Foenatopus keralensis ( Narendran & Sureshan, 2003 )

Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, Zootaxa 4838 (1), pp. 1-51 : 17-18

Foenatopus keralensis ( Narendran & Sureshan, 2003)

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Diastephanus keralensis Narendran and Sureshan, 2003 , Entomon, 28(2), 121–124.

Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Kerala Malappuram district, Edappal (10° 43′ N & 76° 1′ E, 10 m), 10.x.1999, Coll. P. Sudha. ( NHM)

Diagnosis. Body length 11.1 mm, ovipositor sheath length 8.7 mm. Frons trans-striate without any oblique or longitudinal striations; vertex with four carinae followed by fine striae, not forming any medial grove; pronotum weakly reticulate dorsally; mesoscutum faintly shiny, reticulate, anterior half separated by a fovea, posteriorly with a median ridge; scutellum shiny with faint reticulations; metapleuron microsculptured; propodeum with large pits, interstices transversely reticulate; wings hyaline with pterostigma translucent yellow medially; hind coxa carinate punctate basally turning circularly annulate elsewhere; hind femora tridentate ventrally with a basal tubercle; first metasomal tergite uniformly annulated, longer than remaining segments; ovipositor sheath longer than metasoma, with a subapical yellow band.

Male. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 25. Habitus of holotype. ♀ Foenatopus keralensis (Narendran & Sureshan 2003).