Phanuromyia tuluva Veenakumari, 2021

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Mohanraj, Prashanth & Khan, Farmanur Rahman, 2021, Revision of Indian species of Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68 (2), pp. 309-339 : 309

Phanuromyia tuluva Veenakumari sp. nov.

Fig. 15A-F

Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4325), India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Great Nicobar: Campbell Bay , 7°00'77"N, 93°91'47"E, 13 m, SN, 18.III.2016 . Paratype: 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4326), Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Great Nicobar: Campbell Bay , 7°00'77"N, 93°91'47"E, 13 m, SN, 18.III.2016 .

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia tuluva sp. nov. is close to P. jarawa but differs from it in the following character states. In P. tuluva sp. nov. central keel is indicated, metasoma wide posteriorly and mesepimeral area wider than mesepimeral sulcus; while in P. jarawa central keel absent, metasoma is ovoid and mesepimeral area is narrower than mesepimeral sulcus

Description.

Female body length=0.70-0.89 mm (n=2).

Colour. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown; radicle brown, A1 and A4-A7 pale yellow, A2-A3 and A8-A11 light brown; procoxa brown-black, meso- and meta- coxae brown-yellow, remainder of all legs yellow-brown.

Head. Head 1.3 × as wide as high, 1.2 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 × head width, 0.8 × eye length; frons coriaceous reticulate with medial smooth patches, dorsal to which several transverse striae present; central keel present (with transverse carinae on either side in addition to several transverse striae ventrally); vertex weakly transversely reticulate; gena entirely weakly reticulate with a smooth basal patch; eye (L: W=13.6:11.2) large, setose; POL: LOL in ratio of 8.1:4.7; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate with sparse setae; A1 3.4 × as long as wide and 3 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=12.6:16.0) convex, entirely coriaceous reticulate, reticulations longitudinal; mesoscutal humeral sulcus not foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate; lateral pronotal area dorsally coriaceous reticulate, remainder smooth; epomial carina present; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus foveate, setose; netrion sulcus entirely foveate; subacropleural sulcus indicated by two large depressions; prespecular sulcus indicated by six closely placed foveae; mesopleural pit distinct with weak striae radiating ventrally; speculum with transverse carinae; episternal sulcus not foveate; postacetabular sulcus not foveate; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron smooth except for a large anterior reticulate patch; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth and wider than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus not foveate; dorsal metapleural area smooth; ventral metapleuron with oblique carinae; metapleural epicoxal sulcus with shallow depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus medially narrow, laterally wide and foveate; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=5.1:10.2), smooth, setose; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum anteriorly foveate, remainder rugose-punctate; metanotal trough weakly foveate; lateral propodeal area with intricate sculpture with foveae on inner margin; medial lateral propodeal carina barely perceptible as hidden beneath metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=49.4:12.9) and hind wing (L: W=43.6:5.5) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 5.0:5.8:10.8, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=24.6:16.7); T1 with longitudinal foveae, laterally and posteriorly smooth; T2 with elongate basal foveae, followed by several longitudinal striae extending 0.8 × length of tergite; posterior margin of T2 almost straight; T1 with two lateral and one sublateral setae; T2 4.3 × length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named after the Tuluva dynasty, the third of the four dynasties, that in the first half of the sixteenth century, ruled the legendary South Indian Vijayanagar empire.The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 15. Phanuromyia tuluva sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antenna; F. Wings.