Kriechbaumerella destructor (Waterston, 1922)

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 : 506

Kriechbaumerella destructor (Waterston, 1922)

( Figs 54–57 )

Material examined. Tamil Nadu: 1♀ Erode dt, Avalpoondurai, 13.xii.2024, Coll. S. Nivetha

Diagnosis. Black, with legs, scape and proximal funiculars, tegula, epipygium, and gastral terga ventroposteriorly brown ( Fig. 54 ); preorbital carinae indicated ( Fig. 55 , arrow); mesosoma umbilicately punctate with small setigerous punctures, the interspaces reticulate; scutellum distinctly longer than maximum width, conspicuously bidentate apically ( Fig. 57 , arrow); axillae and sides of propodeum with tufts of silvery-white setae ( Figs 54, 57 ); fore wing with two dark brown regions, one adjoining mv and other beyond pmv enclosing circular hyaline area with silver setae ( Fig. 54 ); metacoxa with dorsobasal tubercle; metafemur with three lobes or serrulation ( Fig. 56 ); metasoma acuminate apically ( Fig. 57 ); Gt 1 finely granulose dorsally; epipygium as long as 0.8× length of Gt 1, with median longitudinal carina; ovipositor sheath extended, almost as long as epipygium ( Fig. 57 ).

Figures

FIGURES 54–57. Kriechbaumerella destructor (Waterston, 1922), female. 54, habitus, lateral view; 55, head, frontal view (arrow points to preorbital carina); 56, hind leg; 57, habitus, dorsal view (arrow points to bidentate apex of scutellum).