Antrocephalus dividens (Walker, 1860)

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 : 348

Antrocephalus dividens (Walker, 1860)

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Chalcis dividens Walker, 1860

Haltichella sepyra Walker, (1846)

Coelochalcis carinifrons Cameron, 1904

Antrocephalus varipilosus Cameron, 1907

Antrocephalus longicornutus Strand, 1911

Sabatiella nepalensis Mani and Dubey, 1972

Antrocephalus delhiatus Roy and Farooqi, 1984

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Tiswadi, Old Goa, 14 July 2015, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Ankita Gupta; Dharbandora, Mollem National Park , 7 January 2019, 1 female, sweep net,coll .Sandesh Gawas ,

Description

Female; length of the body 4.5–5.3 mm.

Colour. Body largely black with following rufous: tegulae, fore leg except for coxa, mid and hindleg, fore wing with a yellowish spot at the marginal vein.

Head. Triangular, wider than high. Scrobe deep and striate touching anterior ocellus. Antennae long and slender. Genotemporal furrow present. POL 5× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum densely punctate, interstices on scutellum smooth and shiny and wider than puncture diameters. The apex of scutellum emarginate.

Metasoma. Metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma. T1 smooth and shiny with pair of short indistinct carinae at the base.

Distribution

INDIA. Bihar, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Emiliyamma 2016).

Figures

Figure 1–6. Habitus: 1–2, Antrocephalus cariniaspis; 3–4, Antrocephalus decipiens; 5–6, Antrocephalus dividens.