Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907)

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 : 374-375

Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907)

( Figures 49, 50 )

Chalcidiopsis odontomera Masi, 1933

Coelochalcis carinigena Cameron, 1907

Invreia opisinae Narendran, 1985

Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907)

Material examined

INDIA: Goa, Dharbandora, Mollem National Park , 9 February 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas ; 16 April 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary , 15 May 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas .

Description

Female and male, length of the body 4–4.5 mm.

Colour. Body largely black with following brownish red: tegulae, femur, tibia and tarsi of fore and mid-leg, hind femur and tarsi, hind tibia dorsally. Body densely pubescent.

Head. Triangular, slightly wider than high. Antennae long and slender. Clava 1× as long as preceding segments combined. POL 4× OOL.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate. Interstices smooth and shiny. The apex of scutellum slightly emarginate. Fore wing with marginal vein removed from the margin. Coxa of the fore leg on lateral side rugose.

Metasoma. T1 smooth and shiny and without basal carina.

Distribution

INDIA. Andaman and Nicobar island, Bihar, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal ( Gowriprakash et al. 2016, 2018; Daniel and Ramaraju 2017a, 2017b).

Figures

Figure 49–52. Habitus: 49–50, Psilochalcis carinigena; 51–52, Uga sinensis.