Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787)

Binoy, C., Nivetha, S. & Arulprakash, R., 2024, Chalcidid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) of Opisina arenosella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Xyloryctidae) on coconut palm in southern India, Zootaxa 5537 (4), pp. 493-510 : 504

Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787)

( Figs 44–48 )

Material examined. Karnataka: 1♀ Coorg dt., Madapura river site , 04.iv.2019, Coll. C. Binoy , 3♀ Chiklihole dam site , 22.xii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy.

Diagnosis. Body black with legs reddish-brown with variable regions of yellow as described below; head in dorsal view as wide as mesosoma ( Fig. 45 ); scrobe clearly reaching median ocellus ( Fig. 46 ), ventrally with a small smooth area ( Fig. 46 , yellow arrow); preorbital carina present ( Fig. 46 , white arrow); postorbital carina present, conspicuous and reaching genotemporal margin ( Fig. 47 , arrow); apical margin of scutellum crenulate and distinctly bilobed; metacoxa distinctly pitted ventrally, dorsally smooth, without ventromesal tooth; metafemur with distinct inner ventrobasal tooth ( Fig. 45 , arrow), reddish-brown with apical yellow region, surface smooth and shiny with sparse punctures and sparse pubescence, ventrally with 12 or 13 irregular small teeth ( Fig. 48 ); metatibia brownish-black with subbasal and apical yellow region ( Fig. 48 ); metasoma longer (1.2×) than mesosoma, acuminate; Gt 1 shiny, smooth ( Figs 44, 45 ); Gt 2 faintly punctate; Gt 6 shallowly pitted, with microsculptured interstices; ovipositor sheath distinctly visible dorsally.

Figures

FIGURES 44–48. Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787), female. 44, habitus, lateral view; 45, head, mesosoma and metasoma (in part), dorsal view (arrow points to inner basal tooth on metafemur); 46, head, frontal view (yellow arrow points to smooth area ventral to the scrobe; white arrow points to preorbital carina); 47, head, lateral view (arrow points to postorbital carina); 48, hind leg.