Propalachia beaveri Boucek 1978

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Main Authors: Binoy, C., Sureshan, P. M., Copeland, Robert S.
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author Binoy, C.
Sureshan, P. M.
Copeland, Robert S.
author_facet Binoy, C.
Sureshan, P. M.
Copeland, Robert S.
contents <p><b><i>Propalachia beaveri</i> Bouček, 1978</b></p><p>(Figs 1–4)</p><p><i>Propalachia beaveri</i> Bouček 1978: 103. Holotype ♀ [BMNH], Malaysia (Penang): Universiti Sains, 20.i.1976.</p><p><i>Propalachia intermedia</i> Narendran, 1994: 63–64. Holotype ♀ [BMNH], India: Kerala. Synonymised with <i>P beaveri</i> by Bouček (1998).</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> Body dark with metallic bluish-green reflection, antenna black with scape and pedicel white. Metacoxa dark basoventrally (over two-thirds from base); metafemur distally (especially at teeth) and tibia in basal two-thirds slightly infuscate. Fore wing with slightly oblique infumation. Head with elongate eyes, narrow frons, and short, rounded, receding temples. Occiput slopes steeply behind ocelli. Thoracic dorsum flat with shallow, widely spaced notaular grooves; mesoscutellum convex, apically smooth. Fore wing with pmv 1.28× as long as stv; smv, parastigma, and proximal mv with strong bristles. Propodeum with irregular cross-carinae anteriorly and coarse basal reticulation forming four longitudinal ridges. Mesepimeron mostly smooth except for reticulate depression. Metafemoral teeth variable in shape. Metasoma dorsally smooth and blunt; posterior margin of Gt 2 broadly emarginate, dorsally half as long as Gt 3.</p><p><b>Biology.</b> Hypothesised to be parasitic in the eggs of Cerambycidae by Bouček (1978), but likely incorrectly (see Discussion).</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> China, India (Kerala), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand (Bouček 1978).</p>
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spellingShingle Propalachia beaveri Boucek 1978
Binoy, C.
Sureshan, P. M.
Copeland, Robert S.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Torymidae
Propalachia
Propalachia beaveri
<p><b><i>Propalachia beaveri</i> Bouček, 1978</b></p><p>(Figs 1–4)</p><p><i>Propalachia beaveri</i> Bouček 1978: 103. Holotype ♀ [BMNH], Malaysia (Penang): Universiti Sains, 20.i.1976.</p><p><i>Propalachia intermedia</i> Narendran, 1994: 63–64. Holotype ♀ [BMNH], India: Kerala. Synonymised with <i>P beaveri</i> by Bouček (1998).</p><p><b>Diagnosis.</b> Body dark with metallic bluish-green reflection, antenna black with scape and pedicel white. Metacoxa dark basoventrally (over two-thirds from base); metafemur distally (especially at teeth) and tibia in basal two-thirds slightly infuscate. Fore wing with slightly oblique infumation. Head with elongate eyes, narrow frons, and short, rounded, receding temples. Occiput slopes steeply behind ocelli. Thoracic dorsum flat with shallow, widely spaced notaular grooves; mesoscutellum convex, apically smooth. Fore wing with pmv 1.28× as long as stv; smv, parastigma, and proximal mv with strong bristles. Propodeum with irregular cross-carinae anteriorly and coarse basal reticulation forming four longitudinal ridges. Mesepimeron mostly smooth except for reticulate depression. Metafemoral teeth variable in shape. Metasoma dorsally smooth and blunt; posterior margin of Gt 2 broadly emarginate, dorsally half as long as Gt 3.</p><p><b>Biology.</b> Hypothesised to be parasitic in the eggs of Cerambycidae by Bouček (1978), but likely incorrectly (see Discussion).</p><p><b>Distribution.</b> China, India (Kerala), Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand (Bouček 1978).</p>
title Propalachia beaveri Boucek 1978
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Torymidae
Propalachia
Propalachia beaveri
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17869020