Haltichella delhensis
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Chalcididae
Genus: Haltichella
Name
Haltichella delhensis Roy and Farooqi, 1984 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Haltichella delhensis Roy & Farooqi, 1984: 26 (♀, holotype, India (Delhi) (INPC) (examined)); Narendran 1989[1]: 148, 151 (diagnosis and keyed).
Material
(RMNH, IEBR). 2 ♀, “S. Vietnam: Dóng Nai, Cát Tiên N. P., Dong trail, Malaise traps, c. 100 m, 1–8.iv.2007, Mai Phu Quy & Nguyen Tanh Manh, RMNH’07”.
Diagnosis
This species can be distinguished from other species by its relatively long and pointed metasoma and apex of scutellum with two relatively small teeth.
Description
♀, length of body 3.6–4.4 mm.
Colour. Black, legs and tegulae reddish brown; scape, pedicel, anellus, ring segment, F1, F2, brownish to reddish brown; rest of flagellum dark brown.
Head. Pre- and post-orbital carinae present; geno-temporal furrow indistinct; scrobe reaching anterior ocellus.
Mesosoma. Mesosoma with close pits and interstices narrow; apex of scutellum with two small teeth.
Metasoma. Metasoma long and pointed (Fig. 85).
Male. Unknown.
Host
Unknown.
Distribution
India, Vietnam (new record).
Variation
Vietnamese specimens have the hind femur with black patch on the disc and are slightly larger than the type specimens. In one specimen the fore and middle legs are more yellowish brown.
Taxon Treatment
- Narendran, T; van Achterberg, C; 2016: Revision of the family Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Vietnam, with the description of 13 new species ZooKeys, (576): 1-202. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Narendran T (1989) Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zoological Monograph. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 1–441.
