ISSN 2230 – 7052 No. 19, December 2012 Bugs R All Newsletter of the Invertebrate Conservation & Information Network of South Asia IUCN Species Survival Commission: Joint vision, goal and objecves of the SSC and IUCN Species Programme for 2013-16 The work of the SSC is guided by the Vision of: 2. Analysing the threats to biodiversity A just world that values and conserves nature through To analyse and communicate the threats to biodiversity posive acon to reduce the loss of diversity of life on and disseminate informaon on appropriate global earth. conservaon acons; 3. Facilitang and undertaking conservaon acon The overriding goal of the Commission is: To facilitate and undertake acon to deliver biodiversity- The species exncon crisis and massive loss of based soluons for halng biodiversity decline and catalyse biodiversity are universally adopted as a shared measures to manage biodiversity sustainably and prevent responsibility and addressed by all sectors of society species‟ exncons both in terms of policy change and taking posive conservaon acon and avoiding negave acon on the ground; impacts worldwide. 4. Convening experAse for biodiversity conservaon To provide a forum for gathering and integrang the Main strategic objecves: knowledge and experience of the world‟s leading experts For the intersessional period 2013–2016, the SSC, working on species science and management, and promong the in collaboraon with members, naonal and regional acve involvement of subsequent generaons of species commiees, other Commissions and the Secretariat, will conservaonists. pursue the following key objecves in helping to deliver IUCN‟s “One Programme” commitment: More informaon is available in the IUCN Species 1. Assessing and monitoring biodiversity Programme Strategic Plan 2013–2016 hps:// To assess and monitor biodiversity and inform the world cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/ about the status and trends of biodiversity, especially at 2013_2016_species_strategic_plan_final.pdf available on the species level, thus providing measures for the health of the IUCN Species website, which outlines 36 Key Species our one and only biosphere; Results and a set of measurable targets for achieving the above strategic objecves. Contents Pages On a collecon of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India - P. Girish Kumar and T.C. Narendran ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 A new larval host record for the Pea Blue buerfly Lampides boecus (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Pune, Maharashtra, India - Kru Chhaya, Neha Mujumdar, Prachi Mhaske and Ankur Patwardhan ... ... 6 On a collecon of aculeate Hymenoptera from Bhuj, Gujarat - P. Girish Kumar, A. K. R Mahato and Y. Patel ... 10 Caviria sericea Moore (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) A new record of Sal defoliator from Kanha Naonal Park, Madhya Pradesh - N. Roychoudhury, Subhash Chandra and Neetu Vaishy ... ... ... ... ... 14 Large-scale night congregaon of Yellow-tailed Ashy Skimmers Potamarcha congener (Rambur) at Gaganbawada, Maharashtra State: with notes on their camouflage and roosng behaviour - Anil Mahabal and P.D. Rane ... ... 16 New record of occurrence of the moth, Macrobrochis gigas (Walker, 1854) from Mukkali, Kerala, South India S. Murali ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 17 Paral checklist of ant species in and around Amrava city, Maharashtra, India - Aravind Chavan and Santosh Pawar 18 New record of flower spider Thomisus sikkimensis with a note on its courtship behaviour - Sidharth Kulkarni, V.Y. Deshpande and A.R. Aundhkar ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 Note on Teredinid wood borers from Palur canal near Rushikulya estuary, East coast of India - S. K. Pa and D. Swain 21 Note on Sparassidae spider feeding on a juvenile Gekko - Raju Vyas ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 Aggregaon behaviour of Catacanthus incarnatus (Drury) bug on Delonix regia tree in Kolhapur, Maharashtra - B. Mamlayya and S.R. Aland ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 26 Sighng of a Widow Spider (Lactrodectus genus) at Dhela near Corbe Tiger Reserve - Aar Verma and Preston Ahimaz ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 27 Meeng of the IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservaon Sub-Commiee ICSC, Abu Dhabi ... ... ... ... 28 Bugs R A! On a collecon of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India P. Girish Kumar1 and T.C. Narendran2 1Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700 053, West Bengal, India 2c/o Systemac Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, 673 635, Kerala, India 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is located at Hingni in Wardha district of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. The area is Systemac Account represented by dry deciduous forests which covers Family: Chalcididae 61.10km2 and situated at 20°58'47.33'' N and 1. Dirhinus auratus Ashmead 78°37'15.46'' E coordinates. The sanctuary is rich in its Dirhinus auratus Ashmead, 1905: 402, Lectotype ♀, natural vegetaon and is the home of many important Philippines: Manila (USNM). flora and fauna. Chalcidoidea is one of the economically Dirhinus circinus Husain & Agarwal, 1981: 182, Holotype important superfamilies of Hymenoptera, most species ♀, India: Aligarh (ZDAMU). Synonymy by Narendran of which are parasic on insect pests of agricultural crops. In connuaon of our studies on the chalcidoid 1989: 295. fauna of protected areas (Narendran and Girish Kumar, Dirhinus pambaensis Mani & Dubey, in Mani et al., 1974: 2009a, b, c), we are reporng here ten species of 33-36. Holotype ♂, India: Kerala, at river Pamba in chalcidoid wasps of which all the ten are new records Cardamom Hills (USNM). Synonymy by Boucek & from Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, six species are new records Narendran, 1981: 243. from Maharashtra State and one species is new record Dirhinus auratus Ashmead: Khan & Hayat, 2010: 79. from the Oriental region. Diagnosis: Male: Body black, antenna reddish brown, tarsi orange yellow. Antenna subfiliform, second flagellar Material and Methods segment 1.8x as long as broad, seventh segment The collecons were taken from the locality Bordharan in subquadrate; median area of propodeum disnctly the Bor Wildlife Sanctuary. The specimens were collected elongate and rather parallel-sided; striate area relavely by using sweep net specially made for the purpose. The longer, its hind margin medially produced; hind bia card mounted specimens were studied under Leica MZ 6 without disnct addional carina on outer surface; stereozoom microscope (Switzerland). All the idenfied punctuaons and pubescence of hind femur and hind specimens are deposited in the ‘Naonal Zoological bia very dense. Collecons of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. The Material examined: 1 ♂, INDIA: Maharashtra, Wardha distribuonal data of each species except the studied district, Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Bordharan, 25.ix.2007, material were taken from Noyes (2003). Coll. P. Girish Kumar (NZSI, Regd. No. 12777/H3). Host: Dacus cucurbitae, D. ferrugineus (Diptera: Acronyms for museums and depositories: BMNH = The Natural History Museum, London, England; HDOU = Hope Department, Tephridae) (Noyes, 2003). Oxford University, Oxford, England; NZSI = Naonal Zoological Distribuon: India: Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Collecons, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India; USNM = Pradesh, Maharashtra (new record), Odisha, Punjab, United States Naonal Museum, Washington DC, USA; ZDAMU Tamil Nadu, Uar Pradesh, West Bengal. [Laos, = Insect Collecons, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim Maurius, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, University, Aligarh, India; ZSIK = Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. Thailand, Vietnam]. The following abbreviaons are also used in the text: F1-F4 = Family: Eulophidae Funicular segments 1 to 4; LTS = Longer hind bial spur; MLM = Subfamily Eulophinae midlobe of mesoscutum; MV = Marginal vein; OOL = 2. Euplectrus ceylonensis Howard Ocellocular line; PMV = Postmarginal vein; POL = Postocellar Euplectrus ceylonensis Howard, in Howard & Ashmead, line; SMV = Submarginal vein; STV = Sgmal vein; T1 = 1896: 641. Holotype ♀, Ceylon (= Sri Lanka) (USNM). Metasomal tergite 1. Euplectrus insulanus Crawford, 1911: 281. Indonesia The distribuonal data of each species except the studied (USNM). Synonymy by Ferriere, 1941. material were taken from Noyes (2003). Euplectrus ceylonensis Howard: Narendran, 2011: 217. Bugs R A! No 19 December 2012" 2 Diagnosis: Female: Head black; antenna yellow, gradually 4. Euplectrus manjericus Narendran darkening towards clava; mesosoma black; legs yellow Euplectrus manjericus Narendran, 2011: 233. Holotype except coxa concolorous with mesosoma; peole black; ♀, India: Manjeri (ZSIK). rest of metasoma mostly yellowish brown with base, Diagnosis: Female: Head black except area below toruli sides and apical part blackish brown; vertex with four yellow which extends to gena but not united with ventral minute setae; pedicel shorter than F1; mesoscutum margin of eye; scape and pedicel yellow; flagellum without median carina; scutellum smooth; propodeum gradually becoming darker towards apex; legs including with disnct plicae; spiracle touching metanotum; coxa yellow; pretarsi dark; mesosoma black; metasoma peole 1.5-2x as long as wide, striate. dark brown on dorsal side with T1 slightly paler; ventral ♀ Material examined: 1 , INDIA: Maharashtra, Wardha side of gaster pale yellow; pedicel as long as F1; POL 2x district,