Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae

Female: Body length = 2.2 mm. Hind tibia slightly longer than ovipositor sheath. Tergite (2+3) distal to the basal area smooth and shiny without any coarse sculpture. Ovipositor sheaths thickened in apical one third with apical attenuation. First discoidal cell not wider than high. First metasomal tergal plate longer than wide with coarse sculpture at basal half and longitudinal carinae at the apical half; parallel sided; slightly wider apically; bearing a median longitudinal depression. 2nd tergum wider than long; shorter than 3rd tergum. Tergite (2+3) distal to the basal area smooth and shiny without any coarse sculpture; considerably longer than the basal area itself. Ovipositor sheaths distinctly projecting beyond apex of gaster. Hind tibia slightly longer than ovipositor sheath. Ovipositor sheaths long and hairy throughout; gently decurved. Anterior third of mesopleuron coarsely puncto-reticulate and setose, posteriorly largely smooth and nitid. Metapleuron generally smooth except for very shallow punctures posteriorly, anterior pit deep. Hind coxae laterally and dorsally shagreened with shallow punctures.

India.

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