Odontoscelio, Kieffer, 1905

Veenakumari, Kamalanathan & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2021, Review of Odontoscelio Kieffer, 1905 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with the description of two new species from India, European Journal of Taxonomy 739 (1), pp. 51-91 : 79-80

Odontoscelio sp. 1

Figs 21–22

Material examined

INDIA – Tamil Nadu • 2 ♂♂; Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University (TNAU); 11°00′55″ N, 76°56′12″ E; alt. 434 m; 3 Jun. 2015; YPT; ICAR-NBAIR P3975 to P3976 • 2 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; ICAR-NBAIR P3978 to P3979 • 1 ♂; Tiruchirappalli, Kanapadi ; 11°07′02″ N, 78°42′55″ E; alt. 120 m; 23 Mar. 2013, YPT; ICAR-NBAIR P4005 • 1 ♂; Tenkasi ; 8°57′35″ N, 77°18′57″ E; alt. 172 m; 17 Feb. 2015, YPT; ICAR-NBAIR P4006 .

Remarks

Odontoscelio sp. 1. is closest to O. agnieleae sp. nov. and Odontoscelio sp. 3, but differs from them in the following characters: T3 with space between costae narrow, posteroventral mesopleuron with indistinct transverse carinae, and foveae on episternum and ventral mesopleuron not arranged in definite rows. In the latter two species the costae on T3 are distantly spaced, the posteroventral mesopleuron has distinct carinae separating depressions, and the foveae on the episternum and ventral mesopleuron are arranged in distinct rows.

A full description and diagnosis will have to await the discovery of females of this species.

Figures

Fig. 21. Odontoscelio sp. 1. ♂ (ICAR-NBAIR P3975). A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, showing axillular spines. C. Antenna.

Fig. 22. Odontoscelio sp. 1. ♂ (ICAR-NBAIR P3975). A. Frons. B. Facial striae. C. Vertex. D. Head and pleuron.