Kerevata kethai Ranjith, Quicke & Priyadarsanan, 2022

Ranjith, A. P., Quicke, Donald L. J., Belokobylskij, Sergey A. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2022, Kerevata Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) is no longer a Papua New Guinean endemic with descriptions of three new species from the Indomalayan Region, Zootaxa 5091 (2), pp. 341-356 : 345-348

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.6
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5847305
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scientific name	Kerevata kethai Ranjith, Quicke & Priyadarsanan
status	sp. nov.

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Kerevata kethai Ranjith, Quicke & Priyadarsanan , sp. nov.

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Material examined. Holotype, female, INDIA: Karnataka, Chamarajanagar, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple Tiger Reserve, Parasakatte , 12°01.414 N, 77°06.551 E, 795 m a.s.l., 30.ix–14.x.2005, coll. Priyadarsanan, D. R. ( AIMB). GoogleMaps

Description. Holotype female. Length of body 7.63 mm, fore wing 6.75 mm, ovipositor 2.4 mm.

Head. Antenna with 48 flagellomeres. First flagellomere 1.6 × longer than 2 nd and 3 rd. Width of head: width of face: height of eye = 2.8: 1: 1.6. Shortest distance between posterior ocelli: transverse diameter of posterior ocellus: shortest distance between posterior ocellus and eye = 1: 2.2: 1.5. Face 1.1 × as wide as long medially, smooth, setose ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ), slightly convex in lateral view ( Fig. 3D View FIGURE 3 ). Clypeus smooth with sparse setosity laterally ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Inner margin of eyes emarginated ( Fig. 3B View FIGURE 3 ). Transverse diameter of eye 2.7 × as long as temple in dorsal view ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Frons with shallow medial longitudinal groove and radiating striae ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Vertex and temple shiny, punctate setose ( Fig. 3C View FIGURE 3 ). Occipital carina present, not pointed medially ( Figs 3C, D View FIGURE 3 ).

Mesosoma. Mesosoma 1.9 × longer than high. Mesoscutum punctate, setose, rugose medio-posteriorly, carinate marginally, with crenulated groove laterally ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Notauli complete, crenulate, joined posteriorly ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellar sulcus with midlongitudinal carina ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Scutellum smooth, sparsely setose with distinct lateral carina and a pair of antero-lateral carinae ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Mesopleuron smooth except anterior part irregularly rugose and sparsely setose with widely crenulated precoxal sulcus ( Fig. 3E View FIGURE 3 ). Epicnemial carina present ( Fig. 3F View FIGURE 3 ). Metapleuron rugose, sparsely setose ( Figs 3F View FIGURE 3 , 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Propodeum with midlongitudinal carina anterior half bordered by largely smooth area, with distinct sublateral longitudinal carina, rest rugose ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ).

Wings. Fore wing ( Figs 4C, D View FIGURE 4 ). Lengths of fore wing veins r-rs: 3RSa: 3RSb = 1: 2: 3.8. Lengths of veins 2RS: 3RSa: rs-m = 1.2: 2.8: 1. Length of 1CUb 1.5 × 1CUa. Hind wing vein M+CU 2.0 × 1Ma+1Mb ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ).

Legs. Lengths of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsus = 1: 1: 1.2. Lengths of hind femur: hind tibia: hind tarsus = 1: 1.5: 1.6. Hind femur 7.5 × longer than maximum width. Claws without basal lobe.

Metasoma. Length of first tergite 2.2 × longer than its apical width. Second tergite 1.3 × as long as third tergite. Second and third tergites 1.2, 0.9 × as long as its apical width respectively. First tergite longitudinally rugose-striate with midlongitudinal carina, sparsely setose ( Fig. 4E View FIGURE 4 ). Second tergite longitudinally rugose-striate, with indistinct midlongitudinal carina, sparsely setose ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ). Third tergite longitudinally rugose-striate, sparsely setose ( Fig. 4F View FIGURE 4 ). Remaining tergites largely unsclerotised. Ovipositor sheath sparsely setose. Ovipositor sheath approximately 1.3 × as long as hind femur ( Fig. 3A View FIGURE 3 ).

Colour. Body black except flagellomeres, face, maxillary and labial palps, frons, vertex laterally, temple, lateral pronotum 2/3 rd, mesopleuron medially and anteriorly, metapleuron anteriorly, notaular line, scutellum posterior half, fore leg, mid leg, hind leg except posterior 2/3 rd hind femur, sternites yellow.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Karnataka, India.

Host. Unknown.

Ecology. The specimen was collected by malaise trap from dry deciduous forest dominated by Terminalia trees.

Etymology. We dedicate this species to late Ketha Gowda, a brilliant, dedicated and diligent collection assistant who worked with DRP in BR Hills.

Comparative diagnosis. This new species is similar to K. longi based on the characters mentioned in the key. It differs from K. longi in having the following characters (besides features mentioned after K. longi description); first flagellomere 1.6 × longer than 2 nd and 3 rd (1.3 × in K. longi ), frons without a pair of carinae laterally (a pair of lateral carinae distinct in K. longi ), precoxal sulcus of mesopleuron slightly curved (straight in K. longi ), second metasomal tergite 1.2 × as long as its apical width (1.5–1.6 × in K. longi ).