Neochalcis breviceps ( Masi, 1929 )

Abhisree, P., Ranjith, A. P., Nasser, M. & Delvare, Gérard, 2021, A review of the biology of Neochalcis Kirby (Hymenoptera, Chalcididae) with a new host and biological data for N. breviceps (Masi), Journal of Natural History 55 (27 - 28), pp. 1769-1780 : 1771

Neochalcis breviceps ( Masi, 1929) Figures 2–4

Eugastrochalcis breviceps Masi, 1929: 182–184 . Original description ♀ ♂. Philippines,

Cuernos Mts. Mani 1989: 207. = Hockeria maetai Habu, 1964 . Original description ♀ ♂. Japan: Kuriyagawa, Morioka.

Host: Ceratina flavipes Smith. Synonymy by Narendran 1989: 80. Neochalcis breviceps Masi : Narendran 1986: 36; Narendran 1989: 80. = Eugastrochalcis secundus Mani & Dubey in Mani et al. 1974: 3. Original description ♀.

India, Moozhiar; Mani 1989: 207–209. Redescription and distribution: India, Tekkady,

Nilambur (Western Ghats). Synonymy by Narendran 1986: 20.

Figures

Figure 2. Neochalcis breviceps, female, (a) Habitus, in lateral view; (b) Head, in anterior view; (c) Head, in dorsal view; (d) Head and mesosoma, antero-lateral view; (e) Head and mesosoma, in lateral view; (f) Mesosoma, in dorsal view.

Figure 3. Neochalcis breviceps, female, (a) Propodeum, in dorsal view; (b) Gaster, in lateral view; (c) Gaster, in dorsal view; (d) Metafemur, in lateral view; (e) Fore wing.

Figure 4. Neochalcis breviceps, male, (a) Male antennae,in lateral view; (b) Male habitus, in lateral view.