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Phanuromyia Dodd 1914

Description

KEY TO THE INDIAN SPECIES OF PHANUROMYIA DODD, 1914 (FEMALES)

1. Entire habitus black.................................................................................................................................... 2

— Head and Mesosoma black or coppery brown, metasoma either fully or partially xanthic or coppery.......... 5

2. Fore wing marginal cilia at least 0.6 × width of wing........................................ P. koenigi Veenakumari, 2014

— Fore wing marginal cilia at most 0.3 × width of wing.................................................................................. 3

3. T2 at least 5.0 × length of T1; T1 at most 0.25 × as long as wide; mesoscutum sparsely setose; medial frons finely reticulate, reticulations wide................................................................... P. jarawa Veenakumari, 2014

— T2 at most 2.8 × length ofT1;T1 at least0.4 × as long as wide;mesoscutum densely setose; reticulations on medial frons narrow.................................................................................................................................................................... 4

4. Reticulations on frons vertical; antennal scrobe distinct; T1 with additional row of foveae beneath basal foveae; metascutellum anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with uneven cells......... P. andamanensis Veenakumari, 2014

— Reticulations on frons transverse; antennal scrobe not distinct; T1 only with short basal foveae, medially smooth and laterally obliquely striate; metascutellum predominantly smooth............ P. nabakovi Veenakumari, 2014

5. Metasoma either entirely coppery or with only T1 orangish brown............................................................. 6

— Entire metasoma xanthic............................................................................................................................. 7

6. T1 orangish brown, entirely costate; T2 entirely striate except for reticulations posteriorly; frons strongly reticu- late; length and width of T2 subequal.............................................................. P. kapilae Veenakumari, 2014

— Entire metasoma coppery; T2 smooth; frons weakly reticulate; T2 at least 1.4 × as long as wide.................................................................................................................................................................. P. tamaris n. sp.

7. Mesoscutellum reticulate..................................................................................................... P. reticulata n. sp.

— Mesoscutellum smooth............................................................................................................................... 8

8. Upper frons smooth, lower frons striate-reticulate; T2 without vertical striae beneath basal foveae; fore wing at most 2.4 × as long as wide.................................................................................................... P. levigatus n. sp.

— Entire frons reticulate; T2 with vertical striae beneath basal foveae; fore wing at least 3.1 × as long as wide... 9

9. Central keel on frons absent; mesoscutellum at most 0.2 × as long as wide; mesopleuron with prespecular and mesepimeral sulci indicated as foveae....................................................................... P. flaviabdominalis n. sp.

— Central keel on frons present; mesoscutellum at least 0.45 × as long as wide; mesopleuron almost smooth without sulci.................................................................................................................................................... 10

10. Preoccipital area distinct; posterior margin of mesoscutellum not smoothly curved, angular; metapleuron entirely smooth except for sparse foveae ventrally........................................................................... P. rufocoxalis n. sp.

— Preoccipital area absent; posterior margin of mesoscutellum smoothly curved; metapleuron coarsely sculptured with ventrally radiating striae from metapleural pit.......................................................... P. shashikalae n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Veenakumari, Kamalanathan & Prashanth, Mohanraj, 2019, Eight new species of xanthic Telenominae Thomson, 1860 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) from India, pp. 341-358 in Zoosystema 41 (18) on page 357, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a18, http://zenodo.org/record/3724564

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scelionidae
Genus
Phanuromyia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Dodd
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914 sec. Veenakumari & Prashanth, 2019

References

  • VEENAKUMARI K. & MOHANRAJ P. 2014. - Five new species of Phanuromyia Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India. Entomologists Monthly Magazine 150: 135 - 147.