Antrocephalus fascicornis (Walker, 1871)

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 349

Antrocephalus fascicornis (Walker, 1871)

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Antrocephalus fasciicornis Dalla Torre, 1898

Halticella fascicornis Walker, 1871

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Sattari, Honda , 16 October 2015, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female, length of the body 5.5 mm.

Colour. Body black with following parts rufous: pedicel, F1 to F3, tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg. Fore wing with a dark patch under marginal vein.

Head. Wider than high in frontal view. Scrobe deep, striate and reaching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 4× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameters. The apex of scutellum emarginate and V-shaped. Post-marginal vein longer than marginal and stigmal vein.

Metasoma. Metasoma shorter than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with a pair of short carinae, carinae shorter than the distance between them.

Distribution

INDIA. Goa (new record), Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu ( Emiliyamma 2016) .

Figures

Figure 7–12. Habitus: 7–8, Antrocephalus fascicornis; 9–10, Antrocephalus nasutus; 11–12, Antrocephalus neogalleriae.