Dichoteleas indicus
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Scelionidae
Genus: Dichoteleas
Name
Dichoteleas indicus Saraswat – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Dichoteleas indicus Saraswat, 1982: 350 (original description); Johnson, 1992: 367 (catalogued, type information).
Description
Color of head: black. Hyperoccipital carina: present. Frontal depression: absent. Malar striae: present. Facial striae: present. Setation of eyes: sparse, with few scattered fine hairs. Sculpture of frons: primarily rugulose. Setation of frons: sparsely setose throughout. Submedian carina: present. Interantennal process: produced anteriorly, margined by depression. Central keel: present. Transverse pronotal carina: present. Color of pronotum: dark brown to black. Pronotal cervical sulcus: present. Mesepimeral sulcus: absent. Sulcus along mesopleural carina: absent. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: absent. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: present as an uninterrupted groove. Median mesoscutal line: present. Color of mesoscutum: dark brown to black. Sculpture of mesoscutum: rugulose. Notaulus: complete. Visibility of notaulus: slightly obscured by mesoscutal sculpture. Parapsidal line: present. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: rugulose. Shape of axillular carinae in lateral view: without a posteroventral hooklike projection. Color of axillular carina: yellow. Sculpture of T3–6: strigate and finely punctate. Median carina on T1–T4: absent.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished by the anteriorly produced interantennal process and the presence of the central keel.
Distribution
India (Kerala).
Material examined
Holotype, male: India: School of Entomology, St. John’s College; USNMENT 01109962. India: 1 female, OSUC 875044 (CNCI).
Taxon Treatment
- Schwartz, J; Van Noort, S; Johnson, N; 2023: A taxonomic revision of the Old World genus Dichoteleas Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) ZooKeys, 1182: 183-205. doi
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