Embidobia dooranetra Veenakumari 2024, 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
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Scelionidae
Embidobia
Embidobia dooranetra

description: Embidobia dooranetra Veenakumari sp. nov.
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Figs 2D, 5
Diagnosis
Embidobia dooranetra sp. nov. is close to E. brittanica but differs from it in having an elongate OOL, at least 1.3 × the diameter of the median ocellus; striae on T1 and T2 are elongate, extending>0.8 × length of the tergite. Whereas in E. brittanica OOL is subequal to diameter of median ocellus and T1 and T2 are striate only at base.
Etymology
The Sanskrit epithet ‘dooranetra’ means ‘eyes set far apart’, referring to the placement of the lateral ocelli, which are present far from the orbits. The name is treated as an adjective.
Material examined
Holotype INDIA – Tamil Nadu • ♀; Chidambaram, Annamalai University, Agriculture College; 11°23′30″ N, 79°42′48″ E; 21 m; 3 Jul. 2016; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5103.
Paratypes INDIA – Karnataka • 2 ♂♂; Mandya; 12°33′51″ N 76°44′01″ E; 749 m; 7 Jan. 2017; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5108, P5109. – Odisha • 1 ♀; Bhubaneswar, Baramunda, Puri road; 20°16′23″ N, 85°47′31″ E; 46 m; 2 Feb. 2016; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5105. – Punjab • 1 ♀; Pathankot, Sali Kulian; 32°15′14″ N, 75°39′28″ E; 332 m; 12 Jul. 2006; SN; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5106 • 1 ♀; Pathankot, Sujanpur; 32°18′45″ N, 75°36′05″ E; 329 m; 10 Jul. 2006; SN; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5107. – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Chidambaram, Annamalai University, Agriculture College; 11°23′30″ N, 79°42′48″ E; 21 m; 3 Jul. 2016; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5104.
Description
MEASUREMENTS. Female body length = 0.91–1.09 mm (n = 5); male body length = 0.78–0.84 mm (n = 2).
Female
COLOUR. Head and mesosoma brown-black; metasoma yellow-brown except black posterior tergites; radicle, A1, A2–A7 yellow-brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown; legs yellow-brown.
HEAD. Head: 1.4× as wide as high, 1.4× as high as long. IOS: 0.6× head width, 1.3× eye length. OOL: 1.3× width of median ocellus. Compound eye: ovate (L:W = 13.5: 0.2). Sculpture of frons: lower frons medially smooth with uneven longitudinal carinae on either side; several short transverse carinae present dorsal to central keel; upper frons with several short semicircular carinae. Central keel: 0.5× head height. Sculpture of gena: predominantly smooth with long setae. Facial and malar striae: prominent. Sculpture of vertex: rugose. Interantennal process: short, pointed posteriorly.
MESOSOMA. L: W of mesoscutum: 17.1: 22.3. Sculpture of mesoscutum: dorsally imbricate, remainder weakly rugose. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Scutoscutellar sulcus: almost entirely foveate. L:W of mesoscutellum: 8.3: 17.1. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth with weak impressions of rugae. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Metascutellum when viewed dorsally: visible. Posterior margin of metascutellum: semicircular. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with a depression. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: entirely costate with foveae in between. Posterior margin of metascutellum: semicircular. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally imbricate, anterodorsally with sparse oblique carinae, ventrally smooth. Netrion: poorly defined. Netrion sulcus: costate. Pronotal suprahumeral sulcus: foveate posteriorly. Pronotal cervical sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Prespecular sulcus: with transverse foveae. Speculum of mesopleuron: transversely carinate. Episternal sulcus: with transverse foveae. Postacetabular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: with transverse foveae. Mesepimeral area: smooth, narrow. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of femoral depression: smooth. Mesopleural pit: present. Sculpture of metapleuron: smooth. Metapleural sulcus: with transverse foveae. Paracoxal sulcus: indicated by a furrow. Metapleural epicoxal sulcus: indicated by transverse carinae and furrows. Anteroventral extension of metapleuron: 2× as long as wide. L:W of fore wing: 63.8:28.1. Infuscate patch on fore wing: present as a longitudinal patch medially. Ratio of length of m:pm:stg: 4.2: 20.1:7.5. Metasomal depression: longitudinally costate except for smooth areas laterally.
METASOMA. L: W of metasoma: 31.7: 30.1. Sculpture of T1: basal foveae present; longitudinally costate, costae extending almost the entire length of tergite; laterally with a setose reticulate patch. Sculpture of T2: basal foveae present; medially longitudinally striate, sublaterally smooth, laterally with a setose reticulate patch and posteriorly with a wide smooth band. Sculpture of T3: weakly reticulate except for smooth areas laterally and posteriorly. Length of T1:T2:T3: 6.0: 10.7: 9.8.
Male
Similar to female except for antennal measurements.
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 71-73, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.970.2749, http://zenodo.org/record/14264744