Brachymeria bengalensis (Cameron, 1897)

Brachymeria bengalensis (Cameron, 1897) View in CoL

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Brachymeria scrobatae Joseph, Narendran and Joy, 1970

Brachymeria yasumatsui Habu, 1963

Brachymeria ( Brachymeria) bengalensis delhiensis Farooqi, Husain and Ghai, 1991

Brachymeria ( Brachymeria) bengalensis hyati Farooqi, Husain and Ghai, 1991

Chalcis bengalensis Cameron, 1897

Stypiura variabilis Mani, 1935

Material examined

INDIA: Goa: Sattari, Ambedem , 9 February 2019, 2 females, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Sattari, Ambedem , 23 December 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll . Sandesh Gawas; Dharbandora, Bhagwan Mahaveer Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park, 10 February 2019, 1 male, yellow pan trap, coll. Sandesh Gawas.

Description

Female and male, length of the body 4–4.4 mm.

Colour. Body mostly black with following pale yellow: tegulae, tibia and tarsi of fore, mid and hindleg. The apex of the hind femur. Distal half of fore and mid femur. Reddish-brown: Hind femur, the apex of coxae, lateral sides of metasoma.

Head. Wider than high in frontal view. Head wider than mesosoma in dorsal view. Scrobe touching anterior ocellus. POL 3.1× OOL. Pre-orbital carina absent. Post-orbital carina present. Scape in length equals to F1, F2 and F3 combined. Antennal clava less than twice the length of F7.

Mesosoma . Pronotum, mesoscutum and metanotum densely punctate. Scutellum at apex emarginate and bilobed and covered with silvery pubescence. Fore wing with post-marginal vein shorter than marginal vein and longer than stigmal vein. Ventral side of hind coxa pubescent. Ventro-basal tooth on hind coxa absent.

Distribution

INDIA. Assam, Delhi, Goa (new record), Kerala, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal ( Sheela et al. 2015; Emiliyamma 2016).