First Record of the Species Leucospis Dorsigera Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) from India *1Girish Kumar, P., 2Christian Schmid-Egger, 3Sureshan P.M

First record of the species Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Leucospidae) from India *1Girish Kumar, P., 2Christian Schmid-Egger, 3Sureshan P.M. & 4Altaf Hussain Sheikh 1,3Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala–673006 2Fischerstr. 1, 10317, Berlin, Germany. 4Government College, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir- 192305.

Received: 10.08.2018 Abstract

Revised and Accepted: The parasitic wasp Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius is recorded here for the first 10.09.2018 time from India. The species L. histrio Maindron reported for the first time from Goa and L. petiolata Fabricius from Lakshadweep Islands.

Key words: Leucospidae, species, new record, India.

species from various Indian states and 1. Introduction union territories. They are: L. histrio Fabricius (1775) erected the genus Maindron from Goa, and L. petiolata Leucospis based on the type species Fabricius from Lakshadweep Island Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius. This is the genus with the most species among 2. Materials & Methods the family Leucospidae with 123 The studied specimens were collected species known worldwide (Noyes, from different parts of India. The 2018; Sankararaman et al., 2019). 13 specimens were examined under a species of Leucospis are reported from LEICA M60 stereozoom microscope the Indian subcontinent, of which and the images captured with a LEICA seven are known from India. The DFC-450 camera. All the studied Indian species are: Leucospis specimens have been added to the darjilingensis Mani, L. guzeratensis ‘National Zoological Collections’ of the Westwood, L. histrio Maindron, L. Western Ghat Regional Centre, japonica Walker, L. pediculata Guérin Zoological Survey of India, Méneville, L. petiolata Fabricius, and L. Kozhikode, India (ZSIK). pyriformis (Weld). In this paper, we are Abbreviations used for the depositories: reporting the Palearctic species UZM — Universitetets Zoologiske Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius for the Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; first time from India. The specimen is ZSIK — Western Ghat Regional collected from Nilnag in Kashmir. Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Along with this study, we are Kozhikode, India. reporting here some new distributional records of some other 3. Results and Discussion

Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius

*Corresponding author 1 © 2018 St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri E-mail: [email protected] All rights Reserved Devagiri Journal of Science 4(1), 01-07 (Figs. 1–5) Girish Kumar, Regd. No. Leucospis dorsigera Fabricius, 1775: 361, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11752. ♀. Lectotype ♀, Italy (UZM). Distribution: India: Assam, Goa (new Diagnosis: ♀. Ovipositor reaching record), Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, base of gaster; hind femur below with Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Australia; broad basal tooth followed by around Bangladesh; China; Indonesia; 23 smaller teeth, gap between basal Malaysia; Myanmar; Papua New teeth not very broad; pronotum with Guinea; Philippines; Solomon Islands; three distinct transverse carinae: discal Sri Lanka; Thailand (Bouček, 1974; (anterior) carina, premarginal carina Bouček & Narendran, 1981; and carina on hind margin, discal Narendran, 1986; Girish Kumar & carina low, barely lamellate; Sureshan, 2016; Ye et al, 2017; Noyes, ovipositorial furrow of first tergite 2018). broad and smooth; scutellum at base (2).Leucospis pediculata Guérin- broadly black; hind coxa punctured, Méneville without smooth streak area in upper (Figs. 11–15) half of depression; hind margin of Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, dorsellum more or less carinate. Kannur district, Madayipara, 1♀, Material examined: INDIA: Jammu & 1.ix.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, Regd. No. Kashmir, Budgam district, Nilnag, 1♀, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11753. 28.vii.2018, Coll. Altaf Hussain Sheikh, Distribution: India: Kerala, Tamil Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11750. Nadu. Elsewhere: Indonesia; Malaysia; Distribution: India (new record): Myanmar; Singapore (Bouček, 1974; Kashmir. Elsewhere: Afghanistan; Bouček & Narendran, 1981; Algeria; Austria; Bulgaria; Croatia; Narendran, 1986; Noyes, 2018). Cyprus; Czech Republic; (3). Leucospis petiolata Fabricius Czechoslovakia; Egypt; France; (Figs. 16–20) Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iran; Material examined: INDIA: Kerala, Israel; Italy; Kazakhstan; Macedonia; Kannur district, Kannapuram, 1♂, Moldova; Montenegro; Poland; 23.vi.2018, Coll. C. Charesh, Regd. No. Romania; Russia; Serbia; Slovakia; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11754; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; Turkey; Lakshadweep, Kadamat Island, 1♂, Turkmenistan; Ukraine (Noyes, 2018). 27.iii.2018, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, Other specimens examined here: Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11365. (1). Leucospis histrio Maindron Distribution: India: Bihar, Karnataka, (Figs. 6–10) Kerala, Lakshadweep Islands (new Material examined: INDIA: Goa, South record), Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu, Goa district, Bhagwan Mahaveer Telangana: Hyderabad. Elsewhere: Wildlife Sanctuary, 1♀, 17.v.2018, Coll. Australia; Bangladesh; China; P. Girish Kumar, Regd. No. Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar; Nepal; ZSI/WGRC/I.R.-INV.11751; Kerala, Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Palakkad district, Nelliampathy, Lanka; Thailand (Bouček, 1974; Bouček Victoria forest, 1♀, 27.ii.2017, Coll. P. & Narendran, 1981; Narendran, 1986; Ye et al., 2017; Noyes, 2018).

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