Anastatus Motschulsky 1859

Anastatus Motschulsky, 1859 Anastatus Motschulsky 1859, p. 116. Type species: Anastatus mantoidae Motschulsky. By monotypy. Gibson (1995, p. 101) may be consulted for a complete list of generic synonymy. Anastatus sp. (Figures 45–54) Material examined 7♂, All from India: Kerala, Kozhikode district collected by C. Binoy. Malabar Christian College Campus (11.263°N, 75.779°E, 27 m), November 2018 (see ‘Material and methods’ for deposition). Diagnosis Head and mesosoma with bright green-golden metallic lustre, slight blue-violet tinge on lower face, mesosoma, posterior mesoscutum, anterior scutellum, metacoxa and metasoma; eye setose; head, and mesosoma with moderately dense setosity; mandible tridentate. Description (male) Body length 0.96–1.03 mm; length of forewing 0.74–0.81 mm. Colour. Body metallic green-gold with the following parts variably coloured: eye faintly red; ocelli silver; mandible red-brown; scape ivory ventrally, brown dorsally; pedicel and rest of antennomeres brown; all coxae brown (metacoxa with faint metallic violet lustre); propodeal spiracle concealed below white enclosing peritreme; metasoma brown with green-golden lustre; legs ivory with variable brown patch; forewing with veins pale brown. Head. In anterior view 1.23× as long as wide; rugose reticulate with scattered setigerous pits, lanceolate, white setae arising from pits; clypeus slightly convex; mandible tridentate, apical one acute; eye distinctly setose; scrobal depression more or less bell shaped; scape curving (Figure 46); eye height 1.86× as long as malar space; malar sulcus distinct, straight; gena distinctly reticulate (Figure 47); in dorsal view 1.97× as long as wide; POL 3.9× OOL, 2.25× AOL and 2.46× OD; vertex coarsely rugose reticulate (Figure 48). Mesosoma. Pronotum subconical, narrow, surface reticulate; mesoscutum coarsely areolate, 1.47× as long as wide with well-marked notauli, distinctly setose; scutellum finely areolate medially, longitudinally reticulate on sides, setose (Figure 49); metanotum rugose reticulate; propodeum smooth, shiny with median carina bifurcating at adpetiolar foramen (Figure 50); lateral panel of pronotum and prepectus reticulate; mesopleuron and metapleuron smooth with faint reticulation, shiny; callus with 4–5 erect white setae (Figure 53). Wings. Forewing hyaline, with short and moderately dense discal ciliation, 2.15× as long as its maximum width; marginal fringe short; SMV with four semi-erect dorsal setae; SMV 1.69× as long as MV; MV 2.0× as long as STV, as long as PMV; hindwing with similar discal ciliation as of forewing (Figure 51). Legs. Metacoxa reticulate, 1.5× as long as wide; hind femur engraved reticulate with faint metallic green-gold tint; metatibia slightly expanded apically, tibial spur short, half as long as hind basitarsus (Figure 52). Metasoma. Sessile, ovate, collapsing on drying; all terga faintly reticulate, posterior margin of all terga straight (Figure 54). Distribution India (Kerala).