Goniozus morindae Kurian, 1952

Singh, Sudhir, Colombo, Wesley D., Shreevihar, Santhosh, Pandey, Vijay P. & Tribull, Carly M., 2021, Rediscovery of Kurian’s types of Hymenoptera at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India with notes on Indian bethylid fauna, Zootaxa 5019 (1), pp. 1-90 : 21

9. Goniozus morindae Kurian, 1952

Fig. 9 , A–I

Goniozus morindae Kurian, 1952 , 1: 66, 67, Figs: 7–11.

Type locality: Tanjore , Tamil Nadu, India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length about 2.5 mm. General colour dark reddish-brown. Head wider than long; frons coriaceous; ocelli distinct, posterior to supra-ocular line; eye glabrous; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin almost rounded, longer than lateral ones; median clypeal carina indistinct; mandible tridentate; antenna with dense pubescence, scape 2.0 × longer than pedicel, pedicel as long as first flagellomere. Pronotum weakly coriaceous; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent. Metapectal-propodeal disc as long as wide; metapostnotal median carina absent. Tarsal claw bifid. Wings hyaline; forewing with pterostigma light brown, 2R1 2 c cell opened, Rs+M 2 v vein present, 1M 2 c opened. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA,] Tamil Nadu, Tanjore, 1930, M. S. Mani coll., bethylid parasites of Asphondylia morindae Mani , from gall Nº. 288 on flowers of Morinda tinctoria Roxb.

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected and mounted on slide Nº.139/B. On slides : S1 C1—two legs; one forewing and one hind wing. S1 C2—mesosoma; metasoma placed lataerally and ovipositor dissected and placed near by; four legs, two without coxae, tibia, and tarsi; one forewing. S2 C1—head with both antennae attached. S2 C2—two legs; one forewing. Paratype female mounted on a slide—S3 C1 complete body on lateral side, metasoma detached. S3 C2—one head with a both antennae whose few distal segments missing, one leg.

Remarks. Kurian (1952) described the holotype as male, and labeled the slides of the holotype also as male, but the dissected metasoma (S1 C2) confirmed it as female. Labels of the holotype (handwritten) are on a pin from which the holotype was dissected and mounted on slides . In the type material of the original publication there is no mention of an allotype, but we found a slide of a female with the label of allotype (sex not marked on the slide) presented with details, as follows: S2 C1—head; mesosoma with pro- and mesolegs attached; two metalegs; metasoma, in lateral side. S3 C2—another female; head with antenna without distal flagellomeres; mesosoma with two prolegs and one metaleg; metasoma connected with mesosoma by petiole.

Hosts. Diptera : Cecidomyiidae : Asphondylia morindae Mani.

Figures

FIGURE 9. A–I. Goniozus morindae Kurian, 1952. Holotype. A. Head, frontal view; B. Antennae; C. Mesosoma, dorsal view; D. Legs (left to right) pro, meso and metaleg; E. Forewing; F. Metasoma without ovipositor; G. Ovipositor. H. Three slides, lower two of holotype and top one of paratype. I. Labels.