Figures 1-5. Megastigmus kashmiricus sp. nov. (Female)
1 - antenna; 2 - forewing venation ; 3 - Head and pronotum
dorsal view; 4 - Propodeum dorsal view;
5 - gaster (without ovipositor) dorsal view; 6 - Megastigmus
sp. (Male) forewing venation.
Female
Male
Image 1. Megastigmus
kashmiricus sp.nov.
Key to the oriental
species of Megastigmus Dalman females
(Modified from Narendran
et al. 2003)
1. F1
distinctly longer than combined length of pedicel and ring segment
..
...............................................................2
-- F1
shorter than (or at the most equal to) combined length of pedicel and ring
segment
....
.3
2.
Length of ovipositor 1.25x
combined length of thorax and gaster; body yellow. Philippines
.................
.........................................................................................................
...
...M.
immaculatus Ashmead
-- Length
of ovipositor 1.09x combined length of thorax and gaster; body yellow with dark
tinge or patches on
some
parts of thorax and gaster. Host: Fruits of Dalbergia sericea.
Indonesia: Java........M. leeuweni Ferriere
3.
Thorax dorsally metallic
green; F1 equal to pedicel and ring segment combined. Host: parasitic on
cynipidae on
Quercus: Europe; India:
Uttar Pradesh. ..............
.....
..
M. dorsalis
(Fabricius)
-- Thorax
dorsally yellowish brown; F1 shorter than pedicel and ring segment
combined
..
.....
4
4. Ring
segment of antenna about half as long as pedicel; forewing with stigmal lobe
narrow and elongate, basal
vein
weakly distinct. Host: seeds of Cupressus torulosa. India: Himachal
Pradesh...........M. cupressi Mathur
-- Ring
segment distinctly shorter than half of pedicel; forewing with stigmal lobe not
as above, mostly oval or
semicircular;
basal vein clearly
distinct.......................................................................................................................5
5. Ovipositor
more than 2x longer than
gaster............................................................................................................6
-- Ovipositor
1.3 -1.5x as long as gaster
.......................................................................................
..7
6 Frenum
nearly smooth; lower clypeal margin not distinctly bilobed or incised at
middle; ovipositor 2.2x as long as
gaster;
F1 longer than F2; MV about 2.5x as long
as STV; POL nearly twice OOL. Host: bud galls of Calycopterys
floribunda
India: Kerala ........................................................
.M.
viggianii Narendran & Sureshan
-- Frenum
longitudinally rugose; lower clypeal margin incised in the middle; ovipositor
2.7x as long as gaster; F1
shorter
than F2; MV about 3x as long as STV; POL 2.3x OOL; Hosts: Psychid (Pteroma
sp.) from Rhizopora
mucronata and parastic on
borers of Sonneratia seeds. India: Karnataka............M.
karnatakensis Narendran
6. POL
as long as OOL; SMV about 7x MV; STV about
as long as MV; antennal club about 1.7x preceding
segment.,
scape 3.75x pedicel . Host: Pods of Albizzia. India: Delhi ...
.
M.
albizziae Mukerji
-- POL 2.3x OOL; SMV little longer than
double MV; STV about half as long as MV
; club 2.2x as long as preceding
segment,scape
2.6x pedicel. Host: Associated with wild
rose Rosa webbiana. India: Jammu
& Kashmir..........
..........................................................................................................................................M.
kashmiricus sp.nov.