Embidobia hiranya Veenakumari 2024, sp. nov.

Embidobia hiranya Veenakumari sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E21AA8C5-C936-4576-9429-4C41BDE72AD8 Fig. 7 Diagnosis Embidobia hiranya sp. nov. is close to E. yuyutsu sp. nov. but differs from it in having a T3 longer than T2 and a posteriorly protruding metascutellum, which is anteriorly foveate and posteriorly longitudinally costate; while in E. yuyutsu. T2 and T3 are equal in length, and the metascutellum is posteriorly evenly rounded, anteriorly foveate and posteriorly with depressions. Etymology The Sanskrit epithet ‘hiranya’ refers to the golden colour of the habitus. The name is treated as an adjective. Material examined Holotype INDIA – Karnataka • ♀; Shivamogga, Honnavalli, University of Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences (UAHS); 13°58′24″ N, 7534′36″ E; 614 m; 10 Jan. 2017; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5061. Paratype INDIA – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Dindigul, Kanapadi; 11°07′02″ N, 78°42′55″E; 120 m; 13 May 2013; YPT; NIM, ICAR-NBAIR P5062. Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length = 1.11–1.27 mm (n = 2). COLOUR. Head, mesosoma and metasoma yellow-brown; radicle, A1–A7 yellow-brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown; legs yellow-brown. HEAD. Head: 1.3 × as wide as high, 1.3 × as high as long. IOS: 0.6 × head width, 1.2× eye length. OOL: 0.7× width of median ocellus. Compound eye: ovate (L:W = 16.1: 12.1). Sculpture of frons: lower frons medially smooth with longitudinal carinae on either side; several short transverse carinae present dorsal to central keel; upper frons with several short transverse carinae. Central keel: 0.3× head height. Sculpture of gena: smooth with long setae. Facial and malar striae: prominent. Sculpture of vertex: with short transverse carinae. Interantennal process: elongate, truncate posteriorly. MESOSOMA. L:W of mesoscutum: 16.7: 26.2. Sculpture of mesoscutum: imbricate. Mesoscutal humeral sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Mesoscutal suprahumeral sulcus: not foveate. Scutoscutellar sulcus: foveate laterally. L: W of mesoscutellum: 9.8:21.0. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: medially smooth, laterally rugose. Posterior mesoscutellar sulcus: foveate. Metascutellum when viewed dorsally: visible. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate and remainder smooth with sparse short longitudinal carinae. Posterior margin of metascutellum: projecting posteromedially. Sculpture of lateral propodeal area: entirely longitudinally costate with foveae in between. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally imbricate, ventrally smooth. Netrion: poorly defined. Netrion sulcus: costate. Pronotal suprahumeral sulcus: foveate. Pronotal cervical sulcus: indicated as a weak furrow. Prespecular sulcus: with transverse foveae. Speculum of mesopleuron: transversely carinate. Episternal sulcus: with transverse foveae. Postacetabular sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Mesepimeral area: smooth. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of femoral depression: smooth. Mesopleural pit: present. Sculpture of metapleuron: smooth. Metapleural sulcus: with transverse foveae. Paracoxal sulcus: indicated as a furrow ventrally. Metapleural epicoxal sulcus: indicated with transverse carinae and furrows. Anteroventral extension of metapleuron: 2.5× as long as wide; an additional short extension present dorsally. Metasomal depression: longitudinally costate. METASOMA. L: W of metasoma: 44.3: 31.3. Sculpture of T1: basal foveae present; longitudinally costate, costae shorter medially; posteriorly smooth and laterally with a setose reticulate patch. Sculpture of T2: basal foveae distinct; medially longitudinally striate, posteriorly smooth and laterally with a setose reticulate patch. Sculpture of T3: dorsally with a wide smooth transverse band followed by an areolate transverse patch; laterally with a reticulate patch; posteriorly smooth. Length of T1:T2: T3: 6.9: 13.1: 16.1. Male Unknown.