Brachymeria atteviae Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972

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Brachymeria atteviae Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972

( Figs 27–30 )

Material examined. Tamil Nadu: 2♀ Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, Thenkasi dt., Ukkonam , 27.viii.2019, Coll. ZSIK Research Scholars .

Diagnosis. Body black with antenna, hind leg (except as described below) and metasoma ventrally characteristic red-brown colour; head as wide as mesosoma, area below scrobe with short unpitted smooth area, both pre- ( Fig. 27 , arrow) and postorbital carina conspicuous ( Fig. 28 , arrow); head and mesosoma regularly punctate with shallow setigerous pits, the interstices rugose; apical margin of scutellum crenulate ( Fig. 30 ); metacoxa without any ventromesal teeth; metafemur black with yellow region apically, ventrally with 9–11 irregular teeth; metatibia yellow apically and basally, but with medial brown region ( Fig. 29 ); metasoma subacuminate; Gt 1 smooth; ovipositor sheath distinct dorsally ( Fig. 30 ).

Figures

FIGURES 27–30. Brachymeria atteviae Joseph, Narendran & Joy, 1972, female.27, habitus, lateral view (arrow points to preorbital carina); 28, head, frontal view (arrow points to postorbital carina); 29, hind leg; 30, habitus, dorsal view.