Hadronotus goodallae Veenakumari, 2024

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Kolla, Sreedevi, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Hadronotus insulare species group (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species from India, Journal of Natural History 58 (45 - 48), pp. 2121-2187 : 2145-2147

Hadronotus goodallae Veenakumari sp. n.

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( Figures 8 (a–g), 26(g))

Female body length = 1.91–2.18 mm (n = 7); male body length = 1.83–1.98 mm (n = 2).

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; all coxae black, remainder of leg brown; clypeus and mandible red-brown; radicle brown; A1 red-brown with black patches medially; A2 brown-black; A3–A6 brown; remaining antennomeres black-brown.

Head. 1.3× as wide as high, 1.4× as high as long. IOS: 0.6× head width, 1.3× eye length. POL: LOL: OOL: 30.7: 16.0: 1.9. OOL: 0.4× MOD. Compound eye: ovate (L: W = 30.1: 23.7). Sculpture of orbital furrow: dorsally with depressions and ventrally rugose. Inner orbits in frontal view: converging dorsally. Central keel on frons: present, extending 0.6× length of frontal depression. Malar sulcus: indicated as a furrow with transverse carinae ventrally. Shape of frontal depression: ovoid. L: W of frontal depression: 30.8: 20.5. Width of frontal depression: 0.6× IOS. Sculpture of frontal depression: transversely carinate, space between carinae smooth; space between carinae in ventral half laterally weakly rugose, followed by polygonal cells towards inner orbit. Submedial carina of frontal depression: restricted to dorsal half. AOD in dorsal view: 4.1× OOL. Sculpture of frons sans frontal depression: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. Sculpture of vertex: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Sculpture of gena: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture.

Mesosoma. L: W of mesoscutum: 35.1: 55.1. Sculpture of mesoscutum: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, densely setose. Scutoscutellar sulcus: foveate. L: W of mesoscutellum: 19.0: 38.3. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: irregular cells with rugose sculpture, densely setose laterally. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, posteromedially bidentate. Posterior margin of metascutellum: bidentate. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Lateral propodeal area: laterally wide and narrowing centrad. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: with depressions. Posterior propodeal projection: short, pointing posterolaterally. Pronotal cervical sulcus: with depressions. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally rugose, medially transversely carinate, ventrally weakly rugose. Prespecular sulcus: transversely foveate. Sculpture of speculum: transversely carinate interspersed with sparse foveae. Femoral depression: transversely carinate, with irregular foveae between carinae. Episternal sulcus: foveate. Postacetabular sulcus: with depressions. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of posterior mesepimeral area: narrow and smooth. Mesopleural carina: indicated ventrally. Mesopleural pit: present. Metapleural sulcus: with large depressions. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: foveate, densely setose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with dense setae. Paracoxal sulcus: with irregular depressions. L: W of fore wing: 111.4: 50.3. Ratio of length of m: st: pm: 5.4: 10.8: 6.2. L: W of hind wing: 98.3: 26.6. Length of hind wing marginal cilia: 0.18× width of wing. Shape of submarginalis: straight, in close proximity to anterior margin of wing in basal 7/10, dipping before reaching marginalis.

Metasoma. L: W of metasoma: 79.4: 62.9, 1.3 × as long as wide. Anterior margin of T1: weakly projecting medially and laterally. Basal foveae on T1: present. Sculpture of T1: longitudinally costate, space between costae rugose. Sculpture of T2: anteriorly with elongate cells with smooth areas; remainder irregularly areolate; basal foveae absent. Length of T2: 4× length of T3. Sculpture of T3–T4: T3 anteromedially smooth with small, irregular foveae, remainder with same sculpture as T2, posteromedially smooth with punctae; T4 anteriorly foveate, posteriorly smooth. Setation of metasoma: densely setose laterally and posteriorly.

Male. Similar to female. Length of A1–A 12 in ratio of 30.0: 10.0: 11.2: 9.4: 7.5: 9.4: 9.4: 8.8: 8.1: 7.5: 7.5: 15.6, respectively.

Material examined

Holotype, female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4943 ), INDIA: Odisha: Dhenkanal , 20.650°N, 85.598°E, ca 110 m, 7 December 2007 . Paratypes: one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4944 ), Karnataka: Tumkur, Kunigal, 13.025°N, 77.025°E, ca 800 m, SN, 19 November 2014; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4945 ), Karnataka: Tumkur , Kunigal , 13.025°N, 77.025°E, ca 800 m, YPT, 16 March 2016; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4946 ), Tamil Nadu: Lower Pulney Hills , Thadiyankudisai , HRS, 10.299°N, 77.711°E, ca 990 m, YPT, 26 June 2016; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4947 – P4948 ), Tamil Nadu: Hosur , Uddanapalli , 12.624°N, 77.924°E, ca 750 m, MT, 30 December 2015; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4951 ), Andaman and Nicobar Islands: South Andaman , Chouldary , Bloomsdale , 11.640°N, 92.661°E, ca 10 m, 26 March 2016 . One male ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4949 ), Assam: Dhemaji, Simen Chapori, 27.720°N, 94.889°E, ca 120 m, SN, 6 May 2014; One male ( ICAR / NBAIR / P4950 ), Tamil Nadu: Chidambaram , Annamalai University , Agriculture College , 11.390°N 79.714°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 1 July 2016 .

Etymology

This species is named after the pre-eminent British primatologist Jane Goodall whose work on the chimpanzees of the Gombe stream in Tanzania pioneered new methods of primate field studies and established that chimpanzees too fashioned and used tools, forever obliterating this criterion as a marker distinguishing humans from other animals, and her subsequent studies demolished other such shibboleths. The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case.

Diagnosis

Hadronotus goodallae sp. n. is distinct in having hind wing projecting posteromedially.

Figures

Figure 8. Hadronotus goodallae sp. n., female. (a) Habitus (dorsal view); (b) antenna; (c) head and pleuron; (d) vertex; (e) wings; (f) frons; (g) head and mesonotum.