Phanuromyia satavahana 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 satavahana Veenakumari sp. nov.

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Material examined.

Holotype, female, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4327, 2308), India: Tripura: Agartala, Tripura University (TU), 23°76'28"N, 91°26'33"E, 17 m, YPT, 09.III.2016. Paratypes: 2 females, (ICAR/NBAIR/P4328, P4331), Tripura: Agartala, TU, 23°76'28"N, 91°26'33"E, 17 m, YPT, 09.III.2016.

Diagnosis.

Phanuromyia satavahana sp. nov. is close to P. kakatiya sp. nov. The distinguishing characters are given under the latter species.

Description.

Female body length=0.75-0.92 mm (n=3).

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

Head. Head 1.5 × as wide as high, 1.2 × as high as long; IOS 0.5 × head width, subequal to eye length; frons with sparse long setae, coriaceous reticulate with no medial smooth patch; central keel present, with transverse carinae on either side; vertex weakly transversely coriaceous reticulate; gena weakly reticulate with a smooth patch basally; eye (L: W=12.5:10.7) large, setose; POL: LOL in ratio of 9.0:4.7; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina absent; occiput coriaceous reticulate with sparse setae; A1 3.8 × as long as wide; A1 2.5 × as long as A2.

Mesosoma. Mesoscutum (L: W=13.0:20.0) convex, entirely coriaceous reticulate, except for punctate sculpture posteromedially; mesoscutal humeral sulcus not foveate; mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus indicated by a furrow; lateral pronotal area dorsally coriaceous reticulate, remainder smooth; epomial carina present, indicated by a large fovea; pronotal suprahumeral sulcus not foveate; netrion sulcus ventrally foveate; subacropleural sulcus indicated by two small foveae; prespecular sulcus indicated by five foveae; mesopleural pit distinct; speculum with transverse carinae; episternal sulcus not foveate; postacetabular sulcus indicated by uneven shallow depressions; femoral depression smooth; ventral mesopleuron reticulate in dorsal half and remainder smooth; mesepimeral sulcus foveate; mesepimeral area smooth, narrower than width of mesepimeral sulcus; metapleural sulcus foveate; paracoxal sulcus not foveate; dorsal metapleural area smooth; ventral metapleuron weakly carinate; metapleural epicoxal sulcus indicated as shallow depressions; scutoscutellar sulcus laterally foveate; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W=5.0:13.2), smooth, setose; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum with a weak posteromedial projection; metascutellum anteriorly with depressions, posteromedially rugose, remainder smooth; metanotal trough weakly foveate; lateral propodeal area smooth with two large foveae on inner margin; entire lateral propodeal carina visible posterior to metascutellum when viewed dorsally; fore wing (L: W=51.5:13.8) and hind wing (L: W=46.4:5.9) hyaline with dense microtrichia; ratio of length of marginalis: stigmalis: postmarginalis 4.3:5.4:7.6, respectively.

Metasoma. (L: W=26.2:19.1); T1 with longitudinal foveae, laterally and posteriorly smooth; T2 with basal foveae, followed by longitudinal striae culminating in coriaceous reticulations; remaining tergites smooth; posterior margin of T2 slightly convex; T1 with two lateral setae and one sublateral seta; T2 4.4 × length of T1.

Male. Not known.

Etymology.

This species is named after the Satavahanas, who ruled a vast empire from their capital in South India for four and a half centuries starting from c. 230 BCE. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Figures

Figure 14. Phanuromyia satavahana sp. nov. (♀). A. Habitus (dorsal view); B. Frons; C. Head and pleuron; D. Head and mesonotum; E. Antennae; F. Wings.