Hadronotus circus (Kozlov and Lê)

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari, Kolla, Sreedevi, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Hadronotus insulare species group (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species from India, Journal of Natural History 58 (45 - 48), pp. 2121-2187 : 2133-2137

Hadronotus circus (Kozlov and Lê)

( Figures 3 (a–f), 4(a–g), 26(c))

Gryon circum Kozlov and Lê, 1992: 223 , 227 (original description, keyed).

Gryon circus Kozlov and Lê, 1996: 10 (description); Lê 2000: 97, 107 (description, keyed, type information).

Female body length = 1.06–1.24 mm (n = 15); male body length = 1.03–1.17 mm (n = 4).

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; clypeus red-brown; mandibles red-brown, with dark brown teeth; radicle, A1 yellow-brown; A2–A6 brown-black with uneven patches of yellow; A7–A12 darker than preceding antennomeres; coxa brown-black, remainder of leg yellow-brown.

Head. 1.5× as wide as high, 1.3× as high as long. IOS: 0.6× head width, 1.5× eye length. POL: LOL: OOL: 20.5: 11.1: 4.4. OOL: subequal to MOD. Compound eye: ovate (L: W = 16.6: 12.5). Sculpture of orbital furrow: foveate. Inner orbits in frontal view: converging dorsally. Central keel on frons: present, highly raised, extending entire length of frontal depression. Malar sulcus: dorsal 1/3 rugose, ventral 2/3 tuberculate. Shape of frontal depression: triangular. L: W of frontal depression: 23: 24.8. Width of frontal depression: subequal to IOS. Sculpture of frontal depression: with transverse carinae on either side of central keel; space between transverse carinae smooth; ventrally areolate. Submedian carina of frontal depression: entire. AOD in dorsal view: 1.8× OOL. Sculpture of frons sans frontal depression: with polygonal cells bearing white setae. Sculpture of vertex: with polygonal cells. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Sculpture of gena: dorsally with shallow polygonal cells, ventrally almost smooth.

Mesosoma. L: W of mesoscutum: 21.9: 40.3. Sculpture of mesoscutum: with polygonal cells bearing setae, and posteriorly interspersed with longitudinal carinae. Scutoscutellar sulcus: laterally foveate. L: W of mesoscutellum: 10.7: 33.4. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: longitudinally carinate interspersed with reticulations anteromedially, remainder with rugose sculpture. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, posteriorly smooth. Posterior margin of metascutellum: semicircular. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Lateral propodeal area: narrow, rectangular with a medial notch and with short anterior propodeal projections. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: with rectangular depressions. Posterior propodeal projections: short, pointing posteriorly. Pronotal cervical sulcus: with depressions. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally rugose, medially smooth and ventrally weakly reticulate. Prespecular sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of speculum: transversely carinate interspersed with foveae. Femoral depression: transversely carinate, with rugose sculpture between carinae. Episternal sulcus: not foveate. Postacetabular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: irregularly foveate. Sculpture of posterior mesepimeral area: with shallow depressions. Mesopleural carina: indicated ventrally. Mesopleural pit: present. Metapleural sulcus: indicated with depressions. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: foveate, sparsely setose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: rugose, sparsely setose. Paracoxal sulcus: with depressions. L: W of fore wing: 74.3: 36.7. Ratio of length of m: st: pm: 3.0: 10.5: 0, marginalis punctiform; postmarginalis absent. L: W of hind wing: 61: 16. Length of hind wing marginal cilia: 0.24× width of wing. Shape of submarginalis: straight, slightly distant and parallel to anterior wing margin in basal 2/5, and then with an extensive dip before reaching marginalis.

Metasoma. L: W of metasoma: 35.4: 37.2, wider than long. Anterior margin of T1: projecting medially and laterally. Basal foveae on T1: present. Sculpture of T1: longitudinally costate with foveae between costae. Sculpture of T2: areolate; basal foveae absent. Length of T2: 8× length of T3. Sculpture of T3–T4: areolate-rugose with smooth area posteromedially. Setation of metasoma: densely setose laterally and posteriorly.

Male. Similar to female. Length of A1–A 12 in ratio of 17.2: 5.4: 4.3: 3.3: 3.3: 3.7: 3.7: 3.7: 3.9: 4.1: 4.1: 6.9, respectively.

Material examined

Paratype. female, VIETNAM: Thai Nguyen, Phu Luong, 16 April 1986, leg . A . Sarkov. Other material: one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4790), INDIA: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Jarakabande Kaval, 13.124°N, 77.548°E, ca 920 m, MT, 12 August 2014; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4791), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Jarakabande Kaval, 13.124°N, 77.548°E, ca 920 m, MT, 12 August 2014; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4792–P4793), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture ( CIFA), Hessaraghatta, 13.134°N, 77.478°E, ca 880 m, YPT, 7 July 2014; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4794), Karnataka: Bengaluru, CIFA, Hessaraghatta, 13.134°N, 77.478°E, ca 880 m, YPT, 28 March 2014; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4795), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, YPT, 13 July 2013; three females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4796–P4798), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, MT, 14 June 2013; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4799), Karnataka:Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, PFT, 9 July 2013; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4800), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, MT, 25 June 2013; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4801), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, YPT, 13 February 2014; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4802), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13.096°N, 77.566°E, ca 930 m, YPT, 1 June 2013; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4803), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra ( GKVK), 13.080°N, 77.578°E, ca 930 m, YPT, 22 May 2013; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4804–P4805), Karnataka: Bengaluru, GKVK, 13.080°N, 77.578°E, ca 930 m, YPT, 20 March 2013; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4806–P4807), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Kengeri, 12.899°N, 77.482°E, ca 850 m, YPT, 30 November 2012; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4808), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Kengeri, 12.899°N, 77.482°E, ca 850 m, YPT, 5 February 2012; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4809), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Kengeri, 112.899°N, 77.482°E, ca 850 m, YPT, 21 December 2012; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4810), Karnataka: Bengaluru, Kengeri, 12.899°N, 77.482°E, ca 850 m, YPT, 27 July 2013; two females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4811–P4812), Tripura: Agartala, Tripura University ( TU), 23.761°N, 91.263°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 10 March 2016; three females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4813–P4815), Tripura: Agartala, TU, 23.761°N, 91.263°E, ca 20 m, YPT, 9 March 2016; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4816), Tamil Nadu: Yelagiri, Pudur, 12.582°N, 78.643°E, ca 1110 m, YPT, 15 June 2016; three females ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4817–P4819), Tamil Nadu: Lower Pulney Hills, Thadiyankudisai, HRS, 10.299°N, 77.711°E, ca 990 m, YPT, 28 November 2016; one female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4820), Uttarakand: Dehradun, Sherpur, 30.344° N, 77.843° E, ca 500 m, SN, 3 November 2009; one male ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4821), Karnataka: Bengaluru, GKVK, 13.080°N, 77.578°E ca 930 m, YPT, 22 November 2012; three males ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4822– P4824), Nagaland: Medziphema, 25.759°N, 93.881°E, ca 480 m, YPT, 27 February 2015.

Diagnosis

Hadronotus circus shares the character state of triangular frontal depression with a wide base with H. galdikasae sp. n. However, it differs from H. galdikasae in having a central keel extending the entire length of frontal depression on frons, while in the latter the central keel is incomplete.

Remarks

This species is reported for the first time from India.