Heydenia kashmirensis Sureshan & Khanday, 2021

Heydenia kashmirensis Sureshan & Khanday, 2021

( Figs 8C View FIGURE 8 , 9A, B View FIGURE 9 , 11 View FIGURE 11 )

Heydenia kashmirensis Sureshan & Khanday, 2021: 71‒77 .

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka, Doddaballapura , 10.i.2024, coll. Hemanth ( 1♀ on card) ; Karnataka, Chikkaballapur, Nandi Grama , 05.vi.2025, coll. Rohit Pattar ( 1♀ and 1♂ on separate cards) ; Karnataka, Ramanagara , 05.vii.2025, coll. Hemanth ( 1♂ on card) ; Karnataka, Tumkur , 22.vii.2025, coll. Hemanth ( 1♀ on card) .

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Body length 2.4–4.6 mm; face with iridescent lanceolate setae ( Fig. 11A View FIGURE 11 ); POL 1.4× OOL; gena uniformly reticulate ( Fig. 11C View FIGURE 11 ); antenna with clava subequal to combined length of preceding three segments ( Fig. 11A, C View FIGURE 11 ); lateral panels of pronotum angled at about 90° to the dorsal surface ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ) and with a punctate area as in Fig. 11E View FIGURE 11 ; axillae uniformly reticulate ( Fig. 11D View FIGURE 11 ); dorsellum smooth and shiny ( Fig. 11F View FIGURE 11 ); propodeal plical region with distinct median carina and plicae forming well-defined hexagonal area ( Fig. 11F View FIGURE 11 ); profemur with ventral margin distally and protibia with dorsal margin having distinct spines ( Fig. 11G View FIGURE 11 ); fore wing with basal cell bare, infuscation near STV almost rectangular ( Fig. 11I View FIGURE 11 ); metasoma with petiole bell shaped, about as long as wide ( Fig. 11H View FIGURE 11 ), Gt 1 and Gt 2 with posterior margins distinctly incised medially ( Fig. 11J View FIGURE 11 ); ovipositor sheath 1.6× length of metatibia ( Fig. 9B View FIGURE 9 ).

MALE. Similar to female but body length 2.1–2.9 mm; POL 1.45× OOL; metasoma with petiole narrow, slightly longer than wide, Gt 1 with posterior margin incised medially and Gt 2 with posterior margin almost straight.

Biology. Complete biology unknown. Khanday et al. (2021) described H. kashmirensis based on specimens collected from Ulmus villosa ( Ulmaceae ) infested with Sinoxylon sp. ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) collected from Jammu & Kashmir. In the present study it was reared from dead branch cuttings of Cassia seimea Lam. ( Fabaceae ) and Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Walp. ( Fabaceae ).

Distribution. India: Jammu & Kashmir ( Khanday et al. 2021), Karnataka (present study).