Paroplitis sp.

Fujie, Shunpei, Japoshvili, George & Fernandez-Triana, Jose, 2021, Review of the world species of Paroplitis Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), with description of three new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68 (1), pp. 33-43 : 33

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.59641

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CCD0B21C-371A-4CD2-89B7-15DB1C8DED3A

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Paroplitis sp.
status

 

Paroplitis sp. Paroplitis vietnamensis Ahmed (2017: 103). Misidentification.

Distribution.

Oriental Region: India (Jammu and Kashmir).

Comments.

This species seems to be closely related to P. rugosus and P. japonicus in having mostly entirely sculptured T1 and T2, comparatively large areolet and R1 almost as long as the length of pterostigma. However, it differs by comparatively slender F15, propodeum with longitudinal carina and comparatively slender metafemur, according to photographs by Ahmed (2017: his plate 32). These morphological differences are strong enough to consider it as a separate species. As we have not been able to examine specimens of this species, it shall remain undescribed for the time being.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Braconidae