Hadronotus peludo Veenakumari, 2024

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 : 2157-2159

Hadronotus peludo Veenakumari sp. n.

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( Figures 13 (a–g), 26(l))

Female body length = 1.61 mm (n = 1); male body length = 1.53 mm (n = 1).

Colour. Head, mesosoma and metasoma black; coxae black-brown; remainder of legs brown-yellow; clypeus brown; mandible red-brown; radicle, A1–A2 brown-black, A3–A6 brown, A7–A12 black.

Head. 1.1× as wide as high, 1.6× as high as long. IOS: 0.5× head width, 1.2× eye length. POL: LOL: OOL: 22.1: 13.6: 6.0. OOL: 0.2× MOD. Compound eye: ovate (L: W = 24.2: 18.9). Sculpture of orbital furrow: foveate. Inner orbits in frontal view: converging dorsally. Central keel on frons: present, extending 3/5 length of frontal depression. Malar sulcus: with rectangular rugose areas. Shape of frontal depression: ovoid. L: W of frontal depression: 30.8: 16.8. Width of frontal depression: 0.6× IOS. Sculpture of frontal depression: transversely carinate, area between carinae smooth; in ventral 3/5, polygonal cells with rugose sculpture present on either side of transverse carinae. Submedian carina of frontal depression: restricted to dorsal 3/5. AOD in dorsal view: 5× OOL. Sculpture of frons sans frontal depression: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. Sculpture of vertex: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Sculpture of gena: with polygonal cells.

Mesosoma. L: W of mesoscutum: 26.0: 40.7. Sculpture of mesoscutum: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, setose. L: W of mesoscutellum: 16.4: 30.7. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: polygonal cells with rugose sculpture, densely setose laterad. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, posteriorly smooth and bidentate. Posterior margin of metascutellum: bidentate. Sculpture of metanotal trough: foveate. Lateral propodeal area: laterally wide and narrowing centrad. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: with depressions. Posterior propodeal projection: short, pointing posteriorly. Pronotal cervical sulcus: with uneven depressions. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally coriaceous reticulate, medially smooth with sparse transverse carinae, ventrally transversely carinate. Prespecular sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of speculum: transversely carinate interspersed with sparse foveae, setose. Femoral depression: rugose-tuberculate sculpture interspersed with sparse furrows. Episternal sulcus: foveate. Postacetabular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of posterior mesepimeral area: narrow and smooth. Mesopleural carina: indicated ventrally. Mesopleural pit: present. Metapleural sulcus: foveate with setae. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: foveate with dense setae. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with dense setae. Paracoxal sulcus: irregularly foveate. L: W of fore wing: 108.2: 50.1. Ratio of length of m: st: pm: 3.8: 7.7: 6.9. L: W of hind wing: 75.1: 21.6. Length of hind wing marginal cilia: 0.18× width of wing. Shape of submarginalis: weakly curved, distant from anterior margin of wing, and not dipping before reaching marginalis.

Metasoma. L: W of metasoma: 59.1: 45.5, 1.3 × as long as wide. Anterior margin of T1: weakly concave. Basal foveae on T1: present. Sculpture of T1: longitudinal costate, space between costae with smooth to rugose sculpture. Sculpture of T2: longitudinally costate, costae extending almost entire length of tergite, space between costae with depressions; posteriorly smooth; basal foveae absent. Length of T2: 4.6× length of T3. Sculpture of T3– T4: anteriorly weakly areolate and posteriorly smooth. Setation of metasoma: T1, T2 and posterior tergites densely setose.

Male. Similar to female. Length of A1–A 12 in ratio of 33.6: 10.5: 10.0: 6.8: 7.8: 7.8: 9.1: 9.1: 9.1: 9.1: 8.1: 13.1, respectively.

Material examined

Holotype, female ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4911), INDIA: Karnataka: Mandya, 12.521°N, 76.895°E, ca 740 m, YPT, in finger millet ( Eleusine coracana : Poaceae ) field, 29 May 2016; Paratypes: one male ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4989), Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Little Andaman, Hut Bay, 10.587°N, 92.562°E, ca 40 m, SN, 26 March 2016; one male ( ICAR / NBAIR /P4990), Karnataka: Mandya, 12.521°N, 76.895°E, ca 740 m, YPT, 19 March 2016.

Etymology

The specific name ‘peludo’ in Spanish means hairy, referring to the densely setose metapleuron. The name is treated as an adjective.

Diagnosis

Hadronotus peludo sp. n. is similar to H. westeberhardae sp. n. but differs from it in the following character states: In H. peludo setae on metapleuron are sparse and longitudinal costae on T2 are unevenly distributed, while in H. westeberhardae setae on metapleuron are dense and T2 with evenly distributed longitudinal costae.