Goniozus inauditus Santhosh, sp. nov

Autor: Santhosh, Shreevihar, Ranjith, Avinjikkattu Parambil
Rok vydání: 2015
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5622463
Popis: Goniozus inauditus Santhosh sp. nov. (Fig 2) Material examined. Holotype ♀,. ��� INDIA: Karnataka, Sringeri, Souwpnabitta, 13 �� 23.59 'N 75 �� 47.30 'E, 689 msl, 227. iv. 2007, rearing, ex. Crotonothrips sp. induced leaf galls on Memecylon umbellatum, Moist Deciduous Forest, Community Managed Forests, M. Nasser, leg., VRN 160 (ZSIK)���. Paratypes. 1 ♀, ��� INDIA: Kerala, Areyadatupalam, 1 km E Kozhikode, 11 �� 16.16 'N 75 �� 47.30 'E, 8 msl, 22.iv. 2006, K. Bindu leg., VRN 131 ���; 1 ♀, Malappuram, Thenjipalam, 11 ��07.44'N 75 �� 53.44 'E, 67 msl, 6.viii. 1988, T.C. Narendran leg., VRN 114 ��� (ZSIK); 1 ♀, ��� INDIA: Kerala, collection locality unknown, 2���6.i. 1993, unknown leg., VRN 16 ��� (ZSIK). Diagnosis. Head distinctly longer than wide (Fig. 2 C), WH 0.83���0.85 �� LH; compressed in lateral aspect (Fig. 2 B), 1.72 �� as long as wide; frons and vertex strongly coriaceous, with scattered shallow punctures (Fig. 2 C); gena smooth and polished; malar space distinct (Fig. 2 B); malar groove present; eye sparsely setose, setae as long as diameter of single facet; posterior ocelli contiguous with vertex margin; ocelli in obtuse triangle; OOL 1.09���1.1 �� WOT; WF = HE; EV 0.47���0.55 �� HE; antero-median smooth propodeal triangle absent; median smooth longitudinal stripe not elevated, extending to posterior margin of propodeal disc, wider in posterior half (Fig. 2 D); forewing with subtriangular areolet (Fig. 2 F), vein M, SM profusely setose; profemur 1.92 �� as long as wide. Description. Female (holotype) Length 3.08 mm; FWL 1.66 mm. Colour. Body brown to black, abdomen brown at apex; mandible, teeth dark brown; antenna yellow, terminal final segments light brown; coxae, femora light brown, other segments yellow, wing hyaline; prostigma, pterostigma, costa, subcosta light brown, other veins straw coloured. Head. Head distinctly longer than wide, WH 0.85 �� LH; 1.72 �� as long as wide in lateral aspect; frons and vertex strongly coriaceous, with scattered shallow punctures (Fig. 2 C); gena smooth and polished; vestiture moderately long, 0.06 mm; profuse, decumbent; setae on vertex distinctly longer than setae on head, longest being 0.15 mm; anterior clypeal margin strongly produced, bluntly angulated, acute; clypeal carina 0.73 �� HE, strong, arcuate in profile, extending onto front as low carina slightly beyond posterior scrobal margin; scrobe carinate; mandible stout with four short, blunt teeth, ventral most straight and longest; WF 0.48 x LH; WF = HE; EV 0.5 �� HE; LH 1.74 �� HE; malar space distinct; malar groove present; eye sparsely setose, setae minute, as long as diameter of single facet; ocelli in obtuse triangle; posterior ocelli contiguous with vertex margin; OOL 1.09 �� WOT; POL: AOL: DAO = 4: 2: 2; vertex straight in full dorsal view, acutely, smoothly curving to occiput, ecarinate; relative lengths of first five antennal segments in ratio of about 7: 3.5: 2.5: 3: 3; scape 1.4 �� as long as wide, 2 �� as long as pedicel; pedicel longer than F 1; F 1 segment as long as wide; F 2 ���F 7 wider than long; F 8 ���F 9 as long wide; F 10 ���F 11 longer than wide; antenna slightly shorter than head in full dorsal view (25: 27) (Fig. 2 C). Mesosoma. Pronotum, mesonotum, and scutellum strongly coriaceous uniformly (Fig. 2 D); vestiture long, profuse, decumbent; sparse on scutellum, mesonotum; pronotal disc 0.55 �� as long as wide; mesonotum with complete parapsidal furrow (Fig. 2 D); notauli absent; scutellum with a pair of slits at base connected by one weak narrow groove; propodeal disc 0.55 �� as long as wide, smoothly inclined to lateral margin; basal median smooth triangle absent; median smooth longitudinal band not elevated, extending to posterior margin of propodeal disc, wider in posterior half; rest of propodeal disc and declivity strongly coriaceous; transverse propodeal carina medially interrupted broadly (Fig. 2 D); forewing 2.8 �� as long as wide; areolet present, subtriangular in shape (Fig. 2 F); vein M, SM profusely setose, areolet sparsely setose; speculum profusely setose; profemur 1.92 �� as long as wide; SI 10.74. Metasoma. Tergites completely smooth and polished (Fig. 2 E); T 1 ���T 3 with few setae restricted to lateral margin; other tergites sparsely setose all across dorsal side; metasoma distinctly longer than mesosoma, shorter than head plus mesosoma (Fig. 2 A). Male. Unknown. Ecology and Biology. Ex. leaf galls on Memecylon umbellatum Burm. f. (Melastomaceae) induced by Crotonothrips sp. (Fig. 3 A) (Raman & Ananthakrishnan 1985); associate host: Carpelimus sp. (Staphylinidae) (Fig. 3 B). Etymology. The species epithet is after the Latin word inauditus meaning new. Variation. See table 1 for the morphometric ratios of the type materials examined. Distribution. India (Karnataka; Kerala). Discussion. Goniozus inauditus Santhosh sp. nov. comes close to G. nephantidis (Muesebeck), but differ in having ocular setae as long as diameter of single facet, scape 2 �� pedicel, WF = HE, EV 0.62 �� HE, mandible black brown and antenna shorter than head in full dorsal view (Fig. 2 C), whereas in G. nephantidis ocular setae 2 �� as long as diameter of single facet, scape longer than 2 �� pedicel, WF 1.15���1.20 �� HE, EV 0.36���0.47 �� HE, mandible black and antenna longer than head in full dorsal view.
Published as part of Santhosh, Shreevihar & Ranjith, Avinjikkattu Parambil, 2015, Descriptions of two new Species of Goniozus F��rster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) associated with insect induced plant galls from India, pp. 192-200 in Zootaxa 4039 (1) on pages 193-196, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/237080
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