Antrocephalus ryukyuensis Habu, 1966

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 353

Antrocephalus ryukyuensis Habu, 1966

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Brachymeria (Matsumurameria) rykuensis Habu, 1963

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Sattari, Ambedem , 21 November 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female, length of the body 4 mm.

Colour. Body black with following parts rufous: pedicel, F1 and F2, tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg. Fore wing with a yellowish-brown spot under marginal vein.

Head. Wider than high in frontal view. Scrobe deep, striate and reaching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow shallow. POL 5× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices narrower than puncture diameters. Scutellum weakly emarginate at apex. Post-marginal vein longer than marginal and stigmal vein.

Metasoma. Metasoma equal to mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with a pair of basal carinae.

Distribution

INDIA. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa (new record), Kerala, Tripura ( Gupta and Joshi 2013) .

Figures

Figure 13–18. Habitus: 13–14, Antrocephalus phaeospilus; 15–16, Antrocephalus ryukyuensis; 17–18, Antrocephalus validicornis.