Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001

Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4838 (1), pp. 1-51 : 21

Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001

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Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001 , Entomon, J. Adv. Zool. , 22(2), 85–86.

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Himachal Pradesh, Shimla district, Shimla (31° 6′ N & 77° 10′ E, 2276 m), 01.vii.1918, Coll. Brunetti. ( NHM) B. M. TYPE HYM. 3a. 375 ( NHMUK013458833 )

Diagnosis. Body length 20.1 mm, ovipositor length 27.0 mm. Frons with irregular carinae and pits with microsculptured interstices; vertex with 4 or 5 carinae followed by closely packed cross striae and a median shallow grove; neck deeply emarginate, pronotal fold indistinct, trans-striate anteriorly weakening as proceeding posteriorly; mesoscutum with a broad reticulate area anteriorly, medial grove absent; scutellum smooth and shiny with faint aciculae and sparse pits laterally; metapleuron closely punctate; propodeum with close deep pits, interstices carinate with inside of pits and interstices reticulate; hind coxa finely and strongly annulate, irregular striae at base; hind femur tridentate and few denticle ventrally, basal tooth shorter; first metasomal tergite annulate, shorter than remaining segments; ovipositor distinctly longer than metasoma (ovipositor sheath broken).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Himachal Pradesh).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 29. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus similicus Narendran, 2001.