Foenatopus priyae

Foenatopus priyae (Narendran & Sureshan, 2003) Diastephanus priyae Narendran & Sureshan, 2003, Entomon, 28(2), 116���118. Type material. Holotype ♀, India: Kerala Thrissur district, Thrissur (10�� 31��� N & 76�� 12��� E, 2.8 m), 12.vi.1999, Coll. Priya Menon. Paratype 4♂, same data as holotype, 19.iv.1999, (ZSIK) (Type specimen missing). Diagnosis. Body length 12.4 mm, ovipositor sheath length 8.8 mm. Frons trans-striate with longitudinal and oblique striae; vertex with four striae followed by fine striae, not forming any longitudinal medial line or grove; neck trans-striate dorsally; mesoscutum smooth anteriorly, faintly reticulate with shallow pits and reticulate interstices at sides; scutellum and axillae almost smooth and shiny with a few scattered pits on sides; metapleuron rugose-reticulate; propodeum with broad deep pits and shagreened interstices; hind coxa and femora reticulate and transverse striate proximally turning transversely striate distally; hind femora ventrally tridentate with two denticles basally; first metasomal tergite trans-carinate as long as remaining segments combined; ovipositor sheath distinctly longer than metasoma, with a subapical pale ivory patch. Male. Body length 7���10 mm. Similar to females except lower frons and face yellow, vertex with three and rarely four carinae; first metasomal tergite 1.1���1.3�� length of remaining segments. Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala). Host. Unknown. Note. The types are missing, so the above mentioned diagnosis is obtained from the original description.
Published as part of Binoy, C., Achterberg, C. Van, Kumar, P. Girish, Santhosh, S. & Sheela, S., 2020, A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species, pp. 1-51 in Zootaxa 4838 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4403367
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