Paridris genaris Kozlov & Le, 2000

Talamas, Elijah J. & Pham, Hong-Thai, 2017, An online photographic catalog of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Hanoi, Vietnam), with some taxonomic notes, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56, pp. 239-239 : 240

Paridris genaris Kozlov & Le Figures 26-29 , 30-34 , 35-37

Paridris genaris Kozlov & Lê, 2000: 65, 67, 337 (original description, keyed)

Paridris stigmalshortis Kozlov & Lê syn. n., 2000: 65, 70, 338 (original description, keyed).

Paridris spinosus Rajmohana, 2011: 9 (original description).

Paridris spinosa Rajmohana syn. n.: Talamas, Masner & Johnson, 2012: 32 (gender emended).

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=179768

Material examined.

Holotype, female: VIETNAM: Gia Lai Prov., An Khe , Tân T ạo, 24.XI.1978, X. H. Lê, IEBR 0105 (deposited in IEBR). Paridris spinosus , holotype female (examined via photographs), INDIA: Kerala: Palghat (Pudunagaram), 1-I-2011, Bijoy, ZSIC/WGRS/G4 (deposited in ZSIC). Paridris stigmalshortis , holotype female: VIETNAM: Dac Lac Prov., 19.IX.1978, X. H. Lê, IEBR 0107 (deposited in IEBR) . Other material: INDIA: 1 female, OSUC 404966 ( USNM) .

Comments.

Paridris genaris is a distinctive species. The combination of the setose metascutellum ( Figure 27 ), posteriorly directed spine on the horn of T1 ( Figure 26 ), and T6 with smoothly convex lateral margins ( Figure 29 ) separate it from Paridris bispores and P. coorgensis and are the basis for treating P. spinosus as a junior synonym.

Comments on Paridris in SE Asia Outside of the nephta group, the three most common species of Paridris in Southeast Asian are P. bispores , P. coorgensis , and P. genaris and each of these has been described multiple times, sometimes by the same author. Taxonomy of Paridris in Southeast Asia has generally been a confused affair primarily because the genus was not well-delimited until relatively recently ( Talamas et al. 2013) and primary types were not accessible. Multiple species of Paridris Kieffer have now been transferred to other genera (Talamas et al. 2017) and we suspect that Paridris dunensis Mukerjee is a junior synonym of Probaryconus cauverycus based on Mukerjee’s 1994 description, but prefer not to make the generic transfer until the specimen is examined. To clarify the characters that separate P. bispores , P. coorgensis , and P. genaris , we provide the following key to females:

1	Metascutellum without setae and with posterior margin strongly emarginate ( Figure 12 ); T6 distinctly constricted apically ( Figure 12 )	Paridris coorgensis Sharma
-	Metascutellum setose and with posterior margin straight; T6 without distinct constriction apically ( Figure 29 )	2
2	Horn of T1 with posteriorly directed spine ( Figure 26 )	Paridris genaris Kozlov & Lê
-	Horn of T1 without spine (as in Figures 11 , 14 )	Paridris bispores Kozlov & Lê

Figures

Figures 26 - 29. Paridris genaris, female (OSUC 404966). 26 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 27 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 28 head, anterolateral view 29 metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 30 - 34. Paridris genaris, female holotype (IEBR 0105). 30 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 31 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 32 mesosoma and T 1, dorsolateral view 33 head, anterolateral view 34 metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 35 - 37. Paridris stigmalshortis (= Paridris genaris), female holotype (IEBR 0107). 35 head and mesosoma, dorsal view 36 head and mesosoma, lateral view 37 metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 11 - 14. Paridris coorgensis 11 female (USNMENT 01223722), head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 12 female (USNMENT 01223722), head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 13 female (USNMENT 01223722), head, anterolateral view 14 female (OSUC 266171), metascutellum, propodeum, T 1, posterolateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.