Vol. 110 - Part III - Zoological Survey of India
Vol. 110 - Part III - Zoological Survey of India
Vol. 110 - Part III - Zoological Survey of India
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Rec. zool. Surv. <strong>India</strong> : <strong>110</strong>(<strong>Part</strong>–3) : 13-18, 2010TWO NEW SPECIES OF ZAISCHNOPSIS ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA :EUPELMIDAE) FROM INDIA AND A REVISED KEY TO ORIENTAL SPECIEST. C. NARENDRAN, P. GIRISH KUMAR* AND S. I. KAZMI*Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department <strong>of</strong> Zoology, University <strong>of</strong> Calicut, Kerala- 673 635, <strong>India</strong>E-mail: drtcnarendran@yahoo.com* <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, <strong>India</strong>E-mail: kpgiris@gmail.com; kazmisi@rediffmail.comINTRODUCTIONAshmead (1896) erected the genus Ischnopsis (typespecies I. opthalmica Ashmead). As the nameIschnopsis is preoccupied by Ischnopsis Walsingham(1881) in Lepidoptera, Ashmead (1904) provided areplacement name, Zaischnopsis, for IschnopsisAshmead. Boucek (1988) synonymised Zaischnopsiswith Anastatus Motschulsky. Gibson (1995)reestablished the generic status <strong>of</strong> Zaischnopsis andalso synonymised Eupelmoides Masi (1917) withZaischnopsis. This genus is represented in all regionsand is very speciose in the tropical regions where thereare numerous undescribed species (Gibson, 1995). Thegenus Zaischnopsis contains 27 species in the world<strong>of</strong> which 8 species are from the Oriental Region andthree species from the <strong>India</strong>n subcontinent (from <strong>India</strong>)(Walker, 1852, 1862; Girault, 1915, 1919; Narendran etal., 2004, 2007; Gibson, 2005; Noyes, 2009). In this paper,two new species viz., Zaischnopsis mampadicusNarendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. and Zaischnopsisstom Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. are describedfrom <strong>India</strong>. A revised key to separate Oriental species<strong>of</strong> Zaischnopsis is also provided.The Holotypes <strong>of</strong> the new species described hereare deposited in the ‘National <strong>Zoological</strong> Collections’<strong>of</strong> the <strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Kolkata (NZSI).MATERIALS AND METHODSAll the species were collected by using triangularsweep net specially made for the purpose. The collectedspecimens were killed by using ethyl acetate and weremounted on cards. The mounted specimens were heldon No. 3 Asta insect pins <strong>of</strong> size 38 mm × 0.5 mm.Taxonomic studies were done by using Wild HeerbruggStereozoom microscope (made in Switzerland) anddrawings were made using the drawing tube <strong>of</strong> themicroscope.The following abbreviations are used in the text:F1- F8 = Funicular segments 1 to 8; MV = Marginalvein; NZSI = ‘National <strong>Zoological</strong> Collections’ <strong>of</strong> the<strong>Zoological</strong> <strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>India</strong>, Kolkata; PMV =Postmarginal vein; SMV = Submarginal vein; STV =Stigmal vein; T1= First gastral tergum.RESULTSZaischnopsis mampadicus Narendran and GirishKumar sp. nov.(Figs. 1-3)Female : Holotype : Length including ovipositorsheath 5.2 mm (exserted part <strong>of</strong> ovipositor 0.25 mm).Head slightly dark with metallic green lustre; eyesbrown; ocelli reflecting pale yellow; palpi dark brown;mandible dark brown with base slightly paler. Antennabrownish black with slight metallic green lustre onscape. Mesosoma dark with metallic green lustre onmetapleuron and sides <strong>of</strong> pronotum. Forewing (Fig. 2)infuscate beyond base <strong>of</strong> parastigma except for ahyaline cross band extending from MV towardsposterior margin, but not reaching posterior margin,D:ZSI\(Rec-'10)-<strong>110</strong> Fol\Narendran et al\(M-3)\13
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