Foenatopus stom ( Narendran & Sureshan, 2003 )

Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4838 (1), pp. 1-51 : 22

Foenatopus stom ( Narendran & Sureshan, 2003)

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Diastephanus stom Narendran & Sureshan, 2003 , Entomon, 28(2), 130–132.

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Arunachal Pradesh West Kameng district, Bhalukpung (27°01‘12.5“N & 92°38‘25.9“E, 213 m), 25.x.1997, Coll. T. C. Narendran, ( NHM) B. M. TYPE HYM. 3a. 390 ( NHMUK013458831 ).

Diagnosis. Body length 6.8 mm, ovipositor length 5.4 mm. Frons trans-striate with strong microsculptures, frontal teeth comparatively small; vertex with five transverse carinae followed by transverse striae with a median dark longitudinal band; pronotum with distinct reticulations; mesoscutum reticulate anteriorly, followed by a median longitudinal ridge and either sides reticulate-punctate or irregularly carinate; metapleuron reticulate; propodeum with scattered pits and very large interstices, inside of pits reticulate; hind coxa circularly carinate; hind femora bidentate with a basal denticle; first metasomal tergite shorter than combined remaining segments; ovipositor sheath distinctly longer than metasoma, without an ivory band sub-apically.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Arunachal Pradesh).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus stom (Narendran & Sureshan, 2003).