Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chalcididae

Hockeria bangalorica Narendran, 1989 Figs 147-148

Hockeria bangalorica Narendran, 1989: 92 (♀, Bangalore, India (transferred from DZCU to QMB)).

Material

(RMNH, IEBR). 1 ♀, "C. Vietnam: Thu Thien Hué, Phong Dién N. R., n[e]ar base camp, 15 km W. Phong My, c. 150 m, 23.iii.-6.iv.2001, Malaise trap 2, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH’01”; 1 ♀, "N. Vietnam: Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong N. P., nr. entrance, c 225 m, 15.iv.-1.v.2000, Malaise trap 2, Mai Phu Quy, RMNH’00”; 1 ♂, "S. Vietnam: Dak Lak, Chu Yang Sin N. P., Kong K’Mar, Malaise traps 1-6, 550-610 m, 21-26.x.2005, C. v. Achterberg & R. de Vries, RMNH’05” .

Diagnosis.

In the key to Oriental species of Hockeria (Narendran 1989) Hockeria bangalorica comes near Hockeria lankana Narendran, but differs from it in having: 1) metasoma longer than mesosoma (in Hockeria lankana metasoma shorter than mesosoma); 2) pre- and post-orbital carinae present (in Hockeria lankana pre- and post-orbital carinae absent); and 3) apex of scutellum broadly emarginate and bi-dentate (in Hockeria lankana apex of scutellum less broadly emarginate and bi-lobed).

Description .

♀, length of body 2.9-5.5 mm.

Colour. Black; scape, pedicel, ring segment and F1 yellowish brown; fore and middle legs and tegula yellowish brown; hind femur yellowish brown basally and apically, middle part blackish brown or black; metasoma brown ventrally; fore wing with two brown infuscations with a medial hyaline spot.

Head. Head wider than mesosoma, scrobe not reaching front ocellus; pre-orbital carina distinct; post-orbital carina running upwards behind posterior margin of eye; malar ridge 0.4 × height of eye in profile; eye length in profile 0.8 × its height; geno-temporal furrow absent. POL 9.5 × OOL. Antenna (fig. 79 in Narendran 1989) with scape almost reaching anterior ocellus.

Mesosoma. Mesosoma with close pits, interstices narrower than diameter of a pit, rugose; apex of scutellum bi-lobed; scutellum somewhat flat.

Wings. Fore wing with PMV more than 2-3 × longer than STV, longer than MV.

Legs. Hind coxa with a week dorsal raised carina; hind femur weakly bi-lobed ventrally.

Metasoma. Metasoma longer than mesosoma, T1 with two basal carinae and a median fovea in between; carinae shorter than width between them.

Male. Resembles female, but with longer antennal segments and the fore wing has no infuscation.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

Vietnam (new record), Malaysia, India (Narendran 1989).

Variation.

The Vietnamese specimens show the following variation from the type. The yellowish brown colour of scape, pedicel, ring segment and F1 tends to become brownish yellow; fore and middle coxae are black; hind tibia and tarsi brownish; POL 5 × OOL; scutellum moderately convex; dorsal carina of hind coxa stronger; basal carinae of T1 longer than space between them.