Embidobia Ashmead 1896, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Veenakumari, Kamalanathan
name: Kolla, Sreedevi
name: Sushil, Satya Nand
name: Samuel, Duleep Kumar
name: Khan, Farmanur Rahman
name: Mohanraj, Prashanth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Key to the females of Oriental species of Embidobia Ashmead, 1896
1. Vertex, mesosoma and metasoma smooth (Figs 6A, 16A) ............................................................... 2
– Vertex, mesosoma and metasoma either entirely or partially sculptured (e.g., Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A) ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Facial and malar striae prominent (Fig. 6D); ocelli present; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus foveate; metascutellum protruding posteriorly (Fig. 6A); mesopleural carina entire (Fig. 6C); cilia on postmarginalis short, at most 0.2 × width of fore wing (Fig. 2E); T1 shorter than T2; T2 longer than T3 (Fig. 6A); entire habitus yellow-brown (Fig. 6B) ................ E. gauriputra Veenakumari sp. nov.
– Facial striae weak and malar striae absent (Fig. 16D); ocelli absent; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus not foveate; metascutellum posteriorly evenly rounded (Fig. 16A); mesopleural carina abbreviated (Fig. 16C); cilia on postmarginalis elongate, more than half the width of fore wing (Fig. 12E); T1 and T2 subequal in length; T2 shorter than T3 (Fig. 16A); head and mesosoma brown-black, metasoma yellow-brown (Fig. 16B) ............................................... E. saroma Veenakumari sp. nov.
3. Metascutellum not visible when viewed dorsally, concealed beneath mesoscutellum; lateral propodeal area entirely smooth with foveae on posterior margin; metasomal depression predominantly smooth (Figs 8A, 11A, 13A) ......................................................................................................................... 4
– Metascutellum visible when viewed dorsally; lateral propodeal area longitudinal costate; metasomal depression costate (e.g., Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 7A) ................................................................................ 6
4. T2 1.2 × longer than T3; T1 entirely longitudinally striate; T2 and T3 strongly coriaceous reticulate (Fig. 13C); mesoscutellum entirely rugose (Fig. 13A); foveae of mesepimeral sulcus wide and transverse (Fig. 13D) .................................................................................. E. orientalis Dodd, 1939
– T2 and T3 equal in length; T1 longitudinally striate with a smooth posterior margin; T2 and T3 with fine weak reticulations; mesoscutellum medially smooth and laterally rugose (Figs 8A, 11A); foveae of mesepimeral sulcus not transverse except basally (Figs 8C, 11C) ............................................... 5
5. Metasoma elongate, at least 1.5× as long as wide; mesoscutellum reaching posterior margin of metascutellum (Fig. 11A); interantennal process in posterior half wide (Fig. 11D) .......................... ......................................................................................................... E. omkara Veenakumari sp. nov.
– Metasoma short, subequal in length and width; mesoscutellum extending beyond posterior margin of metascutellum (Fig. 8A); interantennal process in posterior half narrow (Fig. 8D) ...................... .......................................................................................................... E. hrdaya Veenakumari sp. nov.
6. T2 and T3 either equal in length or T3 longer than T2 (Figs 7A, 17B) ............................................ 7
– T2 longer than T3 (e.g., Figs 1A, 3A, 5A, 9A) ................................................................................. 8
7. T3 at least 1.2 × as long as T2; mesoscutellum medially smooth, laterally rugose; metascutellum posteromedially protruding; metascutellum anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with short longitudinal carinae; medial longitudinal costae on T1 short, extending at most 0.4 × the length of tergite; T3 smooth with a transverse band of areolate sculpture medially (Fig. 7A) ........................................... ......................................................................................................... E. hiranya Veenakumari sp. nov.
– T2 and T3 subequal in length; mesoscutellum entirely smooth; metascutellum posteromedially evenly rounded; metascutellum anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with depressions; medial longitudinal costae on T1 elongate, extending at least 0.8× the length of tergite; T3 anteriorly reticulate and posteriorly smooth (Fig. 17A) ........................................................ E. yuyutsu Veenakumari sp. nov.
8. T1 smooth, with longitudinal costae sublaterally; T2 predominantly smooth with weak impressions of reticulations posterad; basal foveae on T2 minute (Fig. 1A) ..... E. agastya Veenakumari sp. nov.
– T1 longitudinally costate; T2 longitudinally costate; basal foveae on T2 large and distinct (e.g., Figs 5A, 9A, 10A, 14A) .................................................................................................................... 9
9. OOL either longer or equal to median ocellar diameter (Figs 4A, 5A) .......................................... 10
– OOL shorter than the median ocellar diameter (Figs 3A, 9A, 10A, 14A, 15A) ..............................11
10. T1 striate at basal half; T2 longitudinally striate at base; OOL subequal to median ocellar diameter (Fig. 4A) .................................................................................................. E. brittanica Girault, 1917
– T1 striate 0.9 × the length of the tergite; T2 striate, striae extending 0.8× length of tergite; OOL at least 1.3× median ocellar diameter (Fig. 5A) ........................... E. dooranetra Veenakumari sp. nov.
11. Mesoscutellum entirely smooth (Figs 9A, 15A) ............................................................................. 12
– Mesoscutellum either partially or entirely rugose or rugose-imbricate (Figs 3A, 10A, 14A) ........ 13
12. Metasoma ovate, at most 1.2 × as long as wide; metascutellum longitudinally costate with foveae between costae; lateral propodeal area anteriorly smooth and posteriorly longitudinally costate (Fig. 9A); upper frons with several semicircular carinae (Fig. 9D); submarginalis of fore wing not broken in front of marginalis (Fig. 2G) ............................................ E. jatayu Veenakumari sp. nov.
– Metasoma spindle shaped>1.5× as long as wide; metascutellum anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with depressions; lateral propodeal area entirely longitudinally costate (Fig. 15A); upper frons with several short arched carinae (Fig. 15D); submarginalis of fore wing broken in front of marginalis (Fig. 12D) ..................................................................................... E. sankirna Veenakumari sp. nov.
13. Mesoscutum with well defined rugae; T1 longitudinally costate almost the entire length of tergite (Fig. 10A); upper frons with several short raised carinae arranged semicircular fashion (Fig. 10D); speculum of mesopleuron densely transversely carinate, carinae extending up to mesopleural pit (Fig. 10C) ..................................................................................... E. mahabali Veenakumari sp. nov.
– Mesoscutum with imbricate sculpture; T1 longitudinally costate with a wide smooth patch posteriorly (Figs 3A, 14A); upper frons either with long or short oblique carinae (Figs 3D, 14D); speculum of mesopleuron sparsely transversely carinate, carinae terminating way above mesopleural pit (Figs 3C, 14C) ................................................................................................................................................ 14
14. Interantennal process elongate and narrow (Fig. 14D); mesoscutellum with impressions of weak rugae; posterior propodeal projections short and blunt; posterior margin of metascutellum weakly rounded (Fig. 14A); upper frons with short uneven transverse and oblique carinae (Fig. 14D) ........ ......................................................................................................... E. procera Veenakumari sp. nov.
– Interantennal process short and wide (Fig. 3D); mesoscutellum with imbricate sculpture; posterior propodeal projections elongate and sharp; posterior margin of metascutellum projecting (Fig. 3A); carinae on upper frons continuous and elongate (Fig. 3D) ......... E. barbarika Veenakumari sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Khan, Farmanur Rahman & Mohanraj, Prashanth, 2024, Embidobia Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species, pp. 61-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 970 on pages 96-97, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2749, http://zenodo.org/record/14264744