Chalcis gibsoni Narendran 1987

Chalcis gibsoni Narendran, 1987 Chalcis gibsoni Narendran, 1987, p. 8. Holotype ♀, India: Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore, viii.1952 [CNC] (Figures 29–34) Short description Based on holotype. Black with following parts variable: eye, and ocellus yellow-brown; clypeus and mandible red-brown; scape and pedicel brown, following antennomeres brown; pro and mesofemora brown, apices yellow-brown; tegula yellow; pro and mesofemora red-brown with apex yellow; metafemur brown with basal yellow patch extending onto basal denticle, sub-apical non-confluent yellow patches (Figure 33); pro and mesotibiae red-brown with base and apex pale yellow; metatibia brown; petiole red-brown; metasoma red-brown, hypopygium brown (Figure 29). Funicles with short peg-like sensilla (Figure 31); MOD: OOD: POD = 1.1: 1.3: 2.5 (Figure 30); pre-and postorbital carina absent; interantennal process conspicuous, scrobe with short median carina (Figure 31); pronotum and mesoscutum coarsely punctate with well-impressed punctures, interspaces carinate; punctures larger on mesoscutellum, slightly wider interspace; pubescence long, sparse; apex of mesoscutellum emarginate, rounded; propodeum rugate (Figures 30, 32); metacoxa longer than petiole, reaching beyond base of gaster; dorsal surface of metacoxa polished, ventrally with setigerous pits; metafemur 1.8 × as long as wide; inner basal tooth present; dorsal surface of metafemur with setigerous pits and moderate setosity, ventrally with 19 denticles, basal one largest, straight (Figure 33); fore wing with brown infumation, with moderate setosity; petiole anteriorly with a raised sharp tubercle, laterally carinate; metasoma globose, dorsal surface polished, Gt2 onwards laterally with setigerous pits having short setae (Figure 29). Distribution India: Kerala, Odisha, Tamil Nadu; Nepal: Madhesh Province; Indonesia: Bogor (Narendran 1987, 1989).