Microplitis manilae Ashmead, 1904

Gupta, Ankita, 2013, Revision of the Indian Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of one new species, Zootaxa 3620 (3), pp. 429-452 : 444

VI. Microplitis manilae Ashmead, 1904

Plate V (Female)—Figs. 14, 15, 16.

Plate IV(Male specimen from Jammu & Kashmir)—Figs. 17, 18, 19. Plate VII (Male specimen from Uttar Pradesh)—Figs. 20, 21 & 22.

Brief diagnosis. T1 of metasoma black, laterotergites of T1 and T2 yellow brown. T2 with brown black median field indicated by unclear oblique grooves; laterotergites yellowish brown; T3 with mixture of yellow, brown and black patches; rest tergites dark brown. Notauli slightly impressed; scutellar sulcus with 5–7 distinct costulae; scutellum rough and pilose; propodeum with clear median longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity; T1 1.7x as long as wide; parallel sided, slight narrowed at apex; finely rugose punctate in posterior half except apical patch; Median length of T3 more than T2.

Diagnosis. Head, antennae (except brown scape), mesosoma and coxae black; fore and mid legs mostly yellow orange (except coxae and tarsi); hind tibia with median 1/3rd pale testaceous, apical 1/3rd with black infuscation; hind basitarsi with pale extreme base; wings infuscate, venation brown, pterostigma uniformly dark brown; T1 of metasoma black, laterotergites of T1 and T2 yellow brown. T2 with brown black median field indicated by indistinct oblique grooves; laterotergites yellowish brown; T3 with mixture of yellow, brown and black patches; rest tergites dark brown.

Mesoscutum finely punctuate; notauli visible, crenulate and meeting posteriorly in crenulate reticulate region; median furrow slightly impressed; scutellar sulcus with seven distinct costulae; scutellum rough and pilose; propodeum with clear median longitudinal carina surrounded by coarse rugosity; transverse carinae absent; mesopleuron medially smooth, shining, without pilosity; anterior, posterior and lateral sides rough with dense pilosity. Fore wing with 1-M slightly curved.

T1 about 2x as long as wide; parallel sided, slight narrowed at apex; apically smooth with convex swelling; finely rugose punctate in posterior half except apical patch; median length of T3 more than T2; T3 onwards 1–2 rows of transverse setae, denser laterally.

Distribution. India, Philippines; Australia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Thailand and Vietnam.

Host. Maruca vitrata (Fab.) ( Lepidoptera : Crambidae ). and Spodoptera spp. ( Lepidoptera : Noctuidae ).

Material examined. Two females, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 25.iv.2007, Coll. Ramani. Sweeping on grasses; One male, Pipariya, Madhya Pradesh, January 1969, CIBCIS-3; five females and males Jammu & Kashmir, SKAUST Campus 23.viii.2012, yellow pan trap, coll. Ankita Gupta.