Phanuromyia kanva 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 kanva Veenakumari sp. nov.

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Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4264), India: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Hessaraghatta , 13°08'01"N, 77°29'27"E, 859 m, SN, 03.VI.2010 . Paratypes: 1 female (ICAR/NBAIR/P4265), Tamil Nadu: Yercaud , HRS, 11°47'44"N, 78°12'42"E, 1399 m, ST, 05.VIII.2016 ; 1 female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4266), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur , 13°05'48"N, 77°33'59"E, 936 m, YPT, 10.VI.2013 .

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia kanva sp. nov. is close to P. nirvighna sp. nov. but differs from it in having short foveae on T1 and a convex mesoscutum, while in P. nirvighna sp. nov. foveae on T1 are elongate and the mesoscutum is not convex.

Description.

Female body length=0.83-1.03 mm (n=3).

Colour. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma black-brown; radicle yellow-brown, A1-A4 brown with weak yellow patches, A5-A7 yellow, remaining antennomeres brown-black; 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, subequal to eye length; frons weakly reticulate witha medial smooth patch, ventrally with transverse striae radiating on either side of imaginary central keel; central keel absent; vertex transversely coriaceous reticulate; gena weakly reticulate with smooth basal patch, setose; eye (L: W=11.4:9.7) large, densely setose, setae long; POL: LOL in ratio of 10.0:5.7; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; a blunt hyperoccipital carina indicated; occiput coriaceous reticulate with elongate setae;A1 4.1 × as long as wide; A1 2.4 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=15.2:19.8) convex, coriaceous reticulate, setose; mesoscutal humeral sulcus indicated not foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate;lateral pronotal area dorsally coriaceous reticulate, remainder transversely striate; epomial carina absent; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate; netrion sulcus foveate dorsally; subacropleural sulcus indicated by two large foveae; prespecular sulcus not foveate; mesopleural pit distinct; speculum without transverse carinae; episternal sulcus not foveate; postacetabular sulcus not foveate; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron smooth except for a weak anterior reticulate patch; mesepimeral sulcus indicated by a carina; mesepimeral area smooth, wider than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus not foveate; paracoxal sulcus not foveate; dorsal metapleural area smooth; ventral metapleuron smooth with sparse foveae ventrally; posteroventral metapleuron with dense setae; metapleural epicoxal sulcus not foveate; scutoscutellar sulcus laterally foveate; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=5.1:12.9), smooth, setose; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum foveate on anterior margin, smooth posteriorly; metanotal trough weakly foveate; lateral propodeal area smooth with a large fovea on inner margin; entire lateral propodeal carina visible posterior to metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=52.3:16.9) and hind wing (L: W=44.4:6.6) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 5.1:6.6:15.0, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=31.5:17.9); T1 smooth except for basal foveae; T2 with weak basal foveae, followed by longitudinal striae, extending 0.9 × length of tergite; remaining tergites smooth; posterior margin of T2 straight; T1 with two lateral and two sublateral setae; T2 4.9 × length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named after the Kanva dynasty that ruled in the region of Magadha (now a part of Bihar) in North India for a brief period between 72 and 28 BCE. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 8. Phanuromyia kanva sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antenna; F. Wings.