Epitranus erythrogaster Cameron, 1888

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 364-365

Epitranus erythrogaster Cameron, 1888

( Figures 33, 34 )

Anacryptus raoi Mani and Kurian, 1953

Anacryptus sculpturatus Crawford, 1910

Anacrytpus kankauensis Masi, 1933

Arretocera ambadevia Mani and Dubey, 1973

Arretocera malabarensis Mani and Dubey, 1974

Arretocera nilamburense Mani and Dubey, 1973

Arretocera pallava Mani and Dubey, 1973

Arretocera tanjorensis Mani and Dubey, 1973

Arretoceroides ceylonensis Mani, 1936

Chalcitella cinca Fernando, 1958

Chalcitella nilamburensis Mani and Dubey, 1974

Chalcitelloides ajatasattu Fernando, 1957

Chalcitelloides devadatta Fernando, 1957

Epitranus acuminatus Husain and Agarwal, 1982

Epitranus ambadevia (Mani and Dubey, 1973)

Epitranus ambadevius (Mani and Dubey, 1973)

Epitranus austini (Fernando, 1959)

Epitranus ceylonensis (Mani, 1936)

Epitranus dubeyi Mani, 1989

Epitranus erythrogaster Cameron, 1888

Epitranus malabarensis (Mani and Dubey, 1974)

Epitranus nilamburense (Mani and Dubey, 1973)

Epitranus nilamburensis (Mani and Dubey, 1974)

Epitranus pallava (Mani and Dubey, 1973)

Epitranus raoi (Mani and Kurian, 1953)

Epitranus sculpturatus (Crawford, 1910)

Epitranus tanjorensis (Mani and Dubey, 1973)

Pararretoceroides austini Fernando, 1959

Pararretoceroides ceylonensis (Mani, 1936)

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Sattari, Ambedem , 11 March 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas ; 16 .iv .2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female, length of the body 3.9–4.1 mm.

Colour. Body mostly black. Scape, fore and mid-leg and hind tarsi brownish-yellow. Flagellum and hind tibia reddish brown. Hind femur black with reddish patch basal and apical region. Metasoma black dorsally and laterally and yellowish-brown ventrally.

Head. Triangular, wider than high in frontal view. Scrobe flat with striations. Antennae long and slender. Scape 7× longer than its width. Clava 2× longer than its basal width.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum thickly punctate, with interstices narrower than the diameter of punctures. Fore wing with post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and stigmal vein.

Metasoma. Petiolated with longitudinal carinae. Petiole 5× long as broad. Petiole shorter than metasoma in length.

Distribution

INDIA. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Binoy 2015; Emiliyamma 2016; Gowriprakash et al. 2016, 2018; Daniel and Ramaraju 2017a, 2017b).

Figures

Figure 31–36. Habitus: 31–32, Eniacomorpha bakeri; 33–34, Epitranus erythrogaster; 35–36, Epitranus oxytelus.