Goniozus marasmi Kurian, 1955

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7. Goniozus marasmi Kurian, 1955

Fig. 7 , A–J

Goniozus marasmi Kurian, 1955 , 4: 114, 124, 125, Figs: 211–215.

Type locality: Pusa , Bihar, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 2.5 mm–3.0 mm. General colour reddish-brown to black. Head as long as wide; frons coriaceous; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin angled, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina high in lateral view; mandible tetradentate; antenna with sparse pubescence, scape 2.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel shorter than first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent. Metapectal-propodeal disc wider than long; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle dorsally placed. Tarsal claw simple. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein present, 1M 2 c opened. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA,] Bihar, Pusa , 6-X-1907, parasitic on Marasmia trapezalis . Paratype: ♀, same data of holotype .

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 95/B. Head, mesosoma and metasoma are lost. On slides : S1 C1—two legs; one antenna. S1 C2—one forewing and one hind wing. S2 C1—one leg. S3 C1—one forewing; one antenna. S3 C2—one leg. Paratypes partly dissected on slide Nº. 34/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: complete female with distal flagellomeres broken.

Remarks. Some paratypes are not present in NFIC.

Hosts. Lepidoptera : Pyralidae : Marasmia trapezalis (Guenée) .

Figures

FIGURE 7. A–J. Goniozus marasmi Kurian, 1955. A–C. Holotype. A. Antenna; B. Legs (left to right) pro and metalegs; C. Forewing. D–H. Paratype. D. Habitus, lateral view; E. Head, frontal view; F. Mesosoma, dorsal view; G. Metapectal-propodeal disc, dorsal view; H. Metasoma, dorsal view. I. Three slides of holotype. J. Labels of paratype.