Shortia siccula Gauld, 1984

Ranjith, A. P. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2024, A remarkable rediscovery and range extension from Australia to South India with the description of two new species of the genus Shortia Gauld, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), European Journal of Taxonomy 921, pp. 158-172 : 168-169

Shortia siccula Gauld, 1984

Figs 6–7

Shortia siccula — Gauld 1984: 248.

Diagnosis

Female

Antenna with 33 flagellomeres ( Fig. 6A ). Head slightly wider than high ( Fig. 6B ). Lower margin of clypeus distinctly convex ( Fig. 6C ). Frons punctate laterally ( Fig. 6D ). Vertex minutely punctate with a pair of lateral yellow spots ( Fig. 6D ). Pronotum with crenulate groove laterally ( Fig. 6E ). Mesoscutum punctate ( Fig. 6F ). Scuto-scutellar groove smooth, without crenulations ( Fig. 6F ). Scutellum punctate ( Fig. 6F ). Epicnemial carina wavy ( Fig. 6E ). Mesopleuron minutely punctate ( Fig. 6E ). Speculum smooth ( Fig. 6E ). Metapleuron minutely punctate ( Fig. 6E ). Pleural carina complete without interruptions ( Figs 6E , 7A ). Propodeum coriaceous punctate ( Fig. 7A ). T1 punctate postero-laterally, mostly unicolourous ( Fig. 7A–C ). T2 with black transverse band occupying basal ⅔ of the tergite ( Fig. 7B ). T3 minutely punctate ( Fig. 7C ). T4–6 coriaceous ( Fig. 7B–C ).

Male

Same as female.

Biology

Unknown.

Distribution

Australia.

Figures

Fig. 6. Shortia siccula Gauld, holotype, ♀ (ANIC database no. 32 163589). A. Habitus, lateral view. B. Head, antero-dorsal view. C. Head, ventral view. D. Head, dorsal view. E. Mesosoma, lateral view. F. Mesosoma, dorsal view.

Fig. 7. Shortia siccula Gauld, holotype, ♀ (ANIC database no. 32 163589). A. Propodeum, dorsal view. B. Metasoma, dorsal view. C. Metasoma, lateral view.