Taeniogonalos kerala (Ayyar, 1919)

(Figures 8a–d, 9a–e and 10a–f)

Poecilogonalos kerala Ayyar, 1919: 472 [India: Kerala, Santhanathode, Western Ghats, Malabar (Wayanad) district, coll. T.V. Ramakrishna Ayyar; 7 October 1917]. (see Materials and methods for holotype deposition) (transferred to Taeniogonalos by Carmean and Kimsey 1998: 67).

Poecilogonalos henicospili Rohwer, 1929: 65 (transferred to Taeniogonalos by Carmean and Kimsey 1998: 68). syn. nov.

Type material

Holotype of T. henicospili, ♀ (Figures 8a–d), India: Assam, Jorhat, March 1927, coll. C.P. Clausen, ex. cocoons of Henicospilus rufus Tosq., no. 2084 (metasoma missing) (USNM) Type No. 40978, USNMENT 01545589.

Additional material examined

♀, India: Kerala, Ernakulam district, Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (10.129°N, 76.6877°E; alt. 450 m), 5 February 2017, coll. P. Girish Kumar, (ZSIK) Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC /IR/INV.17489.

Diagnosis

Scutellum bicoloured and middle lobe of mesoscutum tricoloured (Figures 8c and 10b); outer side of supra-antennal elevations oblique and elevations 0.4× as long as scape; occipital carina marked; head densely rugose-punctate, interspaces smooth and shiny, punctures fade posteriorly towards occiput and ventrally towards temple; temple dorsally largely smooth except for scattered punctures near the outer eye margin (Figures 8b and 9c–e); head distinctly wide in dorsal view; posterior margin of second metasomal sternite straight, armature absent.