Phanuromyia pandya 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 pandya Veenakumari sp. nov.

Fig. 12A-F

Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4296), India: Tamil Nadu: Dindugul, Thandikudi, Regional Coffee Research Station (RCRS), 10°18'34"N, 77°38'34"E, 1305 m, YPT, 29.XI.2016 . Paratype: 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4297), Tamil Nadu: Dindugul, Thandikudi , RCRS, 10°18'34"N, 77°38'34"E, 1305 m, YPT, 29.XI.2016 .

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia pandya sp. nov. is close to P. koenigi but differs from it in having an entirely coriaceous frons without smooth medial patch and posterior ocelli away from orbits; while in P. koenigi frons has an elongate smooth patch above interantennal process and posterior ocelli are adjacent to orbits.

Description.

Female body length=0.92-1.30 mm (n=2).

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; radicle yellow-brown, A1 yellow, A2-A3 brown, A4-A7 yellow, A8-A11 brown-black; procoxa brown-black, meso- and meta- coxae brown-yellow, remainder of all legs yellow-brown.

Head. Head 1.2 × as wide as high, 1.2 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 × head width, subequal to eye length; frons entirely coriaceous reticulate without medial smooth patch, reticulations medially transverse, uneven short carinae present medially above toruli; central keel absent; vertex coriaceous reticulate, reticulations transverse; gena coriaceous reticulate; eye (L: W=14.1:12.9) large, setose; POL:LOL:OOL in ratio of 10.2:5.8:0.06; lateral ocelli slightly away from orbits, OOL 0.3 × MOD; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate with elongate setae; A1 4 × as long as wide; A1 2.9 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=15.2:25.0) convex, entirely coriaceous reticulate, except for punctate sculpture medially; mesoscutal humeral sulcus not foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate; lateral pronotal area dorsally obliquely striate, remainder smooth; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus foveate, setose; netrion sulcus entirely foveate; subacropleural sulcus indicated by five foveae; prespecular sulcus indicated by a single fovea; mesopleural pit not distinct; speculum with weak transverse carinae; episternal sulcus indicated by a large fovea; postacetabular sulcus not foveate; femoral depression smooth to weakly reticulate; ventral mesopleuron smooth except for dorsal reticulate patch; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, narrower than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus not foveate; dorsal metapleural area smooth; ventral metapleuron obliquely carinate; metapleural epicoxal sulcus with shallow depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus foveate laterally; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=5.2:16.5), smooth, setose; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum foveate; metanotal trough foveate; lateral propodeal area with a medial carina and a large fovea on inner margin; entire lateral propodeal carina visible posterior to metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=67.1:20.3) and hind wing (L: W=10.2:5.7) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 8.5:10.9:12.0, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=28.6:22.2);T1 with longitudinal foveae, smooth laterally and posteriorly; T2 with basal foveae, followed by longitudinal striae extending 0.8 × length of tergite; posterior margin of T2 slightly convex; remaining tergites smooth; T1 with two lateral and two sublateral setae; T2 4.5 × length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named after the Pandyas, a dynasty of Tamil rulers, who, for centuries, ruled the extreme South of India.The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 12. Phanuromyia pandya sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antennae; F. Wings.