Brachymeria nosatoi Habu, 1966

Binoy, C., Nivetha, S. & Arulprakash, R., 2024, Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) of Opisina arenosella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae) on coconut palm in southern India, Zootaxa 5537 (4), pp. 493-510 : 503

Brachymeria nosatoi Habu, 1966

( Figs 40–43 )

Material examined. Kerala: 1♀ Malappuram dt., Calicut University Botanical Garden, 16–22.ix.2019, Coll. C. Binoy.

Diagnosis. Head a little wider than mesosoma in dorsal view; scrobe clearly reaching median ocellus ( Fig. 41 ); area below scrobe smooth and glabrous; preorbital carina present ( Fig. 41 , arrow); postorbital carina present, conspicuous, reaching genotemporal margin; mesosoma with compact setigerous punctures ( Fig. 43 ), the interstices rugose-carinate; apical margin of scutellum crenulate ( Fig. 43 ); metacoxa distinctly pitted without ventromesal tooth; metafemur black with large apical yellow region, surface finely punctate, densely pubescent, ventrally with 11–13 irregular small teeth; metatibia yellow apically and basally, but with brown-black region medially ( Fig. 42 ); metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma, acuminate ( Fig. 40 ); Gt 1 shiny, smooth ( Fig. 43 ); ovipositor sheath punctate, distinctly visible dorsally ( Fig. 43 ).

Figures

FIGURES 40–43. Brachymeria nosatoi Habu, 1966, female. 40, habitus, lateral view; 41, head, frontal view (arrows point to preorbital carina); 42, hind leg; 43, habitus, dorsal view.