Mischochalcis inermis ( Schmitz, 1946 ) Ranjith & Priyadarsanan & Delvare, 2022

Ranjith, A. P., Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan & Delvare, Gérard, 2022, Mischochalcis, an enigmatic new genus of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Old World tropics with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5205 (2), pp. 147-161 : 155-157

Mischochalcis inermis ( Schmitz, 1946) comb. n.

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Haltichella inermis Schmitz, 1946: 103–104 . Original description, male. Democratic Republic of Congo, Kivu, Rutshuru. Material examined. Holotype, male, by original designation, Congo Belge, Kivu, Rutshuru (alt 1285 m), 22.v– 4.vi.1934 (MRAC). One antenna was originally prepared on a slide. The rest of the specimen was re-mounted on a rectangular card.

Diagnosis. Body dark brown to black. Eyes densely setose ( Figs 6A–D ). Antennal scrobes distinctly reticulate ( Figs 6A, B ). Antenna with pedicel very short, with basal constriction ( Fig. 6E ); funiculars subequal, the basal funiculars subquadrate, the following ones only very slightly decreasing in length from base to apex ( Figs 6E, F ); clava with internal infuscate thickening suggesting a suture (actually false) ( Fig. 6F ). Pro- and mesonotum densely and coarsely punctured, the interspaces quite narrow ( Fig. 7B ). Axillar grooves obliterated by coarse punctuation ( Figs 7B, D ). Propodeum densely setose posteriorly behind oblique sublateral carinae, the pattern of areolation similar to described for M. enigmatus ( Figs 7B, F ). Metafemur with ventral margin slightly concave beyond basal serrulate lobe ( Figs 8C, D ). Metasoma with Gt1 truncate basally, with short and little raised sublateral carinae ( Fig. 7E ).

Host. Unknown.

Distribution. Democratic Republic of Congo (Kivu).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Mischochalcis inermis, holotype, male. A, head, anterior view; B, head, antero-lateral view; C, head, lateral view; D, head, dorsal view (arrow points to sulcate interantennal projection); E, antenna; F, apical segments of antenna. Abbreviation: fsu, false suture.

FIGURE 7. Mischochalcis inermis, holotype, male. A, mesosoma, lateral view; B, mesosoma, dorsal view; C, mesosoma (in part), lateral view; D, mesoscutellum, dorsal view; E, metasoma, dorsal view. Abbreviations: axlup, axillular plate; scxfl, supracoxal flange.

FIGURE 8. Mischochalcis inermis, holotype, male. A, fore wing; B, fore wing (in part); C–D, hind leg, lateral view; E, metatibia, lateral view; F, apex of metatibia, lateral view. Abbreviations: asp, apical spine; eac, external additional carina; ic, intermediate carina; ovc, outer ventral carina.