Fusicornia indica Mani & Sharma
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Felipe |
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Fusicornia indica Mani & Sharma |
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Fusicornia indica Mani & Sharma View in CoL
Original concept: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CE5B9BC8-F874-4AE4-9131-5708205B9F69
Current concept: urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:4312
Figures 79–96; Morphbank 54
53. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226364 Fusicornia indica Mani & Sharma, 1980:47 (original description); Mani & Sharma, 1982:184 (description).
Description. Female body length: 2.19–2.58 mm (n=11). Male body length: 2.25–2.47 mm (n=7).
Head: Vertex between posterior ocelli: rounded. Female OOL: less than or equal one ocellar diameter. Frontal sculpture: entirely and evenly sculptured. Sculpture of central frons: punctate. Setation of central frons: moderately setose throughout. Inner orbit in frontal view: more or less parallel. Upper gena in dorsal view of female: expanded, convex, therefore in lateral view compound eye separated from posterior margin by gena. Sculpture of gena behind lower half of eye: with reticulate to coriaceous microsculpture. Setation of gena: moderately setose. Antenna: Radicle color: yellow to orange brown. Color of female A1: yellow to orange–brown. Color of female funicle (A3–A6): A3, base of A4 yellow,apex of A4, A5–A6 dark brown. Claval formula: 1-2-2-2-2-1. Claval color: dark brown to black.
Mesosoma: Pronotal cervical sulcus: absent. Mesoscutum sculpture: reticulate with superimposed punctures. Longitudinal sculpture in posterior half of mesoscutum: absent. Admedian line: present or absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: foveolate. Notauli: absent. Mesoscutellum shape: rounded. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: almost entirely covered by microsculpture. Length of medial metascutellar spine: medial spine very elongate, distinctly longer than distance between median and lateral spines. Length of lateral metascutellar spine: moderately elongate, length distinctly greater than width. Sculpture of propodeal nucha: smooth to weakly sculptured. Sculpture of suprahumeral area of pronotum: densely punctate. Sculpture in lower pronotum: longitudinally striate. Netrion setation: densely setose. Mesopleural carina: complete. Mesepimeral sulcus: abbreviated. Area 2 on metapleuron: polygonal, setose. Setation of area 4 of metapleuron: glabrous. Setation in anteroventral metapleural triangle: absent. Setation of propodeum anterior to spiracle: sparsely setose (less than 10) or absent. Legs: Coxae color: all coxae brown to black.
Wings: Female fore wing maculation: hyaline or with slight infuscation below marginal vein.
Metasoma: Length of T1: less than or equal to one times width. Horn on T1 of female: well developed, sculpture on horn very weak or absent. Lateral setation of T1: densely setose (>20/side). Medial sculpture on T3: smooth and shiny.
Diagnosis. Fusicornia indica is most similar to F. skopelos by sharing the black color of coxae and the abbreviated mesepimeral sulcus. It may be immediately distinguished from this species by yellow to orangebrown color of A 1 in female and color of female funicle (A3–A6): A3, base of A4 yellow, apex of A4, A5–A6 dark brown ( Figs. 80, 88, 96). In both sex, lateral metanotal spine is moderately elongate, length distinctly greater than width and propodeal nucha is smooth to weakly sculpture ( Figs. 81, 87, 89).
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Material examined. Holotype: INDIA: Vindhya Survey , 9–10.IX.1979, M.S. Mani & party (deposited in USNM) . Paratypes: INDIA: 6 males, 4 females, OSUC 148939 View Materials , 148940 View Materials , 164008 View Materials , 206243 View Materials ( CNCI); OSUC 232308–232313 View Materials ( USNM) . Other material: AUSTRALIA: 1 male, 2 females, OSUC 210367 View Materials ( OSUC), 211065 ( ANIC), ANIC DB 32–20455 About ANIC ( ANIC) . INDIA: 2 females, OSUC 148941 View Materials ( CNCI); OSUC 210294 View Materials ( USNM) . PHILIPPINES: 1 female, OSUC 179112 View Materials ( BPBM) . SRI LANKA: 3 females, OSUC 149021–149022 View Materials ( CNCI); OSUC 210292 View Materials ( USNM) . THAILAND: 5 males, 6 females, OSUC 149004 View Materials , 149027–149028 View Materials , 206282 View Materials , 206284 View Materials , 206287 View Materials , 206288 View Materials , 206289 View Materials , 206290 View Materials , 206291 View Materials ( CNCI); OSUC 253758 View Materials ( OSUC) .
Comments: The specimens of F. indica from Australia differ from those from India and Southeast Asia by the absence of a horn on T 1 in the female ( Fig. 89) (OSUC 210367) and the color of the female funicle (A3–A6): A3, A4, and the base of A5 are yellow, while apex of A5 and A6 are dark brown ( Fig. 96; ANIC DB
54. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=226365
55. http://atbi.biosci.ohio-state.edu/HymOnline/map-large.html?id=4312 32–20455, OSUC 211065). However, they share the most significant characters, including the sculpture of the scutellum, coxal color, the relative lengths of the medial and lateral metanotal spines, and the shape and setation of the metapleural areas. Therefore, we consider the Australian specimens to be conspecific with F. indica .
56. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=306287 57. http://www.morphbank.net/?id=306368
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