Shortia Gauld 1984
Creators: name: Ranjith, A. P.
name: Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Shortia

description: Genus Shortia Gauld, 1984
Shortia Gauld 1984a: 247–248.
Type species
Shortia siccula Gauld, 1984.
Diagnosis
Head slightly wider than long in anterior view (Figs 1B, 3B, 6B).Antenna with more than 30 flagellomeres, flagellomeres unicolourous (Figs 1A, 3A, 6A). Face medially convex (Figs 1B, 3B, 6B). Frons flat (Fig. 1C) or depressed (Figs 3C, 6D). Clypeus small, convex (Figs 1B, 3B, 6B). Temple short (Figs 1D, 3E). Mandible bidentate, upper tooth longer than lower tooth (Figs 3D, 6C). Subocular sulcus indistinct (Figs 1B, 3B, D, 6B–C). Occipital carina complete (Figs 1C, 3C). Genal carina complete (Figs 1C, 3C, 6D), joining hypostomal carina above base of mandible (Fig. 3E). Pronotum with transverse sulcus dorsally (Figs 1C, F, 3C). Epomia absent (Figs 1D–E, 3F, 6E). Notauli absent (Figs 1F, 4A, 6F). Scuto-scutellar groove smooth without crenulations (Figs 1F, 4A, 6F). Scutellum with lateral carina restricted basally (Figs 1F, 4A, 6F). Epicnemial carina straight laterally (Figs 1E, 3F, 6E). Speculum smooth (Figs 1E, 3F, 6E). Propodeum with posterior transverse carina (Figs 2A, 4B, 7A). Pleural carina present (Figs 3F, 6E, 7A), rarely interrupted medially (Fig. 1E). Fore wing without areolet (Figs 2E, 5A). Fore wing vein 1cu-a postfurcal (Figs 2E, 5A). Tarsal claw pectinate basally (Fig. 5B). First metasomal tergite without latero-median carina (Figs 2C, 4D, 7B). Spiracle on first tergite situated basal ⅓ (Figs 2B, 4C, 7C). Tergites 2–4 convex (Figs 1A, 2B, 3A, 4C, 6A, 7C). Ovipositor barely projecting beyond apex of metasoma with a dorsal notch subapically (Figs 1A, 2B, 3A, 4C, 5C, 6A, 7C).
Distribution
Australasian and Oriental region (present study).
Host
Unknown.
Key to the species of Shortia Gauld, 1984
1. Mesopleuron largely black (Fig. 1E); pleural carina interrupted medially (Fig. 1E); mesoscutum with a pair of yellow marks medially (Fig. 1F); mesopleuron coarsely punctate (Fig. 1E); first metasomal tergite with a transverse black band subapically (Fig. 2C); POL 2.0 × as long as OOL; pronotum granulate laterally (Fig. 1D–E) ................................................... Shortia karumban Ranjith sp. nov.
– Mesopleuron largely reddish (Figs 3A, F, 6A, E); pleural carina complete without interruptions (Figs 3F, 6E, 7A); mesoscutum without yellow marks medially (Figs 4A, 6F); mesopleuron minutely punctate (Figs 3F, 6E); first metasomal tergite without transverse black band subapically (Figs 4D, 7B); POL less than 2.0 × as long as OOL; pronotum with longitudinal wrinkles laterally (Figs 3E–F, 6E) ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Dorsal head with a pair of yellow spots (Fig. 6D, F); scutellum black, punctate (Fig. 6F); second metasomal tergite with black transverse band occupied basal ⅔ of the tergite (Fig. 7B); pterostigma blackish brown (Fig. 6A) ....................................................................... Shortia siccula Gauld, 1984
– Head with two pairs of yellow spots dorsally (Fig. 3C); scutellum reddish, coriaceous (Fig. 4A); second metasomal tergite with black transverse band occupying medial ⅓ of the tergite (Fig. 4D); pterostigma yellowish brown (Fig. 5A ...................................... Shortia manjapulli Ranjith sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Ranjith, A. P. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2024, A remarkable rediscovery and range extension from Australia to South India with the description of two new species of the genus Shortia Gauld, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), pp. 158-172 in European Journal of Taxonomy 921 on pages 159-160, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.921.2425, http://zenodo.org/record/10639944