Haltichella macrocera (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 : 505

Haltichella macrocera (Waterston, 1922)

( Figs 49–53 )

Material examined. Kerala, 1♀ Wayanad dt., Muthanga, 11.iii.2019, Coll. C. Binoy.

Diagnosis. Black with scape, pedicel, proximal flagellomeres, tegula, all coxae, fore (except prefemur darker medially) and mid legs and all tibiae brown ( Fig. 49 ); head as wide as mesosoma; preorbital carina indicated ( Fig. 51 , arrow); head ( Fig. 51 ) and mesosoma ( Fig. 50 ) with close umbilicate punctures, the interspaces faintly rugose; scutellum apically bidentate ( Fig. 50 ); fore wing infumate, darkest beyond mv and subapically ( Fig. 49 ); metafemur ventrally with long serrulation, not forming any lobes ( Fig. 52 ); metatibia externally with additional outer carina within distal half ( Fig. 52 , arrow); Gt 1 large, shiny, occupying 0.7× total length of metasoma, with two short carinae at base ( Fig. 53 , arrow).

Note. This is the first host record for H. macrocera .

Figures

FIGURES 49–53. Haltichella macrocera (Waterston, 1922), female. 49, habitus, lateral view; 50, mesosoma, dorsal view; 51, head, frontal view (arrow points to preorbital carina); 47, hind leg (arrow points to additional carina on metatibia); 53, metasoma, dorsal view (arrow points to basal carina on Gt1).