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0389FB544864FFC97DDBFD5CFA04F913.text	0389FB544864FFC97DDBFD5CFA04F913.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Carinopius Tan & van Achterberg 2016	<div><p>Carinopius Tan &amp; van Achterberg, 2016</p><p>Carinopius Tan &amp; van Achterberg 2016: 570 .</p><p>Type species Carinopius albocoxalis Tan &amp; van Achterberg, 2014: 570 .</p><p>Diagnosis (modified from Tan et al. 2016)</p><p>Subocular depression present along posterior and dorsal margins of eye (Figs 1B–F); occipital carina narrowly angulate dorso-laterally and largely absent dorsally (Fig. 1C); mesosoma about twice as long as high, distinctly flattened in lateral view (Fig. 2C); precoxal sulcus sloping downwards posteriorly (Fig. 2C); mesepimeral flange widened near pleural scrobe (Fig. 2C); notauli largely absent, only present in anterior 1/3 (Fig. 2D); scutellar sulcus curved, but laterally reduced (Fig. 2D); metanotum protruding medio-posteriorly and median carina incomplete or complete (Fig. 2F); fore wing vein M+CU1 tubular (Fig. 3E); hind wing vein m-cu absent (Fig. 3F); propodeum, metasomal tergites 1–2 and base of tergite 3 distinctly sculptured (Figs 2E, F, 3A, B); dorsal carinae of tergite 1 united near base of tergite and continued as median carina posteriorly, dorsope absent, laterope distinctly impressed and glymma crenulate (Figs 2F, 3A, B); tergites 4–6 well exposed, smooth and without a sharp lateral crease (Figs 2F, 3A, B); tergites 3–4 protruding latero-posteriorly (Fig. 2F); hypopygium medium-sized and subtruncate ventro-apically (Fig. 3C).</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Oriental (China, India, Thailand and Vietnam).</p><p>Key to the species of Carinopius Tan &amp; van Achterberg, 2016</p><p>1. Mesoscutum, pronotum and mesopleuron yellow; metanotum with incomplete midlongitudinal carina; fore wing vein m-cu weakly antefurcal; metasomal tergite 2 with midlongitudinal carina in anterior half (China &amp; Vietnam)............................................................................... Carinopius albocoxalis Tan &amp; van Achterberg</p><p>- Mesoscutum, pronotum and mesopleuron black (Figs 1A, D, 2C, D); metanotum with complete midlongitudinal carina (Fig. 2E); fore wing vein m-cu strongly antefurcal (Fig. 3E); metasomal tergite 2 without midlongitudinal carina in anterior half (Fig. 3B) (India and Thailand)................................................. Carinopius dhithyae Ranjith sp. nov.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389FB544864FFC97DDBFD5CFA04F913	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjith, A. P.	Ranjith, A. P. (2025): First record of the opiine genus, Carinopius Tan & van Achterberg, 2016 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Thailand with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5642 (1): 89-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.9
0389FB544864FFCC7DDBF88FFAE7F810.text	0389FB544864FFCC7DDBF88FFAE7F810.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Carinopius dhithyae Ranjith 2025	<div><p>Carinopius dhithyae Ranjith, sp. nov.</p><p>http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 28C22699-6E8C-4895-9B57-6F356DFF7923</p><p>(Figs 1–3)</p><p>Material examined. Holotype, ♀ INDIA: Kerala, Kozhikode, Kozhipara, 11°33′62″ N, 76°11′02″ E, 27.i.2018, sweep net, coll. Ranjith A.P. (ZSIK: ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.28941) . Paratype, ♀, Thailand: Namtok Yong National Park, malaise trap, 29.vii–5.viii.2008, Uprai, K., T3072 (QSBG) .</p><p>Description. Holotype, ♀, length of body 6.8 mm, of fore wing 5.2 mm.</p><p>Head. Width 1.8 × its median length in dorsal view. Behind ocellar triangle (stemmaticum) with a distinct pit (Fig. 1C); OOL: diameter of ocellus: POL= 1.8:1.1:1.0. Frons depressed, with a short shallow, longitudinal groove, with short transverse rugae postero-medially (Fig. 1C). Face rugose-punctate associated with oblique striae laterally, medially with smooth longitudinal area, setose (Fig. 1B). Clypeus weakly convex, sparsely punctate and its ventral margin thin and slightly concave, sparsely setose (Fig. 1B); width of clypeus 2.0 × its maximum height and 0.6 × width of face; hypoclypeal depression distinct and narrow (Fig. 1B, E). Antennal sockets strongly protruding in lateral view (Fig. 1D, E). Eye glabrous, in dorsal view 2.5 × longer than temple, distinctly depressed along posterior and dorsal margins of eye (Fig. 1A–F); eye slightly emarginated near base of antennal socket, 2.2 × as high as broad in anterior view (Fig. 1B, E). Temple behind eye roundly contracted (Fig. 1C). Occipital carina strongly developed and weakly lamelliform laterally with a small angulate part dorsally, largely absent medio-dorsally and separated from hypostomal carina ventrally (Fig. 1C, D, F). Temple and malar space coarsely punctate (Fig. 1D–F); length of malar space 0.2 × height of eye and 0.6 × basal width of mandible; malar suture indistinct (Fig. 1E). Mandible distinctly twisted and gradually widened baso-ventrally, with distinct teeth and ventral carina (Fig. 1B, E); length of maxillary palp 1.1 × height of head; labial palp segments slender except second segment apically widened (Fig. 2A, B). Antenna with 49 antennomeres; third antennomere 1.4 × as long as fourth antennomere, length of third, fourth and penultimate antennomere 2.6 ×, 1.9 × and 4.0 × their width, respectively.</p><p>Mesosoma. Distinctly flattened in lateral view (Fig. 2C); length of mesosoma 2.0 × its height. Pronotum smooth laterally with a short crenulate groove anteriorly, crenulate posteriorly with fine punctures dorsally (Figs 1D, 2B, C); dorsal pronope round and medium-sized, dorsal pronotum with transverse crenulate groove posteriorly (Figs 1C, 2D); propleuron evenly convex, shiny and sparsely punctulate, propleural flange broad (Fig. 2A, B). Mesoscutum directly raised above pronotum, shiny and sparsely punctulate with long setae (Fig. 2C); notauli incomplete, only impressed in anterior third of mesoscutum, rather deep and crenulate (Fig. 2D); medio-posterior depression of mesoscutum absent (Fig. 2D); transverse suture of mesoscutum present, postero-lateral groove distinctly crenulate (Fig. 2D); scutellar sulcus deep and broad medially, with five carinae, 0.2 × as long as scutellum, laterally curved, narrowed and finely crenulate (Fig. 2D); scutellum largely smooth, punctulate, flat, without subposterior depression (Fig. 2D); side of scutellum crenulate (Fig. 2D). Mesopleuron largely smooth, sparsely punctate dorsally and posteriorly (Fig. 2C); prepectal and postpectal carinae absent (Fig. 2C); precoxal sulcus moderately wide, crenulate and straight (Fig. 2C); pleural sulcus smooth (Fig. 2C); mesepimeral flange widened near pleural scrobe (Fig. 2C); mesosternal sulcus narrow, faintly crenulate (Fig. 2C). Metapleuron medially smooth, rest coarsely crenulate or rugose-punctate (Fig. 2C). Metanotum with complete midlongitudinal carina (Fig. 2E). Propodeum coarsely foveolate-reticulate with two small transverse smooth patches antero-dorsally (Fig. 2E); transverse subbasal carina absent (Fig. 2E); median carina developed anteriorly and merged posteriorly into surrounding sculpture (Fig. 2E).</p><p>Wings. Fore wing (Fig. 3E): length 2.9 × as long as its maximum width. Pterostigma elongate triangular, 3.3 × as long as its maximum width; vein M+CU1 weakly curved, sclerotized; vein r-m present, slightly oblique; 1-R1 ending before wing apex; 2-SR:3-SR:r-m = 2.0:3.0:1.0; vein r slightly widened basally, arising before middle of pterostigma; 1-M and SR1 slightly curved; m-cu distinctly antefurcal; cu-a postfurcal and inclivous; 1-CU1 slightly widened; CU1b short. Hind wing (Fig. 3F): M+CU:1-M:1r-m = 1.0:1.6:1.3:18; cu-a straight; m-cu absent.</p><p>Legs. Fore tibia with a single row of short, stout spines (Fig. 3D). Hind femur, tibia and basitarsus 3.7 ×, 8.3 × and 6.0 × as long as wide, respectively; hind tibial spurs about 0.3 × hind basitarsus; hind tibia distally with six spines on its outer side and baso-laterally without oblique carina on its inner side.</p><p>Metasoma. Metasoma 1.1 × as long as head and mesosoma combined; seven tergites exposed (Fig. 2F). Tergite 1 1.1 × as long as wide apically, its surface moderately convex and coarsely rugose (Fig. 3A, B); dorsal carinae merged basally into a complete medially sinuate transverse carina, midlongitudinal carina nearly complete with a pair of incomplete sublateral carinae with a smooth area medio-posteriorly, sparsely setose (Fig. 3B); laterope and glymma present, dorsope absent (Fig. 3A, B). Second suture present (Fig. 3B); tergite 2 0.9 × as long as tergite 3, 0.5 × as long as wide apically, longitudinally striate-rugose, smooth antero-laterally and medio-posteriorly, sparsely setose (Fig. 3B); tergite 3 0.5 × as long as wide apically, smooth, sparsely setose except with longitudinally striate antero-medially (Fig. 3B); following tergites smooth sparsely setose posteriorly (Fig. 3B); tergites 3–4 protruding postero-laterally (Fig. 2F). Ovipositor sheath 0.2 × as long as fore wing, 1.0 × tergite 1 and 0.5 × as long as hind tibia; hypopygium subtrunctate ventro-apically and about 0.6 × as long as tergite 1 (Figs 2F, 3C).</p><p>Colour. Body largely black except for the following, head except apex of mandible, propleuron, mesopleuron ventrally and posteriorly, fore and mid tarsus, hind tibia subbasally, hind tarsomeres apically, metasomal tergite 4 anteriorly and posteriorly, ovipositor yellow, maxillary and labial palps, ocelli, tegula, fore leg except tarsus, mid leg except tarsus, hind leg except tibia and tarsus, metasoma laterally and ventrally, metasomal tergites 6–7 ivory to yellow, antenna, pterostigma, wing veins, tarsal claws, hind tibia except subbasally, hind tarsomeres except apically, ovipositor sheath reddish brown.</p><p>Variation. The paratype female varies as follows; lateral lobes of mesoscutum and scutellum yellowish brown.</p><p>Male. Unknown.</p><p>Distribution. Oriental (India and Thailand).</p><p>Biology. Unknown.</p><p>Etymology. APR dedicates the species to Ms. Dhithya Venkateswaran for her unwavering support and encouragements.</p><p>Comparative diagnosis. The new species can be distinguished from the type species by the differences mentioned in the key. Apart from the differences cited in the key the new species differs from C. albocoxalis by the following characters; eye 2.5 × as long as temple in dorsal view (vs 3.3 × in C. albocoxalis), third antennomere 2.6 × as long as wide (vs 1.6 × in C. albocoxalis), and hind femur 3.7 × as long as wide (vs 3.4 × in C. albocoxalis).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0389FB544864FFCC7DDBF88FFAE7F810	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ranjith, A. P.	Ranjith, A. P. (2025): First record of the opiine genus, Carinopius Tan & van Achterberg, 2016 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India and Thailand with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 5642 (1): 89-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.1.9
