Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran, 1979

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Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran, 1979

( Figs 39–45 )

Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran 1979: 908 .

Material examined (images). India: Kerala, Malappuram district, Thenhipalam (11.13ºN & 75.89ºE) 25.vii.1977, Coll. T . C. Narendran ( NHMUK, holotype ♂, BMNH (E) #1414901). India: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore (10.98ºN & 76.96ºE), 25.ix–1.x.1979, Coll. J. S. Noyes (♀ NHMUK, NHMUK 010748969 ) .

Diagnosis. Female. Body length 4.59 mm, length of fore wing 3.42 mm; colour pale yellowish and brownish orange except for following: U-shaped macula on mid lobe of mesoscutum, large spot on scapula, entire axilla ( Fig. 42 ), outer dorsal side of hind coxa brown, hind femur with two brown dorsal spots joining each other dorsomedially, serrulation black, tarsi ivory-coloured, petiole medially and rest of metasomal tergites apically reddish-brownish; pubescence short, with scattered adpressed setae on mesosoma and hind femur. Head with eyes and malar space moderately large, latter with distinct malar carina; antennal scrobe deep, carinately margined, widely separated from inner edge of eye ( Fig. 43 ); frons with median longitudinal groove between median ocellus and antennal scrobe; POL as long as OOL; LOD shorter (0.8×) than OOL ( Fig. 42 ); maximum interocular distance (on vertex) strongly convex at lower eye margin, at least 3.0× as great as minimum distance (at mid-length of face); upper frons reticu- late-punctate, lower part striate; flagellomeres short, subquadrate; pronotal collar angulate, laterally weakly emar- ginate; mesoscutum and scutellum rugose-punctate; mesopleuron finely rugose punctate with distinct sternaulus ( Fig. 43 ); propodeum concave posteriorly with weak median groove, spiracular sulci indistinct; fore wing hyaline with dense brown setae, STV shorter than and at right angle with MV, stump of basalis present ( Fig. 41 ); hind coxa 3.3× as long as wide; hind femur 2.4× as long as wide with blunt basal tooth followed by slightly sinuate serrulation delimiting two, hardly defined lobes; petiole 4.3× as long as wide and high, somewhat swollen before mid-length, dorsally irregularly areolate-rugulose, with oblique carinulae laterally ( Fig. 42 ); transverse lamina distinct, continu- ous to mid-length.

Male. Body length 4.31 mm, length of fore wing 2.4 mm; colour pale yellow with lower face, clypeus, man- dible, antenna, mesosoma, and anterior third of petiole black; U-shaped macula on anterior part of mid lobe of me- soscutum ( Fig. 39 ). Head, mesosoma and hind femur with short adpressed setae; flagellar setae long, curved; hind femur twice as long as wide with weak ventral process followed by serrulation; petiole dorsally minutely reticulate, transverse lamina distinct, continuous and not extending posteromedially to mid-length ( Fig. 40 ).

Distribution. Oriental ( India).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 39–45. Smicromorpha keralensis Narendran (39, 40, 45 holotype ♂; 41–43 non-type ♀): 39, habitus, lateral view; 40, head, mesosoma and petiole, dorsal view; 41, habitus, lateral view; 42, dorsal view; 43, mesosoma, lateral view (arrow showing sternaulus); 44, head, frontal view; 45, labels. Scale bar: Fig. 39: 1 mm; Figs 40–42: 500 μm; Fig. 43: 200 μm.