Goniozus nilamburensis Kurian, 1955

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11. Goniozus nilamburensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 11 , A–J

Goniozus nilamburensis Kurian, 1955 , 4: 114, 126–128, Figs: 222–226.

Type locality: Nilambur , Tamil Nadu, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 2.75 mm–2.90 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown to black. Head wider than long; frons coriaceous;ocelli distinct,posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin rounded, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 1.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum longer than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma dark brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein present, 1M 2 c opened. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Kerala,] Nilambur; [Tamil Nadu,] Madras , 25–30-VIII-1939, P. lacca sp . Paratypes: 5♀, same data of the holotype .

Type conditions. Holotype partly dissected on slide Nº. 134/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: body complete and intact, right wings, antenna and proleg removed. On slide : S1 C1—forewing; one leg without coxa and antenna. Paratypes on pin Nº. 134/B and Nº. 135/B. Pinned: body intact.

Remarks. There are five specimens mounted onto two different pins and the labels “ Holotype / Paratype ” are not present on either of the pins. One pin has a label Nº. 134 and contains two specimens on different cards; the second lower specimen on this pin, with left antenna and left forewings removed, matches the slide mounted specimen and its collection data also matches with the holotype mentioned by Kurian. These observations confirm that this specimen is the holotype. So, the upper specimen on this pin is the paratype. There is a second pin with tag Nº. 135 and has three specimens on three cards, both with det. labels by Kurian are present.

Hosts. Unidentified genus: P. lacca sp.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A–J. Goniozus nilamburensis Kurian, 1955. Holotype. A. Habitus, lateral view; B. Habitus, dorsal view; C. Head, frontal view; D. Mesosoma, dorsal view. E. Mesosoma, lateral view; F. Forewing; G. Antenna; H. Leg; I. Slide of holotype; J. Labels.