Brachymeria carbonaria (Zehntner, 1906)

Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12), pp. 342-381 : 357-358

Brachymeria carbonaria (Zehntner, 1906)

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Chalcis carbonaria Zehntner, 1906

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Tiswadi, Old Goa, 17 July 2015, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll. Ankita Gupta.

Description

Male, length of the body 2.5 mm.

Colour. Body black with following yellow: base and apex of fore and mid tibia, the apex of fore and mid femur, all tarsi, hind femur at the apex, hind tibia at base and apex.

Head. Head in frontal view wider than high. Antennae stout and short. Scrobe deep and smooth reaching anterior ocellus. Post-orbital carina indistinct. POL 3× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate with interstices carinate. Scutellum rounded at apex. Post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein.

Metasoma. Metasoma shorter than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with pair of basal carinae.

Distribution

INDIA. Goa, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh ( Sheela et al. 2015; Gowriprakash et al. 2018).

Figures

Figure 19–24. Habitus: 19–20, Brachymeria bengalensis; 21–22, Brachymeria carbonaria; 23–24, Brachymeria euploeae.