
Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907) (Figures 49, 50) Chalcidiopsis odontomera Masi, 1933 Coelochalcis carinigena Cameron, 1907 Invreia opisinae Narendran, 1985 Psilochalcis carinigena (Cameron, 1907) Material examined INDIA: Goa, Dharbandora, Mollem National Park, 9 February 2019, 1 female, yellow pan trap, coll. Sandesh Gawas; 16 April 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll. Sandesh Gawas; Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary, 15 May 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll. Sandesh Gawas. Description Female and male, length of the body 4–4.5 mm. Colour. Body largely black with following brownish red: tegulae, femur, tibia and tarsi of fore and mid-leg, hind femur and tarsi, hind tibia dorsally. Body densely pubescent. Head. Triangular, slightly wider than high. Antennae long and slender. Clava 1× as long as preceding segments combined. POL 4× OOL. Mesosoma. Pronotum, mesoscutum and scutellum punctate. Interstices smooth and shiny. The apex of scutellum slightly emarginate. Fore wing with marginal vein removed from the margin. Coxa of the fore leg on lateral side rugose. Metasoma. T1 smooth and shiny and without basal carina. Distribution INDIA. Andaman and Nicobar island, Bihar, Goa (new record), Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, West Bengal (Gowriprakash et al. 2016, 2018; Daniel and Ramaraju 2017a, 2017b).
Published as part of Gawas, Sandesh M. & Gupta, Ankita, 2024, Taxonomic studies on chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae) of Goa, India, with an illustrated key to genera and species, pp. 342-381 in Journal of Natural History 58 (9 - 12) on pages 374-375, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2315671, http://zenodo.org/record/11059701
Psilochalcis, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Chalcididae, Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Psilochalcis carinigena, Taxonomy
Psilochalcis, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Chalcididae, Biodiversity, Hymenoptera, Psilochalcis carinigena, Taxonomy
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