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Descrfptfon of a new specfes of Umafrfa Hayat (Hymenoptera: Apheffnfdae) wfth addftfonaf dfstrfbutfon records of apheffnfds from Indfa ISSN 0974-7907 (Onffne) ISSN 0974-7893 (Prfnt) Communfcatfon Short Sagadaf Manfckavasagam 1 , Chakaravarthy Menakadevf 2 & Manf Ayyamperumaf 3 OPEN ACCESS 1,2,3 Parasftofd Taxonomy and Bfocontrof Laboratory, Department of Entomofogy, Facufty of Agrfcufture, Annamafaf Unfversfty, Chfdambaram, Tamff Nadu 608002, Indfa 1 [email protected] (correspondfng author), 2 [email protected] , 3 [email protected]

Abstract: A new specfes, Umafrfa chfdambaramensfs Manfckavasagam U. chfdambaramensfs from Tamff Nadu. A further fve & Ayyamperumaf, fs descrfbed from Tamff Nadu, Indfa. A key to the specfes of apheffnfds are reported as new dfstrfbufon known specfes of Umafrfa Hayat fs gfven, and addffonaf dfstrfbufon records of 10 specfes of apheffnfds from Indfa are afso reported. records for Tamff Nadu, three specfes for Manfpur, two for Nagafand and one each for Andhra Pradesh and Bfhar. Keywords: Andhra Pradesh, Bfhar, Chafcfdofdea, Key, Manfpur, Nagafand, Indfa, new records, Tamff Nadu. Materfaf and Methods Abbrevfafons: F1, F2, F3 = Funfcfe segments 1, 2 and 3. TI, TII, etc. Coffecfons were made usfng mafafse traps fn the = Tergftes 1, 2, etc. of gaster. BAU - Bfhar Agrfcufturaf Unfversfty, Bhagafpur, Bfhar, Indfa; EDAU - Entomofogy Department, Annamafaf coastaf mangrove forest of Pfchavaram, Cuddafore, Unfversfty, Chfdambaram, Tamff Nadu, Indfa; NBAIR - Nafonaf Bureau Tamff Nadu and afso from Andhra Pradesh, Manfpur, of Agrfcufturaf Resources, Bengafuru, Karnataka, Indfa (Formerfy Nagafand, Hfmachaf Pradesh and Bfhar. Specfmens NBAII). fnffaffy preserved fn afcohof were drfed usfng hexamethyfdfsffazane (HMDS) as descrfbed by Brown The famffy Apheffnfdae (Hymenoptera: Chafcfdofdea), (1993) and then card mounted. They were sffde as defned by Heraty et af. (2013), fs presentfy represented mounted as descrfbed by Noyes (1982), ff necessary, for fn the Indfan fauna by 248 specfes fn 23 genera up to specfes fdenffcafon. Aff the measurements are gfven fn December 2015. The genus Umafrfa was descrfbed mffffmeters. by Hayat (2014) wfth U. fafba as the type specfes. He afso descrfbed another specfes U. zeera Hayat fn the same paper. Here we descrfbe another new specfes,

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Edftor: Mohammad Hayat, Affgarh Musffm Unfversfty, Affgarh, Indfa. Date of pubffcafon: 26 June 2016 (onffne & prfnt)

Manuscrfpt detaffs: Ms # 2085 | Recefved 23 June 2015 | Ffnaf recefved 30 May 2016 | Ffnaffy accepted 03 June 2016

Cftafon: Manfckavasagam, S., C. Menakadevf & M. Ayyamperumaf (2016). Descrfpfon of a new specfes of Umafrfa Hayat (Hymenoptera: Apheffnfdae) wfth ad - dffonaf dfstrfbufon records of apheffnfds from Indfa. Journaf of Threatened Taxa 8(6): 8893–8897 ; htp://dx.dof.org/10.11609/jot.2085.8.6. 8893-8897

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Fundfng: Annamafaf Unfversfty.

Conffct of Interest: The authors decfare no compefng fnterests.

Acknowfedgements: The authors thank the feffow fab mates for coffecfon of specfmens, Messrs. S. Pafanfvef, K. Saravanan, N. Gowthaman, J. Gowrf Prakash (from Tamff Nadu), T. Krfshna Chaftanya (From Tamff Nadu and Andhra Pradesh) AbhfnavLOGOs Kumar (from Bfhar) and Sophfs Sfngh (from Manfpur and Nagafand) and the authorffes of Annamafaf Unfversfty for the facffffes provfded.

8893 Umafrfa chfdambaramensfs sp. nov. Manfck avasagam et af.

Resufts 1 Umafrfa chfdambaramensfs Manfckavasagam & Ayyamperumaf, sp. nov. (Images 1–8) urn:fsfd:zoobank.org:act:A0E9032A-2BBC-4E8C-A2D3-9EE25FF46684

Materfaf examfned Hofotype: EDAU/Aph/003/2015, 20.xf.2012 femafe (on card), fabefed “ Umafrfa chfdambaramensfs sp. nov . Pfchavaram mangrove forest, Chfdambaram, Mafafse trap, Tamff Nadu, Indfa, coff. C. Menakadevf ” Paratypes: 4 femafes (EDAU/Aph/003/2015): 3 femafes (one on card, 2 on sffdes), 20.xf.2012, wfth same data as on hofotype; 1 femafe, Annamafaf Unfversfty 2 premfses, Chfdambaram, 18.x.2013, coff. C. Menakadevf. Reared from cockroach ootheca coffected from curry feaves pfant. Femafe: (Image 1) 3 Hofotype. Length, 1.0mm. Head fargefy orange to yeffowfsh; frons and mafar space orange. Antenna wfth scape orange yeffow; pedfcef orange brown; F1–F3 orange; cfava yeffow. Pronotum, mfd fobe of mesoscutum, axfffa and scuteffum orange; sfde fobes of mesoscutum orange yeffow; sfdes of propodeum and 4 mesopfeuron orange brown. Fore wfng wfth a verfcaf streak befow parasfgma to posterfor wfng margfn, wfth an ovaf fnfuscate patch apfcaf to verfcaf streak, above the posterfor wfng margfn, and the apfcaf haff of wfng fn front of the above two smoky or ffghtfy fnfuscate, wfng base to verfcaf streak hyaffne. Hfnd wfng ffghtfy 5 6 fnfuscate. Legs wfth coxae, trochanters and tarsf whfte and remafnfng parts of fegs yeffowfsh-brown. Gaster bfack wfth TI and TII orange (Image 1). Head, fn frontaf vfew, sffghtfy hfgher than broad; mfnfmum wfdth of frontovertex 0.54× head wfdth; frons wfth a fne fongftudfnaf groove fn front of anterfor oceffus; mafar space 0.45× eye hefght; frontovertex and face smooth; head wfth very fne short numerous hyaffne setae, fn addffon to four fong brown setae 7 just behfnd posterfor ocefff (Image 2). Antennaf scape 8 4.25× as fong as broad; pedfcef fonger than F1 and F2 combfned; funfcfe segments transverse; cfava 2.4× as fong as broad, and as fong as pedfcef and funfcfe combfned; fongftudfnaf sensfffae absent fn funfcfe, but 4 fn cfava (Image 3). Measurements fn mm: head wfdth: hefght 0.29: 0.33. Lengh:wfdth, scape 0.17:0.04, pedfcef 0.05: 0.03, F1 0.02:0.03, F2 0.02:0.03, F3 0.02:0.04, cfava 0.12 :0.05. Images 1–8. Umafrfa chfdambaramensfs sp. nov. Mesosoma (Image 5). Pronotum wfth very fne, 1 - Habftus fmage; 2 - Head frontaf vfew; 3 - Antenna; 4 - Fore wfng; 5 - Mesosoma; 6 - Scuteffum magnffed; 7 - Metasoma wfth ovfposftor; pofygonaf, transversefy efongate refcufate scufpture; 8 - Mfd feg

8894 Journaf of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 June 2016 | 8(6): 8893–8897 Umairia chidambaramensis sp. nov. Manickavasagam et al. mid lobe of mesoscutum with a median longitudinal Distribution in India: Jammu & Kashmir (Hayat, ridge running to the entire length of scutum; side lobe of 1998), Mizoram (Hayat et al. 2014), Manipur (new mesoscutum smooth; axilla without polygonal reticulate record). sculpture; scutellum with raised polygonal reticulate Host: Aphids on Phaseolus radiatus (Hayat, 1998). sculpture, cells slightly elongate (Image 6); metanotum medially and propodeum medially in a triangular area 2. asychis Walker with fine polygonal reticulation; propodeum on each side Specimen examined: 9.i.2015, India, Nagaland, distal to spiracle with four setae; setae on mesosomal Zeluma, one female through yellow pan trap from forest tergites as follows: each half of pronotal collar with three ecosystem, coll. Sophis Singh. setae and a long seta at posterolateral corner, mid lobe Distribution in India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, of mesoscutum with a pair of long, dark setae in about Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Meghalaya, Tamil anterior third, and a curved line of 6 small setae; each Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal (Hayat 1998), side lobe of mesoscutum with three small and one long Nagaland (new record). setae; distance between posterior pair of scutellar setae Hosts: Brevicoryne brassicae on cabbage; Lipaphis 3.6× the distance between anterior pair. Fore wing 2.53× erysimi on Brassicas; Myzus persicae on brassicas, as long as broad; costal cell 1.25× as long as marginal Brassica oleracea, Solanum tuberosum (Hayat, 1998). vein; stigmal vein small with four sensilla (Image 4). Hind wing 5.45× as long as broad; marginal fringe 0.16× wing 3. Aphelinus basilicus Hayat width. Measurements in mm: mesosoma length, 0.38; Specimens examined: 7.i.2015, India, Manipur, mesoscutum length, 0.20; width of axilla, 0.04; width at Senapati, one female through yellow pan trap from anterior margin of scutellum, 0.25; wing, length: width; forest ecosystem, coll. Sophis Singh. 09.i.2015, India, fore wing, 0.76: 0.30; hind wing, 0.60: 0.11; mid tibia Nagaland, Zeluma, one female through yellow pan trap length, 0.30; mid basitarsus length 0.07; mid tibial spur from forest ecosystem, coll. Sophis Singh. length, 0.06 (Image 8). Distribution in India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Metasoma 1.05× longer than mesosoma (0.40:0.38); Bihar, Goa, West Bengal (Hayat 1998); and Tamil Nadu ovipositor extends from posterior end of TII of gaster, (Menakadevi & Manickavasagam 2011), Manipur and and exserted to 0.12× gaster length; setae on TI–TVII as Nagaland (new record). follows, TI 0 + 0, TII 2 + 2, TIII 3 + 3, TIV 3 + 3, TV 2 + 2, TVI Hosts: Aphids on Ocimum basilium, Lantana camara & 2 + 2, TVII 7 + 7; ovipositor length 0.32 mm, third valvula okra. length 0.10 mm (Image 7). 4. Aphelinus sharpae Hayat Host Specimen examined: 07.i.2015, India, Manipur, Cockroach (Blattodea) ootheca collected from curry Senapati, one female through yellow pan trap from leaves, Murraya koenigii. forest ecosystem, coll. Sophis Singh. Distribution in India: Assam and Meghalaya (Hayat Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu). 1998), Manipur (new record). Host: Unknown. Etymology The species epithet is an adjective, derived from the 5. Botryoideclava bharatiya Subba Rao type locality, Chidambaram. Specimen examined: 10.ix.2013, India, Tamil Nadu, Trichirapalli, Pacha Malai, one female through yellow Comments pan trap from forest ecosystem, coll. Krishna Chaitanya The holotype of Umairia laiba has been examined & S. Palanivel. (NBAIR). It shows the presence of longitudinal sensillae Distribution in India: Maharashtra (Jadhav & Verma on F2, F3 and clava, whereas in U. chidambaramensis 2001); Uttar Pradesh (Subba Rao 1980) and Andhra only clava bears longitudinal sensilla. Pradesh, Easwaramurty et al. (1996) cited Easwaramurty et al. (1986) as having recorded this species from Andhra 1. Aphelinus abdominalis (Dalman) Pradesh, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Hayat (1998) Specimen examined: 20.i.2015, India, Manipur, overlooked these papers. Tamil Nadu (new record). Tamenglong, one female through yellow pan trap from Hosts: Aclerda takahashi on sugarcane, Saccharum forest ecosystem, coll. Sophis Singh. officinarum; Melanaspis glomerata on sugarcane, indet.

Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 June 2016 | 8(6): 8893–8897 8895 Umairia chidambaramensis sp. nov. Manickavasagam et al. scales on S. munja (Hayat, 1998). Pradesh (Hayat 1998), Arunachal Pradesh (Hayat et al. 2015), Andhra Pradesh (new record). 6. Botryoideclava thailandica Hayat Host: Centrococcus sp. on Achyranthes aspera, Specimen examined: 10.ix.2013, India, Tamil Nadu, Pupalia lappacea; Coccidohystrix insolita on Datura Trichirapalli, Pacha Malai, one female through yellow sp, Solanum melongena; Ferrisia virgata on Acacia sp; pan trap from forest ecosystem, coll. Krishna Chaitanya Nipaecoccus spp. On Acacia sp, Morus indica; N. viridis & S. Palanivel. on Ziziphus sp, Tephrosia purpurea; Peliococcus indicus Distribution in india: Karnataka (Hayat et al. 2015) on Prosopis spicegera; Planococcus sp. on coffee; P. citri Tamil Nadu (new record). on Citrus medica; Rastrococcus ineryoides on Citrus sp, Host: Unknown (Hayat et al. 2015). Ziziphus sp. (Hayat 1998).

7. Coccobius comperei (Hayat) 10. Paraphytis transversa (Huang) Specimens examined: 12.ix.2014, India, Tamil Nadu, Specimen examined: 12.ix.2014, India, Tamil Nadu, Kanyakumari, Nagercoil, one female through yellow pan Namakkal, Kolli hills, one female through yellow pan trap from forest ecosystem, coll. J. Gowri Prakash. India, trap from forest ecosystem, coll. K. Saravanan. Bihar, BAU, Bahalpur. Forest, one female through yellow Distribution in India: Kerala (Hayat 2012), Tamil pan trap from forest ecosystem, 8.i.2015, Coll. Abhinav Nadu (new record). Kumar. Host: Unknown (Hayat 2012). Distribution in India: Karnataka and Kerala (Hayat 1998), Orissa (Hayat & Khan 2010), Bihar and Tamil Nadu References (new record). Brown, B.V. (1993). A further chemical alternative to critical point Host: Indet. Diaspidids (Hayat 1998). drying for preparing small (or) large flies. Fly times 11: 10. Easwaramurthy, S., H. David & K.S. Bai (1996). Studies on Botryoideclava bharatiya Subba Rao, a parasite of sugarcane scale 8. Coccophagus fumadus Hayat insect, Melanaspis glomerata (Green). Entomon 21 (1): 55–64. Specimen examined: 22 ix.2014, India, Tamil Nadu, Easwaramurthy, S., K.S. Bai., N.K. Kurup & H. David (1986). Survey for the indigenous Parasite complex of sugarcanescale insect Salem, Yercaud, one female through yellow pan trap Melanapsis glomerata(G). Bharatiya Sugar 12: 63–66 from forest ecosystem, coll. M. Ayyamperumal & N. Hayat, M. (1998). of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): Gowthaman, a taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, International 13: 1–416. Distribution in India: Orissa (Hayat & Khan 2010), Hayat, M. (2012). Records and Descriptions of some Aphelinidae Kerala, Puducherry (Hayat 2012), Andaman & Nicobar (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India. Zootaxa 3521: 39–50. Islands (Hayat & Veenakumari 2015), Karnataka (Hayat Hayat, M. (2014). Eutrichosomellini (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) from India, with description of two new genera.Zootaxa et al. 2015), Tamil Nadu (new record). 3821 (4): 425–442; http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3821.4.2 Host: Unknown (Hayat & Khan 2010). Hayat, M. (2015). Additions to the Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea) - 4. Description of two new genera. Journal of Insect Systematics 1(2): 107–115. 9. Coccophagus pseudococci Compere Hayat, M. & F.R. Khan (2010). Additions to the Aphelinidae of India Specimen examined: 13.ii.2015, India, Andhra (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): 1. On species of Ablerus Howard, Pradesh, Nellore, one female through yellow pan trap Coccobius Ratzeburg, Coccophagus. Westwood, Pteroptrix Westwood, and Idiococcobius Hayat gen. nov. Colemania 21: 1–31. from forest ecosystem, coll. Krishna Chaitanya. Hayat, M. & K. Veenakumari (2015). Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Distribution in India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Chalcidoidea) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Journal of Insect Systematics 1(2): 92–106 Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Hayat, M., K. Veenakumari & S.M.A. Badruddin (2014). Description Maharastra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar of a new species of Aphelinus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)

Key to species of Umairia Hayat (females)

1. Head broader than high; eyes bulged; scrobe deep with sharp margin; scape 3.45 × as long as broad; TI of gaster with two setae ...... ……...... ………...... U. zeera Hayat - Head higher than broad; eyes not bulged; scrobe shallow with rounded margin; scape more than 4.0 × as long as broad; TI of gaster without setae ...... ………… 2 2. Longitudinal sensillae present on F2, F3 and clava; scutellum slightly convex and not hexagonal; exserted part of ovipositor 0.17× gaster length ...... U. laiba Hayat - Longitudinal sensillae present only on clava; scutellum highly convex and hexagonal; exserted part of ovipositor 0.12× gaster length ...... U. chidambaramensis Manickavasagam & Ayyamperumal sp. nov.

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