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Sindheres karachiensis KAZMI & MANNING 2003, sp. nov.
No full textSindheres karachiensis sp. nov. (figures 1, 2) Material. Arabian Sea, Pakistan, Sindh, Bulleji 24°50∞ 12◊N, 66°49∞12◊E, shore on clay rock, 21 August 1997, one ovigerous female, 3.25× 5 mm (holotype MRC Brac. 677). Description. Ovigerous female: size small, cl 3.25 mm. Carapace fragile, greatest width posterior to mid-length. Front very slightly produced beyond outline of carapace. MXP3 propodus stout, length about twice height. Chela with movable fingers more than half length of palm, latter about 0.6 times height; movable finger with a tooth proximally and approximated cutting edge with a row of more than 22 anteriorly directed spines, fixed finger armed with a triangular tooth proximally, 2+12 anteriorly directed teeth on approximated cutting edge, and rows of setae. Walking legs slender, propodi of WL2 about five times and WL3 about four times longer than high; relative lengths WL2>WL3>WL1>WL4. WL4 not extending to dactylus of WL3; carpus shorter than propodus on all legs; WL1–WL4 setose on posterior margin, right WL2 dactylus setose on anterior and posterior margins as figured. WL1–3 dactyli subequal, WL4 dactylus shorter. Colour. White with bright red eyes. Host. Bivalve mollusc, most probably the genus Gastrochaema, family Gastrochaeinae in mantle cavity between foot and mantle as indicated by an arrow (figure 2), shell length 17.5 mm. Habitat. Littoral, clay. Remarks. This new species can be distinguished easily from all of the Indo-Pacific species described by Gordon (1936), Silas and Alagarswami (1967) and Tirmizi and Ghani (1996). It is a unique species having a hexagonal carapace, wellpigmented eyes, MXP palp slender, slender walking legs with subequal dactyli, of which the WL–3 is the longest, with a dactyl comparatively more setose on the right side.Published as part of KAZMI, Q. B. & MANNING, R. B., 2003, A new genus and species of pinnotherid crab from Karachi, northern Arabian Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), pp. 1085-1089 in Journal of Natural History 37 (9) on pages 1086-1087, DOI: 10.1080/00222930110108353, http://zenodo.org/record/467520
Sindheres KAZMI & MANNING 2003, gen. nov.
No full text<i>Sindheres</i> gen. nov. <p> <i>Diagnosis.</i> Size small, carapace 3.25 mm long, 5.0 mm wide in a unique holotype. Carapace sub-hexagonal, narrowing anteriorly, width greater than length, width greatest posterior to mid-length; regions poorly defined. Front very slightly projecting. MXP3 exopod with flagellum; ischium and merus indistinguishably fused, elongate; inner margin convex; palp three-segmented; propodus spatulate, longer than carpus, dactylus styliform, inserted below mid-length of ventral margin of propodus. Walking legs equal right and left; WL2 longest of walking legs, WL1–3 dactyli similar, subequal, falcate, strongly curved to sharp apex; WL4 dactylus slightly shorter than dactyli of WL1–3. Female abdomen of seven free somites, abdomen extended beyond bases of legs. Male unknown.</p> <p> <i>Type species. Sindheres karachiensis</i> new species, by present designation and monotypy.</p> <p> <i>Etymology.</i> An arbitrary combination of the name of the Pakistan province of Sindh and the ending - <i>eres</i>. The gender is musculine.</p> <p> <i>Remarks.</i> Members of <i>Sindheres</i> can be distinguished at once from members of <i>Pinnotheres</i> Bosc, 1802, in having the dactylus of MXP3 inserted near the midlength of the ventral margin of the propodus (Manning, 1993: figure 1 (c)), rather than at its base (Manning, 1993: figure 1 (b)). In this feature <i>Sindheres</i> resembles the eastern Atlantic <i>Nepinnotheres</i> Manning, 1993, but in members of <i>Nepinnotheres</i> the carapace is sub-circular, with the length and width subequal, rather than subhexagonal, with the length much shorter than the width. In <i>Sindheres</i>, the mesial margin of the MXP3 ischium-merus is convex, whereas in <i>N. pinnotheres</i> the mesial margin of MXP3 is slightly concave proximally with an obtuse projection subdistally.</p>Published as part of <i>KAZMI, Q. B. & MANNING, R. B., 2003, A new genus and species of pinnotherid crab from Karachi, northern Arabian Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), pp. 1085-1089 in Journal of Natural History 37 (9)</i> on page 1086, DOI: 10.1080/00222930110108353, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4675206">http://zenodo.org/record/4675206</a>
Rhytidothorax namdapha Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textRhytidothorax namdapha sp. nov. (Figs 9–14) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.55mm. Body completely dark brown to nearly black; frontovertex dull bluish green, pronotum and mesoscutum dull black with violet shine; scutellum mostly bluish green, with some purple shine, declivous sides and apex bluish green and smooth; tegula black; gaster blackish, with violet and purple shine, TI antero-laterally bluish. Antenna with radicle dark brown; scape brownish yellow, brown along margins; pedicel in basal two-thirds brownish, apical third yellow; flagellum dark brown (Fig. 9). Wings hyaline. Legs brownish yellow except fore and mid coxae and fore femur dark brown to nearly black. Head. Eyes over-reaching occiput posteriorly; scrobes broadly U-shaped, with narrow but rounded margins; antennal toruli placed nearer mouth margin, much below a line drawn across lower margin of eyes; ocellar triangle with apical angle obtuse; frontovertex with fine, raised reticulate sculpture and with sparse, small, thimble-like setigerous punctures, these in two lines in front of anterior ocellus on each side of frons; setae on head brown; eyes setose, setae transparent, and each about as long as a facet. Mandible with two pointed teeth and a small receding short tooth, the middle tooth longest. Maxillary palp 4 -segmented, labial palp 3 -segmented. Antenna as in Fig. 9; scape about 6 x as long as broad; F 1 about 0.5 x of pedicel; funicle segments except for F 1 quadrate (F 2) to slightly (F 3) to distinctly (F 6) broader than long; clava about as long as F 3–6 combined, and with third segment obliquely truncate. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 46.5; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 14; eye height, 31.5; malar space, 12; POL, 7; OOL, 1; OCL, 2; scape length, 22. Mesosoma slightly longer than gaster (58: 52); scutellum with a thin apical flange; propodeum about 0.16 x scutellum length (Fig. 13); mesoscutum with irregular, polygonal reticulations and fine setigerous punctures; scutellum with raised reticulate sculpture, the cells elongated, lineolate on sides, but extreme sides and apex smooth (Fig. 13), sculpture deeper than on mesoscutum; mesopleuron with fine reticulations; setae on thorax brown except silvery white along lower margin of metapleuron and on sides of propodeum. Fore wing 2.42 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.49 x wing length; marginal vein 1.52 x as long as postmarginal vein; stigmal vein 1.34 x as long as marginal vein, and 2 x as long as postmarginal vein (Fig. 10). Hind wing 3.34 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.68 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of moderately long setae. Fore leg with last segment of tarsus with a comb of setae (Fig. 11). Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 24 (45); scutellum length (width), 27.5 (27); (slide) — propodeum median length: scutellum length = 8: 38. Gaster. Hypopygium with a deep V-shaped notch in posterior margin (Fig. 12); ovipositor as in Fig. 14. Relative measurements (slide) — TVII length, 50; ovipositor length, 45.5; mid tibia length, 56.5; mid basitarsus length, 14; mid tibial spur length, 11. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on slide under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1307; right antenna missing) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 09.xi. 2009 Coll.: P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12341 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. This species is very similar to R. pectinatum Singh & Agarwal (1993 a, b; see also Hayat, 2006), but differs in having the antennal toruli with their upper margins below the level of the lower margins of the eyes and very close to the mouth margin; F 2 quadrate; clava with second suture oblique and third segment obliquely truncate; scutellum with elongate reticulate sculpture except becoming lineolate reticulate on sides; marginal vein 1.52 x as long as postmarginal vein; ovipositor 0.8 x as long as mid tibia. In R. pectinatum: upper margins of antennal toruli are in line with lower margins of the eyes and are separated from the mouth margin by a distance greater than half the height of a torulus; F 2 broader than long; clava with second suture perpendicular and only apex of third segment transversely truncate; scutellum with polygonal reticulate sculpture in about middle third, but becoming elongate reticulate on sides; marginal vein about as long as postmarginal vein; ovipositor 0.92 x as long as mid tibia In both these species the last segment of fore tarsus is provided with a comb of setae. Etymology. The species name is derived from the first name Namdapha of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 6-7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
First report of the genus Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with two new species
No full textRameshkumar, Anandhan, Huben, Mike R., Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam (2021): First report of the genus Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with two new species. Zootaxa 5052 (1): 145-150, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.1
FIG. 2 in A new genus and species of pinnotherid crab from Karachi, northern Arabian Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)
No full textFIG. 2. Host bivalve, arrow indicating the hole in between foot and mantle.Published as part of KAZMI, Q. B. & MANNING, R. B., 2003, A new genus and species of pinnotherid crab from Karachi, northern Arabian Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), pp. 1085-1089 in Journal of Natural History 37 (9) on page 1088, DOI: 10.1080/00222930110108353, http://zenodo.org/record/467520
Rhytidothorax ramakrishnai Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textRhytidothorax ramakrishnai sp. nov. (Figs 15–21) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.91 mm. Body completely dark brown to black; frontovertex bluish green, scrobal impression and malar space slightly violet; mesoscutum with a slight bluish shine; scutellum purple, slightly greenish on sides; metanotum, propodeum and gaster black. Antenna (Fig. 15) with radicle brown; scape brownish yellow, brownish at base and apex; pedicel and F 1–4 dark brown; F 5 brown in basal half; apical half of F 5, F 6 and clava yellow. Fore wing (Fig. 16) subhyaline, lightly infuscate below distal third of submarginal and distal veins, and beyond venation with a strongly infuscate broad band in anterior half and an infuscate streak in posterior half. Hind wing hyaline, lightly infuscate in apical third. Legs with mid coxa black, but otherwise yellow to brownish yellow with brownish suffusions. Head. Eyes nearly reaching occipital margin posteriorly; scrobes U-shaped, with rounded margins; antennal toruli slightly less than their heights to mouth margin (9.5: 8) and their upper margins slightly above lower margin of eyes (Fig. 18); ocellar triangle with apical angle right angle or slightly obtuse triangle; posterior ocellus about one ocellus diameter to occipital margin, and slightly less than one diameter to eye margin; POL about 2.61 x as long as OOL, and about 2.12 x as long as OCL; frontovertex with fine, slightly raised polygonal reticulations and with small setigerous punctures on vertex, and a line of punctures along each eye margin; eyes setose, setae hyaline, and each seta clearly longer than a facet. Mandible with one pointed tooth, a receding ventral tooth, and a small, receding dorsal truncation. Maxillary palp 4 -segmented, labial palp 3 -segmented. Antenna as in Fig. 15; scape nearly 6 x as long as broad; F 1 longer than pedicel and 5 x as long as broad; clava slightly longer than F 5 and F 6 combined. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 50; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 20.5; eye height, 33; malar space, 15; POL, 8.5; OOL, 3.25; OCL, 4; AOL, 5.5. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum with irregular polygonal reticulations and fine setigerous punctures; scutellum with very fine reticulations hardly deeper than on mesoscutum except sides and apex narrowly smooth; mesopleuron smooth; propodeum with a median ridge and an inwardly curved ridge mesal to each spiracle (Fig. 19); setae on thoracic dorsum brown, but those on sides of propodeum silvery white. Fore wing (Fig. 16) 3.23 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.51 x wing length; marginal vein clearly longer than postmarginal vein or stigmal vein. Hind wing 4.46 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.6 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of moderately long setae. Fore leg with last tarsal segment with a short comb of setae. Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 33 (50); scutellum length (width), 35 (26.5); propodeum median length, 14; (paratype, slide) — median length of propodeum: scutellum length = 14: 32.5. Gaster about 0.64 x as long as mesosoma; hypopygium with apex rounded and with a small median notch; third valvula distinctly articulated with second valvifer (Fig. 17). Relative measurements (paratype, slide) — TVII length, 45; ovipositor length, 35; third valvula length, 6; mid tibia length, 82; mid basitarsus length, 24; mid tibial spur length, 27.5. Male. Similar to female in colour, but smaller (about 1.5 mm) and as follows. Frontovertex 0.45 x head width; antennal toruli with lower margins above lower margins of eye, and separated from mouth margin by a distance greater than (8) torulus height (6.75). Antennal formula, 1, 1, 6, 1 (Fig. 20); pedicel subtriangular; F 1 longer than pedicel; F 1–6 with long setae. Genitalia (Fig. 15) with parameres absent; digiti short, each digitus with a denticle; phallobase shorter than mid tibial spur (15.5: 22.5). Material examined. Holotype, female (on card) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Road to Ranijheel, 11.xi. 2009, P.M.Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12342 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Paratypes. 1 female (on slide, No. EH 1313, one antenna missing), 1 male (on slide, EH 1312, one clava missing) with same data as holotype. (ZDAMU, Registration No. HYM. CH. 619). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. This species is placed in Rhytidothorax because it has a majority of the characters of this genus, but with some hesitation because of the presence of distinctly articulated third valvulae (= gonostyli). Except for the presence of articulated third valvulae, it is similar to R. nigrum Singh & Agarwal (1993 a, b), but differs from it in the characters given in the key. Earlier, Hayat et al. (2002) described R. callistus with articulated third valvulae (see key to species). Etymology. This species is named after Dr. Ramakrishna, former Director, Zoological Survey of India, for providing encouragement to collect animals in remote areas of the country.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 7-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Rhytidothorax horticola Hayat & Kazmi, 2011, sp. nov.
No full textRhytidothorax horticola sp. nov. (Figs 1–8) Female. Holotype. Length, 1.22 mm. Head black, largely with bluish-green shine, thimble -like punctures bluish; pronotum black with sides brownish yellow; mesoscutum brownish yellow with anterior margin black; axillae brown; scutellum dark brown but basally and laterally brownish yellow; tegula brownish yellow, apically brown; prepectus and mesopleuron brownish yellow; metanotum dark brown; propodeum in mesal third brownish yellow, laterally brown; gaster nearly black. Antenna (Fig. 1) with radicle largely dark brown; scape brownish yellow, apically brownish; pedicel and F 1–3 dark brown; F 4 yellowish brown, F 5 pale brownish yellow, F 6 and clava yellow to white. Fore wing subhyaline, uniformly pale infuscate; hind wing hyaline. Legs including fore and hind coxae pale brownish yellow; mid coxa dark brown; mid tarsus with segments 2–4 brownish yellow, but all tarsi with last segment dark brown. Head (Fig. 6). Eyes nearly reaching occiput posteriorly; scrobes deep, U-shaped, with rounded margins; antennal toruli placed nearer mouth margin, much below a line drawn across lower margins of eyes; ocellar triangle with apical angle a right angle; frontovertex with raised reticulate sculpture, and with small thimble-like setigerous punctures, each smaller than diameter of anterior ocellus; setae on head dark brown; eyes setose, setae pale brown to hyaline, each clearly longer than a facet. Mandible with one pointed tooth and a receding second tooth. Maxillary palp 3 -segmented, labial palp 2 -segmented. Antenna as in Fig. 1; scape 3.4 x to nearly 4 x as long as broad; F 1 slightly longer than 0.5 x of pedicel; funicle segments, except F 1 and F 2, quadrate to broader than long; clava about as long as F 4–6 combined. Relative measurements — head dorsal width, 38; frontovertex width at anterior ocellus, 12; eye height, 24; malar space, 14; POL, 6; OOL, 1.5; OCL, 1.75; AOL, 4; scape length, 17; scape width, 5. Mesosoma. Mesoscutum with fine, slightly raised polygonal reticulations; scutellum in anterior half finely reticulate, but reticulations not deeper than on mesoscutum, and with posterior half smooth; mesopleuron finely reticulate; propodeum about one-quarter as long as scutellum, and with ridges as in Fig. 4; setae on thorax dark brown, but those on sides of propodeal spiracles silvery white. Fore wing (Fig. 2) 2.6 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.54 x wing length; postmarginal vein 1.2 x as long as marginal and 1.25 x as long as stigmal vein. Hind wing 4 x as long as broad; venation extending 0.67 x wing length; marginal cell with a line of very long setae (Fig. 3). Last segment of fore and mid tarsi each with setae arranged in two short combs (Figs 7, 8). Relative measurements — mesoscutum length (width), 21 (32); scutellum length (width), 22 (18.5); median length of propodeum, 6. Gaster shorter than mesosoma (34: 45), and slightly broader than long (37: 34); hypopygium with a semicircular notch in posterior margin; ovipositor as in Fig. 5. Relative measurements (paratype, slide) — ovipositor length, 25; mid tibia length, 47; mid basitarsus length, 12; mid tibial spur length, 14.5. Male. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype, female (on card) labelled “ INDIA: Arunachal Pr. Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Road to Ranijheel, 11.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan” (“ NZSI 12338 /H 3 ” on a red ticket). Paratypes. 1 female (on card) with same data as holotype (NZSI, 12339 /H 3); 1 female (on slide, under 5 coverslips, slide No. EH. 1308), Arunachal Pradesh, Namdapha Tiger Reserve, Daphabum Road, 9.xi. 2009, P. M. Sureshan (ZDAMU, Registration No. HYM. CH. 618). Host. Unknown. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh. Comments. The species is apparentlysimilar to R. hirtus Howard (1894; see also Noyes 1979) but differs by the characters given in the key. Etymology. Latin: hortus = park or garden + colo = to inhibit, referring to its occurrence in the Namdapha National Park, the former name of the Namdapha Tiger Reserve.Published as part of Hayat, Mohammad & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2011, On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 2830 on pages 4-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27729
Atanycolus tangmargensis Ahmed, I. & Kazmi 2022, sp. nov.
No full textAtanycolus tangmargensis Ahmed, I. & Kazmi sp. nov. (Figs. 2a–k) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 6744F72C-7A94-4520-96B5-3962402099CF Type material: Holotype; ♀ (reg.no. 26125/H3), Tangmarg, Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, INDIA. coll. Z. Ahmed. 22.vii.2018. collected from pine logs by sweep net. Paratypes: 2♀♀ and 5♂♂ (reg.no. 26126/H3-26132/H3) collection data similar to holotype. All types deposited in National Zoological Collection (NZC), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Description: Holotype: ♀, body length 13.1 mm; fore wing 11.2 mm; ovipositor sheath 14.9 mm. Head: (Figs. 2a–c) 1.6× wider than long dorsally, without any drop shaped black spot on stemmaticum, temples strongly expanded behind eyes, gena with sparse long hairs posteriorly, antenna slightly shorter than the fore wing, sub equal to body length, 54 antennomeres, the length of basal and apical flagellomeres about 2× their respective basal width, F1 slightly longer than F2, length of middle segments 1.5–1.6× the width, scape 2.3× as long as its maximum width, pedicel as long as its maximum width; the ration of width of mandibles: the distance between the inter-tentorial pits: the distance between the inter-tentioles and the compound eyes = 7:12:10; clypeus small narrow concave with few especially long hairs at its ventral raised margin; malar space 1.6× as long as basal mandibular width and more than half the eye length; face 1.6× as wide as long, smooth shiny medially, sparsely setose laterally and dorsally, eyes glabrous, dorsal eye length about half the temple; frons strongly concave medially with a longitudinal carina, vertex smooth, shiny with few hairs at posterior margin; length of maxillary palp 0.6× height of head; malar suture with some short setae; clypeus height: inter-tentorial distance: tentorio-ocular distance = 2: 4: 5. Mesosoma: (Figs. 2d, e) 1.6× as long as wide; mesoscutum with smooth and shiny notauli without any crenulations; scutellum triangular with small marginal hairs, scutellar sulcus narrow crenulated, not much deep; metanotum smooth, shiny; propodeum smooth, sparsely setose laterally; mesopleuron smooth, shiny with some setae posterior-ventrally; metapleuron sparsely setose. Wings: (Fig. 2f) Fore wing: Pterostigma 3.5× as long as its maximum width, SR1: 3-SR: r=5: 26: 6; 1-SR+M vein slightly curved, about 1.3× the length of vein 1-M; 2-SR: 3-SR: 1rm=12:23:10; m-cu straight, about 2.5× the length of 2-SR+M; cu-a interstitial. Hind wing: SC+R1:2-SC+R: 1r-m =12:1:2, basal posterior lobe with long setae marginally. Legs: The ration of length of fore femur: fore tibia: fore tarsi; 7:8:14; outer hind tibial spur smaller than the inner one, covered by thick bristles; fore tibia with single sickle shaped spur; tarsomeres with few stout bristles apically; hind femur compressed much longer than wide, hind tibia 1.8× the femur length, telotarsus 2× the length of penultimate tarsomere; length of femur, tibia and basitarsus of hind leg 3.4, 10.4 and 8.3× their maximum width respectively. Metasoma: (Figs. 2g –i) Metasomal tergites entirely smooth, first metasomal tergite slender, with comparatively longer hairs on lateral margins, about 1.6× as long as its apical width, with median raised oval posteriorly widening area; the second tergite 1.5× as long as wide, with a medio-basal smooth triangular area narrowing posteriorly; 2 nd tergite longer than 3 rd, suture separating two smooth laterally and shallowly crenulate medially (fig. 2. H); the third metasomal tergite truncate posteriorly, more than twice as wide as long; hypopygium not extending much behind, ovipositior sheath densely setose, 1.2× the fore wing length, 1.18× the body length; ovipositor with a dorsal nodus and five ventral teeth (Fig. 2j). Colour. Reddish yellow; stemmaticum black; antenna and legs blackish brown, mandibles yellowish medially, black basally and apically, basal half covered with long white hairs, eyes dark brown, maxillary and labial palps dark brown; mesosoma reddish yellow; propodeum yellow, wings infuscate, pterostigma and veins dark brown, small light patch below 2SR+M; metasoma uniformly light yellow, with few very small white hairs; ovipositor yellow, ovipositor sheath brown. Male: (Fig. 1 b) Body length 5.54–6.76mm, fore wing length 3.7–5.96mm; antenna 56– 7.27mm with 46–54 segments, dark brown with scape and pedicel completely black; head and mesosoma black dorsally, propodeum brownish, all appendages uniformly dark brown except fore tarsus and fore coxae which are comparatively light brown; eyes with a yellow stripe around dorsal margin, metasoma light yellow. Etymology: The species is named after the type locality in India, Tangmarg, Baramulla Jammu and Kashmir. Distribution: India; Tangmarg, Baramulla, Jammu & Kashmir. Remarks: The new species differ from the other two Indian species as follows: A. initiator have two parallel longitudinal, crenulated lateral grooves on either side on 2 nd metasomal tergite (absent in new species); whereas in A. hookeri the 2 nd metasomal tergite strongly irregularly striated, malar space 0.25× eye length (2 nd metasomal tergite smooth, malar space more than 0.5× eye length in new species). The new species is similar in appearance to Chinese species A. lindemani Tobias, 1980 and can be separated from it by combination of following characters: mesosoma reddish yellow (brown in A. lindemani); black spot on stemmaticum absent (A. lindemani a large black drop-shaped spot present, extending to the posterior end of head); the suture separation second and third metasomal tergite shallowly crenulated medially (smooth in A. lindemani); antenna 49–54 antennomeres (32–38 antennomeres in A. lindemani).Published as part of Ahmed, Ishtiaq, Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, Farooqi, Mohd Kaleemullah & Ahmed, Zaheer, 2022, A new species of genus Atanycolus Foerster, 1863 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) from India, pp. 496-500 in Zootaxa 5124 (4) on pages 497-498, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/641372
FIGURES 1–6 in First report of the genus Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with two new species
No full textFIGURES 1–6. Brachygaster rarum sp.nov., Holotype ♀. 1. habitus; 2. head, frontal view; 3. antenna; 4. hind legs; 5. fore wing; 6. metasoma with petiole.Published as part of Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Huben, Mike R. & Kazmi, Sarfrazul Islam, 2021, First report of the genus Brachygaster Leach (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with two new species, pp. 145-150 in Zootaxa 5052 (1) on page 147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5052.1.10, http://zenodo.org/record/556586
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