Camptopteroides (Camptopteroides) formosa Manickavasagam & Sankararaman, 2020

Sankararaman, Hariharakrishnan, Manickavasagam, Sagadai, Triapitsyn, Serguei V., Huber, John T. & Kharbisnop, Bankerdonbor, 2020, Twonew species ofCamptopteroides Camptopteroides (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Oriental region with a key to Old World species, Zootaxa 4868 (2), pp. 243-256 : 245-250

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scientific name	Camptopteroides (Camptopteroides) formosa Manickavasagam & Sankararaman
status	sp. nov.

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Camptopteroides (Camptopteroides) formosa Manickavasagam & Sankararaman , sp. n.

( Figs 1–8 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURES 2–6 View FIGURES 7, 8 )

Diagnosis. The known female of C. formosa is distinguished from females of other described species by the following combination of features: funicle 7-segmented ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2–6 ) scape excluding radicle, 3.3× as long as wide, funicle segments fl 2 –fl 7 at most as long as wide, wings with alternate dark and light bands ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 2–6 ), and ovipositor 1.1× the length of mesotibia. In C. alata the scape, excluding the radicle, is 4.3× as long as wide, and the ovipositor is 0.85× the length of the mesotibia. In C. verrucosa the fore wing is not banded and fl 4 –fl 7 of the female antenna are distinctly longer than wide ( Fig. 17 View FIGURE 17 ). In C. reducta the female funicle is 6-segmented and the ovipositor is exserted beyond the apex of gaster by about 0.1× its own length and it is almost 1.4× the length of the mesotibia. The C. formosa female differs from the male of C. armata in having the fore wing disc almost bare except for a few setae apically; in C. armata the fore wing disc is densely setose.

Description. FEMALE. (Holotype, Fig. 1 View FIGURE 1 ). Body length (of dry-mounted specimen prior to slide-mounting) 0.94 mm. Body black; base of scape, fl 2, all tibiae, tarsi and ovipositor brown; eye dark red; fore and hind wings with alternate dark and light bands ( Figs 5, 6 View FIGURES 2–6 ).

Head ( Fig. 2 View FIGURES 2–6 ), with strong reticulate sculpture on vertex and face, weaker on gena. Antenna ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2–6 ) 10-segmented; scape with radicle 0.2× entire length, 3.3× as long as wide excluding radicle, with imbricate sculpture and with dentations along edges with one seta arising from each dent ( Fig. 4 View FIGURES 2–6 ); funicle 7-segmented, with fl 1 the longest and fl 2 the shortest (ring-like), fl 3 a little longer than wide, fl 4 –fl 7 at least a little wider than long, and all funicular segments without mps and with setae arranged in whorls except on fl 2; clava 2.9× as long as wide, about 1.4× as long as funicle, and with 4 very long mps (only 2 clearly visible in Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2–6 ).

Mesosoma ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7, 8 ) with distinct reticulate sculpture similar to that on head. Propodeum 2.5× as long as mesoscutum. Fore wing ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 2–6 ) with 3 dark and 3 hyaline bands (including basal hyaline band); 9.2× as long as wide; longest marginal seta 3.5× as long as maximum wing width. Hind wing ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 2–6 ) with 3 brown suffusions and two hyaline regions; 23× as long as wide; longest marginal seta 7.5× as long as maximum wing width. Pro- and metacoxae with distinct reticulate sculpture ( Fig. 7 View FIGURES 7, 8 ).

Metasoma ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 7, 8 ) shorter than mesosoma, smooth except apex of gaster reticulate. Ovipositor about 1.1× length of mesotibia, not exserted beyond apex of metasoma and occupying its entire length.

Measurements (length, unless stated otherwise, holotype): eye, 150; radicle, 53, length: width of rest of scape, 265: 80; pedicel, 100; fl 1, 65; fl 2, 15; fl 3, 37; fl 4, 35; fl 5, 35; fl 6, 35; fl 7, 35; length: width of clava, 350:120; mesosoma, 480; mesoscutum, 80; propodeum, 200; length: width of fore wing, 920:100; longest marginal seta of fore wing, 350; length: width of hind wing, 910: 40; longest marginal seta of hind wing, 300; legs (femur: tibia: tarsus): fore leg, 250: 220: 290; middle leg, 112: 350: 260; hind leg, 260: 360: 300; metasoma, 378; petiole 33; ovipositor, 390.

MALE. Unknown.

Type material. Holotype female [ EDAU /Mym30/2019] on slide under 5 coverslips, labelled: INDIA, Meghalaya, Nongstoin, West Khasi Hills (25°30’52”N 91°16’90”E), 16.vi.2019, Coll. Bankerdonbor Kharbisnop, YPT.

Distribution. India: Meghalaya.

Etymology. The species epithet is derived from a Latin adjective, with reference to the beautiful bands on the wings.

Remarks. A specimen labeled “ INDIA, Karnataka, W of Mudigere (13°07’05”N 75°30’20”E, 850 m), 24-25.xi.2003, J.M. Heraty, YPT, streamside” (1 female on slide, UCRC, UCRC_ENT 00536191) was examined and identified as Camptopteroides sp. 1, but is not formally described. It is slightly different from C. formosa as follows; body length (dry-mounted specimen prior to slide-mounting) 0.76 mm; gaster brown, lighter than head and mesosoma ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9 ); antenna and legs dark brown except tarsi light brown to brown; antenna ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 10–13 ) with radicle 0.24× length of scape (excluding radicle), rest of scape 2.9× as long as wide; fl 3 a little longer than following funicular segments; clava 2.45× as long as wide and about 1.2× as long as funicle, with the basal pair of long mps much closer to claval base than in C. formosa or in Camptopteroides sp. 2 (compare Figs 10 View FIGURES 10–13 , 3 View FIGURES 2–6 & 14 View FIGURES 14–16 , respectively); mesosoma ( Fig. 11 View FIGURES 10–13 ) about 0.9× as long as metasoma; fore wing ( Fig. 12 View FIGURES 10–13 ) 8.5× as long as wide, its longest marginal seta 4.4× as long as maximum wing width, with apical hyaline band only slightly expressed; hind wing ( Fig. 13 View FIGURES 10–13 ) 20× as long as wide, its longest marginal seta 7.3× as long as maximum wing width, with apical hyaline band not evident so that apex of wing more or less uniformly brown; ovipositor about as long as metasoma.

Another specimen labeled “ INDIA, Arunachal Pradesh, Etalin vicinity, 28°36.56’ N 95°53.21’ E, 700 m, 15–25.v.2014, O. Sausa” (1 female on slide, EDAU) was examined and identified as Camptopteroides sp. 2 and is also not described. It differs from C. formosa in having a narrower scape ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 14–16 ), excluding the radicle only about 3.9× as long as wide and the fore and hind wings with just one hyaline band beyond the venation ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 14–16 ). It is likely not conspecific with either C. formosa or Camptopteroides sp. 1.