Probaryconus cauverycus Saraswat, 1978

Talamas, Elijah J. & Pham, Hong-Thai, 2017, An online photographic catalog of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera) in the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (Hanoi, Vietnam), with some taxonomic notes, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56, pp. 239-239 : 240

Probaryconus cauverycus Saraswat Figures 38-40 , 41-42 , 43-44

Probaryconus cauverycus Saraswat, 1978: 22 (original description); Mani & Sharma, 1982: 176 (description); Johnson, 1992: 463 (cataloged).

Probaryconus maridris Kozlov & Lê syn. n., 2000: 73, 339 (original description, keyed).

Probaryconus varinus Kozlov & Lê syn. n., 2000: 72, 74, 340 (original description, keyed).

Link to distribution map.

http://hol.osu.edu/map-large.html?id=5096

Material examined.

Probaryconus cauverycus , holotype female: INDIA: Karnataka St., Tala Kaveri , 10.III.1975, M. S. Mani, USNMENT01109607 (deposited in USNM). Probaryconus maridris , holotype female: VIETNAM: Hoa Binh Prov., forest edge, Thuong Tien , 29.X.1978, X. H. Lê, IEBR 0130 (deposited in IEBR). Probaryconus varinus , holotype male: VIETNAM: Phu Yen Prov., Krong Trai (Suoi Trai Tay Son) Nature Reserve , 29.III.1983, X. H. Lê, IEBR 0132 (deposited in IEBR) . Other material: THAILAND: 1 female, USNMENT01223894 .

Comments.

Paridris cauverycus is known to us from multiple localities in Southeast Asia and exhibits a moderate degree of variability in color of the mesosoma, ranging from brown to orange. Sexual dimorphism occurs in the coloration of the metasoma, with tergites 1-3 pale in males and brown in females. Apart from these variations in color, we found no characters to separate Probaryconus cauverycus , P. maridris , and P. varinus .

Figures

Figures 38 - 40. Probaryconus cauverycus, female (USNMENT 01223894). 38 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 39 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 40 head, mesosoma, ventrolateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 41 - 42. Probaryconus maridris (= Probaryconus cauverycus), female holotype (IEBR 0130). 41 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view 42 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view. Scale bars in millimeters.

Figures 43 - 44. Probaryconus varinus (= Probaryconus cauverycus), male holotype (IEBR 0132). 43 head, mesosoma, metasoma, lateral view 44 head, mesosoma, metasoma, dorsal view. Scale bars in millimeters.