Dichoteleas indicus Saraswat, 1982

Schwartz, Johanna, Van Noort, Simon & Johnson, Norman F., 2023, A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), ZooKeys 1182, pp. 183-205 : 183

Dichoteleas indicus Saraswat

Figs 22-25

Dichoteleas indicus Saraswat, 1982: 350 (original description); Johnson, 1992: 367 (catalogued, type information).

Description.

Color of head: black. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Frontal depression: absent. Malar striae: present. Facial striae: present. Setation of eyes: sparse, with few scattered fine hairs. Sculpture of frons: primarily rugulose. Setation of frons: sparsely setose throughout. Submedian carina: present. Interantennal process: produced anteriorly, margined by depression. Central keel: present. Transverse pronotal carina: present. Color of pronotum: dark brown to black. Pronotal cervical sulcus: present. Mesepimeral sulcus: absent. Sulcus along mesopleural carina: absent. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present as an uninterrupted groove. Median mesoscutal line: present. Color of mesoscutum: dark brown to black. Sculpture of mesoscutum: rugulose. Notaulus: complete. Visibility of notaulus: slightly obscured by mesoscutal sculpture. Parapsidal line: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: rugulose. Shape of axillular carinae in lateral view: without a posteroventral hooklike projection. Color of axillular carina: yellow. Sculpture of T3-6: strigate and finely punctate. Median carina on T1-T4: absent.

Diagnosis.

This species can be distinguished by the anteriorly produced interantennal process and the presence of the central keel.

Distribution.

India (Kerala).

Material examined.

Holotype, male: India: School of Entomology , St. John’s College; USNMENT 01109962. India: 1 female, OSUC 875044 (CNCI).

Figures

Figures 22 - 25. Dichoteleas indicus (M) (USNMENT 01109962) 22 mesosoma, lateral view 23 head, anteroventral view 24 head, mesosoma, dorsal view 25 metasoma, dorsal view.