Mahinda sulawesiensis Kimsey, Mita & Pham

Kimsey, Lynn S., Mita, Toshiharu & Pham, Hong Thai, 2016, New species of the genus Mahinda Krombein, 1983 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Amiseginae), ZooKeys 551, pp. 145-154 : 150-152

Taxon classification Animalia Hymenoptera Chrysididae

Mahinda sulawesiensis Kimsey, Mita & Pham sp. n. Figs 7, 8, 13, 16

Diagnosis.

This species most closely resembles Mahinda borneensis based on the highly polished metasomal terga and flagellar proportions. Mahinda sulawesiensis can be distinguished from Mahinda borneensis by the red mesosoma, shorter malar space and broader distance between the hindocellus to the nearest eye margin.

Female description.

Body length 5 mm. Head: face (Fig. 13); scapal basin finely, densely transversely ridged, zone of ridging separated from midocellus by punctate band by about 1 midocellar diameter wide; malar space 2.8 midocellar diameters long; subantennal distance 0.6 midocellar diameter long; least interocular distance 0.5 × as broad as facial length between midocellus and clypeal apex; midocellar to ocular margin distance 2.5 midocellar diameters in front view; hindocellus 1.4 diameters from ocular margin in dorsal view; vertex least interocular distance equal to ocular width in dorsal view (Fig. 16), punctures coarse, contiguous, striatiform; flagellomere I 3.2 × as long as broad; flagellomere II 0.8 × as long as broad; flagellomere III 0.7 × as long as broad; flagellomere XI 0.6 × as long as broad. Mesosoma: dorsum with fine, dense longitudinal scratches among and across punctures; mesopleural punctures large, contiguous; metanotum subtriangular, 0.8 × as broad as long, posteromedially bidentate; propodeum laterally with dense longitudinal cross-ridges, posterior surface without medial longitudinal ridge, with medial and sublateral transverse ridging, lateral tooth conical. Metasoma: polished and impunctate. Color (Figs 7, 8): head black, mesosoma red, metasoma black, without metallic highlights; antenna with scape, pedicel, flagellomeres I and part of II and III whitish, rest of flagellum dark brown; legs pale brown with darker medial spot on femora; tarsi brownish.

Male.

Unknown.

Type material.

Holotype female: Indonesia: Sulawesi, Utara, G. Mogogenipa, 1000 m, VI/1985, A. D. Austin (BMNH).

Etymology.

The name is derived from the island of collection.