Oligosita
Creators: name: Begum, Salma
name: Anis, Shoeba Binte
name: Khan, Mohd Talib
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Trichogrammatidae
Oligosita

description: Key to Indian species of Oligosita (females)
1. Pronotum medially membranous, consisting of two plates (Fig. 25). Subgenus Oligosita s. str. ......................... 2
- Pronotum undivided, dorsally long (Hayat 2009: fig. 36)...........Subgenus Orioligosita Hayat [O. (O.) similiana Hayat]
2. Mid lobe of mesoscutum with 1+1 setae (Fig. 30)............................................................ 4
- Mid lobe of mesoscutum without setae (Fig. 8).............................................................. 3
3. Clava 3.6× as long as broad (Fig. 3); fore wing about 4.4× as long as broad (Fig.6); ovipositor about 1.1× as long as hind tibia.......................................................................... O. aseta Begum & Anis, sp. nov.
- Clava 6.1× as long as broad (Fig. 17); fore wing about 3.9× as long as broad (Fig. 18); ovipositor about 1.2× as long as hind tibia.......................................................................... O. doonensis Begum & Anis
4. Fore wing disc beyond venation with one or two lines of setae (Figs 13, 15)....................................... 5
- Fore wing disc beyond venation with more than two lines of setae or setae irregularly distributed (Figs 2, 24)............ 11
5. Clava at most 2.5× as long as broad....................................................................... 6
- Clava at least 3× as long as broad......................................................................... 7
6 Funicle segment slightly longer than broad (Fig. 14); fore wing stigmal vein with a distinct neck (Fig. 15)............................................................................................ O. debaiensis Yousuf & Shafee
- Funicle segment broader than long (Fig. 11); fore wing stigmal vein with a short neck (Fig. 12)................................................................................................... O. breviclavata Yousuf & Shafee
7. Body variously pigmented with blood-red colour............................................................. 8
- Body without any red pigment........................................................................... 9
8. Gaster wholly red; fore wing disc with two lines of setae beyond venation (Fig. 33); reddish pigment absent from fore wing veins and hind leg.................................................................... O. sanguinea (Girault)
- Gaster with about distal two-thirds white; fore wing beyond venation with a single line of 5–11 setae along anterior margin (Fig. 27); fore wing veins and legs with reddish suffusions.................................. O. novisanguinea Girault
9. Fore wing disc with a single, apically curved line of setae along wing margin, and without a line of setae distal to stigmal vein (Yousuf & Shafee 1992: fig. B).................................................. O. longipennis Yousuf & Shafee
- Fore wing disc with an apically curved line of setae along wing margin and with a line of setae distal to stigmal vein (Figs 22, 35)................................................................................................ 10
10. Fore wing with two infuscate patches, one below stigmal vein and the second an oblique fascia below premarginal vein (Fig. 35)........................................................................... O. younusi Yousuf & Shafee
- Fore wing hyaline with an infuscate spot appended to stigmal vein (Fig. 22)............ O. longirhinaria Yousuf & Shafee
11. Fore wing narrow, and distinctly incised at apex of retinaculum (Fig. 29)......................................... 12
- Fore wing broader and not incised at apex of retinaculum (Figs 2, 20, 24)........................................ 13
12. Clava about 3.6× as long as broad (Fig. 28); fore wing about 5.1× as long as broad (Fig. 29).... O. obliqua Fatma & Begum
- Clava 7× as long as broad; fore wing 4× as long as broad (Yousuf & Joshi 2003: figs A, B). O. longiflagellata Yousuf & Joshi
13. Antennal clava with a drumstick-like apical extension (Figs 19, 23); fore wing less than 4× as long as broad, and disc sparsely setose.............................................................................................. 14
- Antennal clava without a drumstick-like apical projection (Fig. 1); fore wing 4× as long as broad, and disc densely setose.. 15
14. Funicle segment 1.5× as long as broad; clava about 2.6× as long as broad (Fig. 19); fore wing about 3.2× as long as broad (Fig. 20); marginal fringe about two-thirds wing width; ovipositor about 1.6× as long as hind tibia..... O. gilvus Yousuf & Shafee
- Funicle segment at most quadrate; clava about 1.9× as long as broad (Fig. 23); fore wing about 3.1× as long as broad (Fig. 24); marginal fringe at least three-fourths wing width; ovipositor about 1.3× as long as hind tibia...................................................................................................... O. meerutensis Yousuf & Shafee
15. Clava as long as scape (Viggiani 1976:fig. 3).................................................... O. naias Girault
- Clava longer than scape (Fig. 1)............................................... O. angustipennis Yousuf & Shafee
description: Published as part of Begum, Salma, Anis, Shoeba Binte & Khan, Mohd Talib, 2015, A revision of the Indian species of Oligosita Walker (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), pp. 401-424 in Zootaxa 3973 (3) on page 403, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/240122