Foenatopus wynadensis ( Sureshan & Narendran, 1997 )

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, Zootaxa 4838 (1), pp. 1-51 : 29-30

Foenatopus wynadensis ( Sureshan & Narendran, 1997)

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Diastephanus wynadensis Sureshan & Narendran, 1997 , Gebios, 16, 25–27.

Diastephanus wayanadensis Narendran & Sureshan, 2003 , Entomon, 28(2), 136 (invalid emendation).

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Kerala Wayanad district, Muthanga forest (10°47’N & 76°02’E, 26 m), 08.viii.1999, Coll. P. Sudha, ( ZSIK). Reg. No. ZSIK / WGRS /IR-INV. 2340. Examined.

Diagnosis. Body length 10.7 mm, ovipositor sheath length 10.8 mm. Frons trans-striate except above coronal teeth obliquely striate; vertex trans-carinate anteriorly and trans-striate posteriorly; pronotum with neck trans-striate dorsally and anteriorly semi annular trans-striate proceeding as polished posteriorly; mesoscutum faintly reticulate; scutellum and axillae smooth and polished; metapleuron rugose-reticulate; propodeum with broad and deep punctures, sparse anteriorly with shagreened interstices; first metasomal tergite uniformly trans-carinate, a little shorter than combined length of remaining segments; ovipositor very long, 3× as long as metasoma, with a subapical ivory band.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala).

Host. Unknown, collected from moist deciduous forest.

Figures

FIGURE 55. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus wynadensis (Narendran & Sureshan, 1997).