Sclerodermus delhiensis Kurian, 1955

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 : 72

43. Sclerodermus delhiensis Kurian, 1955

Fig. 43 , A–I

Scleroderma delhiensis Kurian, 1955: 78 , 79.

Type locality: Dehradun , India (♀ holotype, NFIC-FRI) .

Diagnosis. Female. Length 2.0 mm—2.75 mm. General colour light brown. Head longer than wide; frons polished; ocelli absent; median clypeal lobe conspicuous, anterior margin straight, longer than lateral ones; mandible tridentate; antenna with 13 segments, sparse pubescence, scape 2.3 × longer than pedicel, pedicel longer than first flagellomere. Pronotum polished; mesonotum shorter than pronotal dorsal area; notauli absent; mesoscuto-mesoscutellar suture absent. Metapectal-propodeal disc longer than wide; metapostnotal median carina absent; first abdominal spiracle laterally placed. Micropterous. Metasoma polished. Male. Unknown.

Material examined. Holotype: [ INDIA, Uttarakhand,] Dehra Dun {Dehradun}, Tentage , Inspection Depot , Delhi Fort , ex: Millet seeds, R. R.D. 49, BCR 121, Cage 678 parasitic on Bostrichidae , 15-XI-1941 . Paratypes: 1♀, same data of holotype , 3♀ same data of holotype, except 12-X-1941, 13-XI-1941 and 29-XII-1941 .

Type conditions. Holotype completely dissected on slide Nº. 103/B. On slides : S1 C1—one proleg; two mesolegs; one metaleg; one antenna with scape nearby. S1 C2—head; mesosoma and metasoma, former with left proleg, metaleg. Paratypes, partially dissected on slides 101/B, 103/B, 109/B and 110/B and remaining rested on the pin. Pinned: 2♀ with bodies intact. On slides : S2 C1—some apical flagellomeres. S2 C2—antenna without apical flagellomeres. S3 C1—five legs; two antennae. S3 C2—head; mesosoma with right proleg and right meso and hind coxa; metasoma. S4 C1—head, mesosoma and metasoma; four legs. S5 C1—head, with scape and some flagellomeres attached, mesosoma with two legs and metasoma, some parts of legs.

Hosts. Coleoptera : Bostrichidae .

Figures

FIGURE 43. A–I. Sclerodermus delhiensis Kurian, 1955. A–D. Holotype. A. Head, frontal view; B. Antenna; C. Mesosoma, dorsal view; D. Habitus, lateral view; E–G, paratype; E. Head, frontal view; F. Habitus, lateral view; G. Mesosoma, dorsal view. H. Five slides, upper one of holotypes and rest paratypes; I. Labels of paratype.