Foenatopus weii Chen, van Achterberg & Xu, 2016

(Figs 44–54)

Foenatopus weii Chen, van Achterberg & Xu, 2016a, Zootaxa, 612, 114–118.

Material Examined: India: Tamil Nadu, Kanyakumari district, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, Alagiapandiapuram (8°18’27.7”N & 77°26’19.1”E, 30m), 16.ii.2020, Coll. Souvik Sen & party, (ZSIK). Reg. No. ZSI/ WGRC / IR/INV.14032 .

Diagnosis. Body length 10.52 mm, ovipositor sheath length 8.41 mm. Frons finely and transversely carinaterugose, medially black, laterally with small yellow patches along the inner eye margin; coronal area with some longitudinal carinae (Fig. 48); vertex finely and transversely striate with two carinae (Fig. 47); temple non-angulate, shiny and smooth (Fig. 46). pronotum mostly coriaceous, anteriorly with transverse rugulae; mesoscutum anteriorly transverse coriaceous, posterior half with large foveae; median groove distinct; scutellum and axillae coriaceous; propodeum with medium-sized, circular foveae and with wide coriaceous interspaces, inside of fovea smooth (Fig. 49); propleuron and mesopleuron coriaceous (Fig. 50); vein 2-CU1 of fore wing absent; pterostigma parallel sided and elongate, apically acute (Fig. 51); hind coxa transversely striate with basal third rugose; hind femur microreticulate, ventrally with two large black teeth and a tubercle basally (Fig. 52); hind tibia coriaceous; first metasomal tergite transversely striate (Fig. 53), 1.1× as long as remainder of metasoma; ovipositor sheath long, 1.3× as long as metasoma, with a subapical ivory band (Fig. 54).

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: China (Yunnan) (Chen et al. 2016); India (Tamil Nadu) (present record).

Host. Unknown, collected from tropical semi evergreen forest.

Note. The species is previously reported from Yunnan, China (Chen et al. 2016). This forms the second report of the species and a new record for India.