Idris lopamudra Veenakumari

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Mohanraj, Prashanth & Khan, F. R., 2015, ' The adikeshavus-group': A new species group of Idris Foerster (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from India, with descriptions of five new species, Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 62 (2), pp. 247-260 : 251-253

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Platygastridae

Idris lopamudra Veenakumari sp. n. Figures 28-34

Holotype

(Female). (ICAR/NBAIR/P391) INDIA: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Hebbal, YPT, 12.iv.2010. Paratypes: (ICAR/NBAIR/P392), 1 female, same data as holotype, PFT, 18.i.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P393), 1 female, same data as P392, 11.i.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P394), 1 female, same data as P392, 04.i.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P395), 1 female, same data as P392, YPT, 03.iii.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P396), 1 female, same data as P392, PFT, 20.ii.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P397, P398), 2 females, Bengaluru, Malleshwaram, Aranyabhavan, PFT, 17.ii.2010; (ICAR/NBAIR/P399), 1 female, Bengaluru, Attur, YPT, 27.vii.2013; (ICAR/NBAIR/P400), 1 female, Karnataka: Tumkur, Ranganathswamy Betta, SN, 20.ix.2011; (ICAR/NBAIR/P401), 1 female, Karnataka: Bengaluru, Jarakabande Kaval, MT, 23.i.2015; (ICAR/NBAIR/P402), 1 female, same data as P401, YPT, 13.i.2014; (ICAR/NBAIR/P403), 1 female, same data as P401, MT, 29.i.2014; (ICAR/NBAIR/P404), 1 female, same data as P401, MT, 31.xii.2013; (ICAR/NBAIR/P405), 1 female, Tamil Nadu: Hosur, Uddanapalli, MT, 31.1.2015; (ICAR/NBAIR/P406), 1 female, same data as P405, YPT, 31.i.2015; (ICAR/NBAIR/P407), 1 female, same data as P405, YPT, 02.xii.2014.

Type locality.

INDIA, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu

Description of female.

Color and size (Fig. 28). Head, mesosoma brown, metasoma paler than mesosoma; posterior tergites yellowish brown; legs same color as metasoma; antennae brown to dark brown with patches of yellow on apical A1, anterior and posterior margin of A2 and lateral clava. Body length=0.725 mm.

Head (Figs 29, 31, 34). FCI=1.24; LCI=1.65; IOS 0.57 × width of head; lower frons smooth, upper frons and vertex with setigerous punctae; eyes (L:W = 11.1:10.1) densely setose; strong facial striae present; central keel present; gena smooth. POL>LOL in ratio of 15.4:8.5; length and width of antennomeres A1-A7 in ratio of 11.2:3.8, 5.0:3.3, 1.8:2.3, 1.1:2.0, 1.2:2.3, 1.7:2.3, 11.5:7.5, respectively; radicle 0.24 × length of A1.

Mesosoma (Figs 30, 31). Mesoscutum (L:W = 13.6:22.9) anteriorly reticulate and posteriorly setigerous punctate; notauli (L:W = 4.1:1.4) present; internotular distance 0.44 × width of mesoscutum; mesoscutellum (L:W = 5.2:18.8) with setigerous punctae; metascutellum smooth, narrow and medially indented; metanotal trough weakly foveate; scutoscutellar sulcus not foveate medially, foveate laterally; lateral pronotal area almost smooth except for a few faint transverse carinae anteriorly; mesopleuron with eight transverse carinae beneath tegula; femoral depression and mesopleural carina distinct; metapleuron almost smooth except for some uneven sculpture dorsally; propodeum present as lateral lamellae anterior to horn.

Fore wing (Fig. 33) (L:W = 34.8:12.6) transparent with very sparse microtrichia in basal half; hind wing (L:W = 32.3:7.6) less curved, with sparse microtrichia; fore wing marginal cilia 2.12 × width of wing; hind wing marginal cilia 2.46 × width of wing; submarginalis: marginalis: stigmalis in ratio of 16.7:2.6:6.6 respectively.

Metasoma (Fig. 32). (L:W = 40.5:24.8); T1 strongly costate, costae extending up to posterior margin; T1 with median horn, horn transversely costate laterally and posteriorly; horn almost wedge shaped posteriorly; T2 basally foveate, costate, costae wide apart; T2 1.7 × longer than T3; T3-T7 smooth; sparse long setae present sublaterally on T2 and T3; length and width of tergites T1-T7 in ratio of 8.6:18.5, 11.4:20.1, 6.7:24.3, 2.0:16.9, 1.8:13.6, 0.9:9.2, 8.6:8.0, respectively.

Variability (n=15). Female body length=0.745-0.837 mm (m=0.8; SD=0.03); FCI=1.15-1.30 (m=1.25; SD=0.06); LCI=1.63-1.72 (m=1.68; SD=0.09); mesoscutum length=0.123-0.149 mm (m=0.136; SD=0.09); mesoscutum width=0.192-0.239 mm (m=0.219; SD=0.04); mesoscutellum length=0.05-0.065 mm (m=0.058; SD=0.09); mesoscutellum width=0.18-0.193 mm (m=0.189; SD=0.01); fore wing length=0.341-0.391 mm (m=0.353; SD=0.09); fore wing width=0.121-0.141 mm (m=0.132; SD=0.05); length of fore wing marginal cilia=0.273-0.318 mm (m=0.291;SD=0.01); hind wing length=0.315-0.342 mm (m=0.329;SD=0.03); hind wing width=0.07-0.081 mm (m=0.079; SD=0.09); length of hind wing marginal cilia=0.17-0.205 (m=0.186; SD=0.01); length of T1=0.08-0.092 mm (m=0.087; SD=0.01); length of T2=0.113-0.121 mm (m=0.117; SD=0.05); length of T3=0.057-0.071 mm (m=0.067; SD=0.07).

Male.

Not known.

Etymology.

The species is named ' lopamudra ' after the wife of the Vedic sage Agastya, who was one of the few women philosophers of ancient India; used here as a noun in apposition.

Diagnosis.

The distinguishing characters for this species are mentioned under other species of Idris .