Brachymeria bengalensis (Cameron, 1897)
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11143584 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687FB-8B01-FFD5-FE1B-66C49F34FC3F |
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Plazi |
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Brachymeria bengalensis (Cameron, 1897) |
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Brachymeria bengalensis (Cameron, 1897) View in CoL
( Figures 19, 20 View Figure 19–24 )
Brachymeria scrobatae Joseph, Narendran and Joy, 1970
Brachymeria yasumatsui Habu, 1963
Brachymeria (Brachymeria) bengalensis delhiensis Farooqi, Husain and Ghai, 1991
Brachymeria (Brachymeria) bengalensis hyati Farooqi, Husain and Ghai, 1991
Chalcis bengalensis Cameron, 1897
Stypiura variabilis Mani, 1935
Material examined
INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Ambedem , 9 February 2019, 2 females, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Sattari, Ambedem , 23 December 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park, 10 February 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll. Sandesh Gawas.
Description
Female and male, length of the body 4–4.4 mm.
Colour. Body mostly black with following pale yellow: tegulae, tibia and tarsi of fore, mid and hindleg. The apex of the hind femur. Distal half of fore and mid femur. Reddish-brown: Hind femur, the apex of coxae, lateral sides of metasoma.
Head. Wider than high in frontal view. Head wider than mesosoma in dorsal view. Scrobe touching anterior ocellus. POL 3.1× OOL. Pre-orbital carina absent. Post-orbital carina present. Scape in length equals to F1, F2 and F3 combined. Antennal clava less than twice the length of F7.
Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and metanotum densely punctate. Scutellum at apex emarginate and bilobed and covered with silvery pubescence. Fore wing with post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein. Ventral side of hind coxa pubescent. Ventro-basal tooth on hind coxa absent.
Distribution
INDIA. Assam, Delhi, Goa (new record), Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Sheela et al. 2015; Emiliyamma 2016).
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