Vol. 110 - Part III - Zoological Survey of India

NARENDRAN, KUMAR AND KAZMI : Two new species of Zaischnopsis Ashmead..........species 17except at base and apex, fore tibia except at base andapex, apical pegs of midtibial and apical pegs of midtarsi, all claws (in Z. bathericus legs black with thefollowing parts yellowish white: apex of mid tibia, apexof hind coxa, hind trochanter, base of hind femur, basalhalf and apical one third of hind tibia and all tarsi of alllegs (except black pegs of apex of mid tibia and of midtarsi)); (4). Ovipositor sheaths exserted distinctlybeyond (5x as long as) syntergal flange (in Z. bathericusovipositor sheath exserted a little beyond syntergalflange).Etymology : The species name is arbitrarycombination of letters.Key to Oriental species of Zaischnopsis Ashmead(Modified from Narendran et al., 2007)1. F6 and clava white; F3 to F5 brown; PMV longerthan MV which is ‘punctiform’; STV longer thanPMV; dorsum of mesosoma except sides narrowlyof scutellum black. Singapore. ...................................................................................... kooki (Girault)– Characters not as above; partly or completelydifferent. ............................................................... 22. Scape foliaceously dilated; gaster completelymetallic; F2- F4 equal in size, 2x longer than wide;F1 quadrate; mesoscutum without a raised medianarea but with a median carina; middle tibial spurblack, at least at base. Indonesia (Java). ..........................................................magniscapus (Girault)– Characters not as above; partly or completelydifferent. ............................................................... 33. F2 to F4 equal, longest funicular segment 3x longerthan F1 which is sub quadrate; F5 and F6 longerthan wide; F8 nearly square; pedicel as long as F3;PMV 2x as long as STV; middle tibial spur metallic;raised triangle of ‘cephalic’ scutum (= mesoscutum)about one- third surface, with a nearly completemedian carina from it; coxae, femora and most oftibiae with metallic lustre; host: eggs of locusts.Indonesia (Java). ....................................................................................................... locustae (Girault)– Characters not as above; partly or completelydifferent. ............................................................... 44. Gaster cupreous, lanceolate, varied with green;head black with bluish green reflection on lowerpart; hind femur completely dark brown; MV a littleshorter than SMV. Indonesia. .............................................................................. fascipennis (Walker)– Characters not as above; partly or completelydifferent. ............................................................... 55. Mid tibial spur black; legs coppery coloured; gasterspindle shaped, depressed, purple, hairy, very muchlonger than ‘the chest’ (= mesosoma); ovipositorsheath ‘tawny’ (= brownish yellow), very short;forewing brown, colourless at base and having analmost colourless band across the middle. China(Hong Kong). ............................................................................................................ tubiatus (Walker)– Characters not as above; partly or completelydifferent. ............................................................... 66. Forewing with one (Fig. 6) or two hyaline spots inthe middle............................................................. 7– Forewing with a single hyaline cross band in themiddle (Figs. 2). ................................................... 97. Forewing with one or two hyaline spots in themiddle (Fig. 6); a very narrow longitudinal hyalinestripe at the lower margin of forewing opposit tothe base of MV. India (Kerala). ....................................... stom Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov.– Forewing with two hyaline spots in the middle; nolongitudinal hyaline stripe at the lower margin offorewing opposit to the base of MV. .................. 88. Forewing with an opaque hyaline spot near baseof MV; F6 wider than long; clava longer thancombined length of F6+ F7+ F8. India (Kerala). ...............................................bathericus Narendran– Forewing without an opaque hyaline spot near baseof MV; middle hyaline spot not as above; F6 longerthan wide; clava shorter than combined length ofF6 + F7 + F8. India (Bihar). ............................................................................ biharensis (Narendran)9. Mid tibial spur black; gaster distinctly longer thanmesosoma; ovipositor sheath exserted distinctlybeyond syntergal flange; MV almost equal orslightly longer than SMV (33 : 32); scrobaldepression separated from anterior ocellus by adistance less than the diameter of front ocellus.India (Kerala). ........................................................mampadicus Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov.