Inbioia himalayensis De Ketelaere & Maqbool, 2025

Inbioia himalayensis De Ketelaere & Maqbool sp.nov.

Figs 2–3 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3

Material examined. INDIA- Jammu and Kashmir • ♀; Ganderbal ; 34°14’43.1”N, 74°47’02.7”E; 1,639 m; 21 May 2023; D. M. Bhat leg.; Yellow pan trap, ( CUZM-D _Bhatl014) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis (female)

This species differs from the only other known Inbioia species ( I. pivai ) by having a di-branched appendage arising from the base of apico-lateral region of tergite VIII (tri-branched in I. pivai ) tergite VIII shorter than VII and VI (tergite VIII longer than than VII and VI in I. pivai ); malar space wide, about l.3 times as long as the basal width of mandible (1.2 times in I. pivai ); hind femur with long dark stripe (some dark blotches of pigment in I. pivai ).

Description

Female (holotype)

Body length 4.5 mm. Fore wing length 3mm.

Head ( Fig 2B–D View FIGURE 2 ). Completely matt, densely covered with short hairs; minimum face width 0.95 times as wide as height of the eye ( Fig 2B View FIGURE 2 ); inner margins of eyes almost parallel sided; clypeus strongly convex, about 1.6 times as wide as high, separated from face by an impressed clypeo-facial suture, the apical margin truncate with a row of long hairs ( Fig 2D View FIGURE 2 ); anterior tentorial pits oval, deep and wide; malar space wide, about l.3 times as long as the basal width of mandible; mandible moderately tapering towards apex, the upper tooth a little longer than the lower one; distance between lateral ocelli and eyes 1.6 times as long as diameter of lateral ocellus; occipital carina rather low on head, rounded, complete, meeting the hypostomal carina far from mandible; antennae filiform, with 22 flagellomeres, 1 st flagellomere 5.5 times as long as its apical breadth; 2 nd flagellomere about 0.72 times as long as the lst and equal to 3 rd; 1 st flagellomere:2 nd:3 rd = 1.6:1:1; temporal width (behind frontal ocellus) 1.5 times the width of eye ( Fig 2C View FIGURE 2 ).

Mesosoma ( Fig 2E–F View FIGURE 2 ): Thorax granulopunctate with some rugosity laterally, covered with dense, short white hairs; epicnemial carina weak, but distinct, reaching upto the level of lower 3 rd of pronotum ending well before the margin; pronotum short, epomia weak, curved very close to head difficult to visualize due to the striations of pronotum present ( Fig 2D View FIGURE 2 ); mesoscutum short and convex, lacking impressed notauli, scutellum rugulose with lateral carination ( Fig 2F View FIGURE 2 ); mesopleuron completely dull, sternaulus absent; propodeum short and rather strongly declivous posteriorly, completely rugose and dull, carination absent except for a vestigial lateromedial longitudinal carinae at the apical margin.

Wings ( Fig 2G View FIGURE 2 ): Fore wing with 3rs-m entirely absent, 2rs-m long; hind wing with basal abscissa of M + CU strongly and evenly bowed; Cu-a weakly angled, distal abscissa of Cu1 present, weak.

Legs ( Fig 2A View FIGURE 2 ): Legs stout; coxae rugose with some fine rugulosity; hind femur 3.8 times as long as wide, hind tibia 8.5 times as long as wide; distal tarsal segments swollen, tarsal claws simple and short, with a high basal lobe and enlarged pulvilli.

Metasoma ( Figs 2I–K View FIGURE 2 , 3A–B View FIGURE 3 ): Abdominal tergites granulate, smoother in basomedian area of tergite I, weak lateral striations on tergites I–II ( Fig 2H View FIGURE 2 ); sparsely covered with short fine white hairs; tergite I 0.8 times as long as wide, 1.1 times as long as tergite II, its apical width 2.3 times its basal width, tergite II 0.7 times as long as wide; tergite VIII shorter than tergite VII and tergite VI ( Fig 2I View FIGURE 2 ); tergite V–VI and baso-lateral area of tergite VII–VIII densely covered with long white hairs, tergite VII–VIII and apico-medial area of tergite VI covered with several long black bristles, tergite VII completely covered with long black bristles; a tuft of thick, long black hairs at the apico-medial region of tergite VII; ovipositor sheaths long, reaching beyond cerci, covered with long fine setae; a simple branched appendage, with two branches, covered with black bristles, arising from the base of apico-lateral region of tergite VIII ( Fig 3A–B View FIGURE 3 ); a pair of extended finger-like structures resembling cerci, covered with short but stiff black bristles ( Fig 2I View FIGURE 2 , 3A View FIGURE 3 ); ovipositor robust, more or less straight, projecting beyond apex of metasoma, with a slight sub-medial ventral swelling, slightly curved sub-apically ( Fig 3A–B View FIGURE 3 ).

Colouration: Head reddish orange with an ivory white band covering almost whole face and clypeus, continuing along the sides of antennal sockets (leaving a narrow area around the sockets), forming narrow irregularly arcuate bands running along the eye margin, converging towards the vertex and ending just before occipital carina; clypeus, except for the narrow brownish yellow margin, ivory white, antennae dark brown, basal flagellomeres ivory white in frontal half, medial flagellomeres whitish yellow and terminal flagellomeres brownish yellow; mandibles dark brown; a wide ivory white band running along the malar space and reaching the lower margin of gena; thorax reddish orange with a narrow ivory white band running along the lower margin of pronotum, dorsally faint yellowish white narrow bands running from pronotum along notauli and weakly converging towards apex; wings hyaline grey; legs predominantly whitish with brownish stripes, tarsal claws yellowish white basally, dark brown apically; tergites I–IV pale yellow with yellowish white apical margin, tergites V–VIII black with a wide medial and narrow lateral longitudinal ivory white band on tergite V, tergite VII–VIII with a wide irregular whitish mark in the basolateral corner, cerci greyish black with whitish patches, ovipositor sheath greyish black in basal 2/3 region and ivory white in apical 3 rd

Male: Unknown

Host: Unknown

Distribution: India (Ganderbal, Kashmir).

Etymology: The species epithet is in reference to the type locality