Phanuromyia flaviabdominalis, Veenakumari & Prashanth, 2019

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan & Prashanth, Mohanraj, 2019, Eight new species of xanthic Telenominae Thomson, 1860 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) from India, Zoosystema 41 (18), pp. 341-358 : 343

Phanuromyia flaviabdominalis n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. ♀, ICAR / NBAIR / P 1985 , India: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Jarakabande Kaval , 13°05’41”N, 77°32’35”E, 921 m, MT, 20.VII.2015.

Paratypes. 63 ♀: ICAR / NBAIR /P 1986 -P 1990, 5 ♀, Karnataka: Bengaluru, Kengeri , 12°57’25”N, 77°31’39”E, 857 m, YPT, 05.II.2013 ; specimens with registration numbers P 1991 -P 2038 were collected in the same locality as P 1990 but on different dates . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 1991 - P 1992 , 2 ♀, 17.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 1993 - P 1996 , 4 ♀, 22.I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 1997 - P 1999 , 3 ♀, 22.X.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2000 - P 2001 , 2 ♀, 17.XII.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2002 - P2003 , 09.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2004 - P 2006 , 3 ♀,‰ 2. I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2007 - P 2010 , 4 ♀, 11.I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2011 - P 2016 , 6 ♀, 30.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2017 - P 2018 , 2 ♀, 22.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2019 - P 2020 , 2 ♀, 21.XII.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2021 , 1 ♀, 26.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2022, 1 ♀, 17.XII.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2023, 1 ♀,‰ 1.II.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2024 -P 2025, 2 ♀,‰ 9.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2026, 1 ♀, 13.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2027 -P 2028, 2 ♀, 19.II.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2029, 1 ♀, 22.I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2030, 1 ♀, 03.I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2031 -P 2036, 6 ♀, 26.X.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR / P 2037, 1 ♀, 18.I.2013 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2038, 1 ♀, 17.XI.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2039, 1 ♀ , Karnataka: Gandhi Krishi Vignan Kendra ( GKVK), 13°04’25”N, 77°34’49”E, 938 m, YPT, 11.X.2011 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2040, 1 ♀, same as P 2038, SN, 18.VIII.2011 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2041, 1 ♀ , Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur , 13°09’25”N, 77°56’41”E, 936 m, PFT, 15.XII.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2042, 1 ♀ , Karnataka: Chikkaballapur, Nandi Hills , 13°37’02”N, 77°41’00”E, 1448 m, SN, 04.VIII.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2043, 1 ♀, same as P2042, 11.VIII.2011 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2044 -P 2045, 2 ♀, same as P2042, 18.IX.2010 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2046, 1 ♀ , Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Hosur , Uddanapalli , 12°35’36”N, 77°56’01”E, 758 m, YPT, 02.XII.2014 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2047, 1 ♀ , Kerala: Ernakulam, Narakkal , 10°02’29”N, 76°13’08”E, 9 m, SN, 11.I.2012 . — ICAR / NBAIR /P 2048, 1 ♀, Yelagiri, Pudur , 12°58’42”N, 78°38’29”E, 997 m, YPT, 17.VI.2016 .

DIAGNOSIS. — Phanuromyia flaviabdominalis n. sp. can be distinguished from P. levigatus n. sp. in having entire frons reticulate and T2 with vertical striae beneath basal foveae; whereas in P. levigatus n. sp. upper frons is smooth, lower frons striate-reticulate and T2 smooth without vertical striae beneath basal foveae; P. flaviabdominalis n. sp. can also be distinguished from P. rufocoxalis n. sp. and P. shashikalae n. sp. by the absence of central keel, a shorter mesoscutellum and mesopleuron with prespecular and mesepimeral sulci foveate; whereas in the other two species central keel is present, mesoscutellum at least 0.5 × as long as wide and mesopleuron with prespecular and mespimeral sulci nonfoveate.

ETYMOLOGY. — This species is named ‘flaviabdominalis’ denoting the yellow metasoma. The name is treated as an adjective.

DESCRIPTION

Measurement

Body length = 1.11 mm; (m = 1.19 [1.08 to 1.31] mm, SD=0.09, n= 20).

Colour

Head and mesosoma black; metasoma golden yellow; legs yellow brown except brownish black fore coxae; eyes black; entire antenna yellowish brown, A3-A7 a shade paler, clava a shade darker; mandibles reddish brown ( Fig. 1A ).

Head ( Fig. 1A, B, D, E )

FCI=1.2; LCI =1.44; IOS subequal to eye length; entire frons coriaceous reticulate, reticulations wider than long above interantennal process; lower gena smooth remainder weakly reticulate; vertex coriaceous reticulate, sparsely setose; eyes (L: W= 18.5: 16.1) large, bare; POL: LOL in ratio of 17.0: 7.6; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; a blunt hyperoccipital carina present beyond which a reticulate preoccipital area present with several long setae; occiput reticulate.

Mesosoma ( Fig. 1A, C, E )

Mesoscutum (L: W = 17.5: 30.4) coriaceous reticulate; lateral pronotal area dorsally coriaceous reticulate, remainder smooth; mesopleuron with prespecular sulcus foveate; sternaulus (sensu Miko 2007) indicated as a weak carina; mesopleural pit distinct and mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesopleural carina distinct, mesopleural depression smooth to weakly reticulate; anterior margin of metapleuron foveate; metapleural pit distinct with sparse striae radiating ventrally; scutoscutellar sulcus wide, foveate only laterally; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=3.2: 11.4), entirely smooth, posterior mesoscutellar sulcus deeply foveate; metascutellum smooth with foveae on anterior margin; metanotal trough smooth with weak foveae on posterior margin; lateral propodeal area smooth; fore wing (L:W =66.1: 19.7) and hind wing (L: W =58.5: 8.8) with dense microtrichia; length of fore wing and hind wing marginal cilia 0.23 × and 0.72 × width of their respective wings.

Metasoma ( Fig. 1A )

(L: W =44.6: 24.9); T1 foveate anteromedially, with a sharp carina laterad which extends the entire length of tergite, remain- der smooth; T1 with two lateral and one sublateral setae; T2 with anteromedial basal foveae, followed by weak striae some of which extend medially up to ¾ length of tergite, remainder smooth; length and width of tergites T1: T 2 in ratio of 5.0: 14.0, 27.6: 23.1, respectively; last tergite with ovipositor upturned.

Male

Not known.

Figures

FIG. 1. — Phanuromyia flaviabdominalis n. sp., female: A, habitus (dorsal view); B, head and antennae; C, wings; D, frons; E, head and pleuron. Scale bars: 0.05 mm.