Pambolus (Phaenodus) ruficeps Belokobylskij

Ahmad, Zubair, Ghramh, Hamed A. & Ansari, Anjum, 2019, Two new species of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from India, ZooKeys 889, pp. 23-35 : 23

Pambolus (Phaenodus) ruficeps Belokobylskij Figs 4-7

Pambolus (Phaenodus) ruficeps Belokobylskij, 1988: 27 (Taiwan); Belokobylskij 1990: 128 (Malaysia) Belokobylskij 1992a, 167 (Vietnam); Papp 1996: 50 (India)

Material examined.

2 females, "INDIA: Uttar Pradesh, Etawah, 13.IV.02; coll. M Shamim (ZDAMU)".

Diagnosis.

Pambolus (Ph.) ruficeps is quite unlike all Oriental species of the genus Pambolus due to the presence of a heavily sculptured head. A brief diagnosis of P. (Ph.) ruficeps follows: body length 3.0-4.2 mm long, forewing length 3.0 mm long; eye 2.7-3.0 × as long as temple in dorsal view, latter receded; antenna with 33-40 segmented, 1.5-1.7 × as long as body; vertex, occiput coriaceous to rugulose; face reticulate rugulose; notauli distinct and crenulated; vein r, 2RS, 3RSa normal; propodeal spine as long as second or third tarsomere of hind tarsus; hind femur 3.5-3.8 × as long as broad medially; F1 1.1-1.3 × as broad behind as long medially.

Host.

Unknown.

Distribution.

India: Jammu and Kashmir, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh; Malaysia, Taiwan, Vietnam ( Papp 1996).

Figures

Figures 4 - 7. Pambolus (Ph.) ruficeps Belokobylskij 4 head, dorsal view 5 mesosoma, dorso-lateral view 6 metasoma, lateral view 7 forewing.