Odontopygia tridentata, Enderlein

Quicke, Donald L. J., Butcher, Buntika A., Ranjith, A. P. & Belokobylskij, Sergey A., 2017, Revision of the non-Afrotropical species of Trigastrotheca Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) with descriptions of four new species, Zootaxa 4242 (1), pp. 95-110 : 105

T. tridentata (Enderlein)

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Material examined. Holotype, female: “ Sumatra, Soekarranda ” ( PASW).

Additional material. 1 female, INDIA: Karnataka, Kadnur , Malaise Trap, 14.xi.2005 ( DZUC).

Length of body 5.4 mm, fore wing 5.5 mm, and antenna 5.6 mm.

Comments. The specimen from India differs from the holotype of T. tridentata only very slightly, in that the 5th metasomal tergite is brownish antero-medially with the rest yellow, and 2nd metasomal tergite is medially black in T. tridentata but brown in the Indian specimen. Given the close similarity we think it is wisest to consider the Indian specimen as T. tridentata even given the very considerable extension of range that it represents. With so few known specimens from Asia it is difficult to assess how well-dispersed species may be and how much intraspecific colour variation there is. A photographic portfolio of the Indian specimen is provided in Appendix S1.

Distribution. India (Kerala), Indonesia.