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Foenatopus keralensis

  • 1. Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India. & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971
  • 2. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture / Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
  • 3. Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India.
  • 4. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971
  • 5. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053, India.

Description

Foenatopus keralensis (Narendran & Sureshan, 2003)

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Diastephanus keralensis Narendran and Sureshan, 2003, Entomon, 28(2), 121–124.

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Kerala Malappuram district, Edappal (10° 43′ N & 76° 1′ E, 10 m), 10.x.1999, Coll. P. Sudha. (NHM)

Diagnosis. Body length 11.1 mm, ovipositor sheath length 8.7 mm. Frons trans-striate without any oblique or longitudinal striations; vertex with four carinae followed by fine striae, not forming any medial grove; pronotum weakly reticulate dorsally; mesoscutum faintly shiny, reticulate, anterior half separated by a fovea, posteriorly with a median ridge; scutellum shiny with faint reticulations; metapleuron microsculptured; propodeum with large pits, interstices transversely reticulate; wings hyaline with pterostigma translucent yellow medially; hind coxa carinate punctate basally turning circularly annulate elsewhere; hind femora tridentate ventrally with a basal tubercle; first metasomal tergite uniformly annulated, longer than remaining segments; ovipositor sheath longer than metasoma, with a subapical yellow band.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala).

Host. Unknown.

Notes

Published as part of Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 4838 (1) on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4403367

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHM
Event date
1999-10-10
Family
Stephanidae
Genus
Foenatopus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Narendran & Sureshan
Species
keralensis
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1999-10-10
Taxonomic concept label
Foenatopus keralensis (Narendran, 2003) sec. Binoy, Achterberg, Kumar, Santhosh & Sheela, 2020

References

  • Narendran, T. C. & Sureshan, P. M. (2003) Systematic studies on Diastephanus Enderlein (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea: Stephanidae) of Indian subcontinent. Entomon, 28 (2), 115 - 138.