: smooth, narrow. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of femoral depression: smooth. Mesopleural pit: present. Sculpture of metapleuron: smooth. Metapleural sulcus: with transverse foveae. Paracoxal sulcus: indicated by a furrow. Metapleural epicoxal sulcus: indicated by transverse carinae and furrows. Anteroventral extension of metapleuron: 2× as long as wide. L:W of fore wing: 72.0: 29.1. Infuscate patch on fore wing: present as a longitudinal patch medially. Ratio of length of m: pm: stg: 4.5:17.5: 7.3. Metasomal depression: longitudinally costate except for smooth areas laterally.

METASOMA. L: W of metasoma: 31.8: 29.8. Sculpture of T1: basal foveae present; longitudinally costate, costae shorter medially and longer laterally; posteriorly smooth and laterally with setose reticulate patch. Sculpture of T2: basal foveae present; medially longitudinally striate, posteriorly smooth and laterally with a setose reticulate patch. Sculpture of T3: medially areolate laterally and posteriorly smooth with setae. Length of T1:T2:T3: 6.8: 11.5: 9.5.

Male

Unknown.

Figures

Fig. 12. Wings. A. Embidobia omkara Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5084). B. E. orientalis Dodd, 1939, holotype, ♀ (QMBA T99253). C. E. procera Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5055). D. E. sankirna Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5122). E. E. saroma Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5110). F. E. yuyutsu Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5112).

Fig. 14. Embidobia procera Veenakumari sp. nov., holotype, ♀ (NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5055). A–B. Habitus dorsal view. C. Head and pleuron. D. Frons. E. Antenna.