Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001

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Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001, Entomon, J. Adv. Zool., 22(2), 85–86.

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Himachal Pradesh, Shimla district, Shimla (31° 6′ N & 77° 10′ E, 2276 m), 01.vii.1918, Coll. Brunetti. (NHM) B. M. TYPE HYM. 3a. 375 (NHMUK013458833)

Diagnosis. Body length 20.1 mm, ovipositor length 27.0 mm. Frons with irregular carinae and pits with microsculptured interstices; vertex with 4 or 5 carinae followed by closely packed cross striae and a median shallow grove; neck deeply emarginate, pronotal fold indistinct, trans-striate anteriorly weakening as proceeding posteriorly; mesoscutum with a broad reticulate area anteriorly, medial grove absent; scutellum smooth and shiny with faint aciculae and sparse pits laterally; metapleuron closely punctate; propodeum with close deep pits, interstices carinate with inside of pits and interstices reticulate; hind coxa finely and strongly annulate, irregular striae at base; hind femur tridentate and few denticle ventrally, basal tooth shorter; first metasomal tergite annulate, shorter than remaining segments; ovipositor distinctly longer than metasoma (ovipositor sheath broken).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Himachal Pradesh).

Host. Unknown.