Phanuromyia reticulata Veenakumari & Prashanth 2019, n. sp.

Phanuromyia reticulata n. sp.

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TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. ♀, ICAR / NBAIR / P1970, India: Karnataka: Bengaluru, Hebbal, 13°02’08”N, 77°58’42”E, 927 m, YPT, 24.IV.2014.

Paratypes. 9 ♀, 5 ♂: ICAR / NBAIR /P1971, 1♀, Karnataka: Bengaluru, Attur, 13°09’25”N, 77°56’41”E, 936 m, MT, 30.IV.2011. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1972, 1 ♀, same as P1971, 07.V.2011. — ICAR / NBAIR / P1973, 1 ♀, Karnataka: Chikkaballapur, Nandi Hills, 13°37’02”N, 77°41’00”E, 1448 m, SN, 18.IX.2010. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1974, 1 ♀, Karnataka: Mandya, Madduru, 12°58’41”N, 77°04’34”E, 646 m, YPT, 14.VI.2016. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1975, 1 ♀, Karnataka: Kolar, 13°07’51”N, 78°08’18”E, 829 m, SN, 26.VII.2012. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1976, 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Dharmapuri, Hosur, Uddanapalli, 12°35’36”N, 77°56’01”E, 758 m, MT, 02.XII.2014. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1977, 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Vellore, Yelagiri, Pudur, 12°58’42”N, 78°38’29”E, 997 m, YPT, 16.VI.2016. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1978, 1 ♂, same as P1971, 31.V.2011. — ICAR / NBAIR / P1979, 1 ♂, same as P1971, 25.IV.2011. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1980, 1♂, same as P1971, 07.V.2011. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1981, 1♂, Ta - mil Nadu: Krishnagiri, Kelamangalam, Jakkeri, YPT, 12°42’17”N, 77°48’37”E, 899 m, 03.III.2015. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1982, 1 ♂, same as P1974, SN, 04.I.2012. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1983, 1 ♀, Tamil Nadu: Lower Pulney Hills, Thadiyankudisai, Horticulture Research Station, 10°17’58”N, 77°42’42”E, 990 m, YPT, 28.XI.2016. — ICAR / NBAIR /P1984, 1 ♀, Karnataka: Chintamani, College of Sericulture, 13°20’07”N, 78°04’56”E, 862 m,YPT, 13.I.2016.

DIAGNOSIS. — This species is different from all other species of Indian Phanuromyia in having a reticulate mesoscutellum.

ETYMOLOGY. — This species is named ‘reticulata’ highlighting the reticulate sculpture of the mesoscutellum. The name is treated as an adjective.

DESCRIPTION

Measurement

Body length = 0.96 mm; (m = 0.98 [0.91 to 1.19] mm, SD=0.08, n= 8).

Colour

Head and mesosoma black; metasoma golden yellow; legs yellow brown except brown fore coxae; eyes black; radicle, A1, A5-A7 yellowish brown, remaining antennomeres blackish brown; mandibles reddish brown (Fig. 3A).

Head (Fig. 3A, B, D, E)

FCI =1.31; LCI =1.40; IOS subequal to eye length; entire frons and gena coriaceous reticulate; three vertical striae arise on either side of toruli and converge in the middle of frons; vertex finely reticulate, sparsely setose; eyes (L: W= 17.4: 16.3) large, bare; POL: LOL in ratio of 15.7: 7.6; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina and preoccipital area indistinct; occiput reticulate.

Mesosoma (Fig. 3A, C, E)

Mesoscutum (L: W = 18.9: 26.6) finely reticulate, reticulations postero-medially longer than wide; lateral pronotal area predominantly reticulate; mesopleuron reticulate; mesopleural depression vertically striate; prespecular sulcus and mesepime- ral sulci not foveate; sternaulus not indicated; mesopleural pit distinct; mesopleural carina distinct; metapleuron coarsely sculptured with a distinct metapleural pit; scutoscutellar sulcus narrow, foveate only laterally; mesoscutellum (L: W=7.5: 2.0) semicircular, finely reticulate, posterior margin uniformly rounded; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus deeply foveate; metascutellum rectangular, smooth with foveae on anterior margin; metanotal trough smooth; lateral propodeal area smooth; fore wing (L: W= 62.7: 16.8) and hind wing (L: W=56.0: 8.0) with dense microtrichia; length of fore wing marginal cilia 0.25 × width of wing; hind wing marginal cilia subequal to width of wing.

Metasoma (Fig. 3A)

(L: W= 29.8: 22.6); T1 foveate anteromedially, with a sharp carina laterad extending the entire length of tergite, remain- der smooth; T1 with 2 lateral setae; T2 with antero-medial basal foveae, followed by weak striae some of which extend medially up to half the length of tergite, remainder smooth; length and width of tergites T1: T 2 in ratio of 2.9: 10.2, 27.0: 18.9, respectively; ovipositor visible, straight.

Male (Fig. 4A)

Body length = 0.94 mm; male similar to female except for the following characters: metasoma dark brown with T1 and anterior T2 orangish brown; mesoscutellum weakly reticulate and medially almost smooth.