taxonID	type	description	language	source
03D6CB486045CC772C724BF6DA2DF79C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head with pre- and postorbital carina absent; petiolate metasoma; mesotibia with an apical spur; claws normal, edentate; vertically placed propodeal spiracle; hypopygium and ovipositor sheath not produced apically.	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486045CC772C724BF6DA2DF79C.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Coleoptera; Lepidoptera; Diptera; Hymenoptera (Vejar-Cota et al., 2005; Bulgarella et al., 2017; Noyes, 2019).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486045CC772C724BF6DA2DF79C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mostly Neotropic and Nearctic (> 300 spp.); Afrotropical (~ 5 spp.); Oriental (3 spp.); Palaearctic (2 spp.) (Noyes, 2019; present report).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486045CC772C724BF6DA2DF79C.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Oriental fauna of Conura is represented by the only species C. xanthostigma (Dalman). Two New World species C. abdominalis (Walker, 1861 )) and maculata (C. nigrifrons (Cameron, 1884) are reported for the first time from Oriental region (Kerala, India). The species were assigned to xanthostigma group and maculata group using the keys to species group of Conura Spinola (Delvare, 1992).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486046CC752C824DA5DF1EFBEC.taxon	materials_examined	Material Examined. 2 ♀♀, 1 ♂ – " India: Kerala, Kozhikode district, Elathur (11 ° 20 ' 37 " N 75 ° 43 ' 6.74 " E, 23 m), 08. vii. 2020, Coll. C. Bijoy ".	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486046CC752C824DA5DF1EFBEC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Metasoma shorter than combined lengths of head and mesosoma; antenna attached distinctly above the ventral level of eye; antennal scape not reaching the anterior ocellus; mesosoma densely punctured; mesoscutum with two yellow stripes along the outer margin of parapside; posterior margin of Gt 6 perpendicular. It can be separated from the other Indian xanthostigma group species C. xanthostigma (Dalman) in having the following set of features: head wider than mesosoma (in C. xanthostigma, head as wide as mesosoma); metasoma testaceous (in C. xanthostigma, metasoma completely black); apical margin of mesoscutellum truncated / straight (in C. xanthostigma, apical margin of mesoscutellum narrowly produced); hind femora testaceous yellow with reddish brown patch on medial disc and apically (in C. xanthostigma, hind femur black with yellow marking); hind femur without an inner basal tooth (in C. xanthostigma, hind femur with an inner basal tooth).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486046CC752C824DA5DF1EFBEC.taxon	description	Redescription. ♀ (Figs 1 – 8). Length 3.38 mm; fore wing length 3.35 mm. Colour. Testaceous with following parts different: head in frontal view brown with clypeus paler; scape pale yellow, pedicel brown, rest of antennomeres brown dorsally, markedly pale yellow ventrally, clava entirely yellow; vertex beyond anterior ocellus brown; pronotum with antero-medial declivity darker; mesoscutum except for parapsidal furrow and sides of parapsides black; axillae black; mesoscutellum with antero-medial inverted triangular area darker; dorsellum laterally brown; propodeum deep brown; mesopleuron and metapleuron dark brown with yellow patches below tegula; inner side of hind coxa reddish-brown; hind femur with medial patch on outer disc and apical patch reddish-brown; hind tibia with basal brown patch. Pubescence. Moderately long yellowish-brown setae on head and mesosoma, metasomal terga Gt 1 – Gt 5 bare, rest with short yellowish-brown setae; pubescence on propodeum moderately dense. Head. Head in frontal view 1.5 × as long as wide; vertex faintly convex in frontal view; frons alutaceous with numerous setigerous pits (Fig. 2), impunctate area below interantennal projection; interantennal projection prominent, forming short carina along scrobal basin; scrobe finely alutaceous; vertex with shallower punctures, interstice alutaceous; POL 1.6 × OOL; occipital carina indicated, emarginated (Fig. 3). Mesosoma. Pronotal collar angulate antero-laterally, forming sharp angle on lateral corner with anteromedian declivity, faintly punctate, interstices imbricate, posterior margin distinctly emarginate; mesoscutum with imbricate impunctate strip at anterior margin, rest clearly, coarsely punctate with alutaceous interstices; mesoscutellum and axillae with similar sculpturing; apical margin of mesoscutellum truncate, emarginate; dorsellum indicated, foveolate (Fig. 4); mesopleuron shiny, with an anterior longitudinal carina and several small radiating transverse rugae; metapleura distinctly punctate (Fig. 5); propodeum shiny with regular rugate areola (Fig. 6). Legs. Hind coxa dorsally smooth, shiny, ventrally setose, 2.1 × as wide as long; hind femur 1.7 × as long as maximum width, without inner ventro-basal tooth, 16 teeth on ventral margin; tarsal claws normal, edentate (Fig. 8). Wings. Fore wing subhyaline; SMV 2.23 × MV; PMV 1.4 × MV; STV 0.3 × MV (Fig. 7). Metasoma. Petiole 1.4 × as long as wide, with lateral bordering carina (Fig. 9); Gt 1 – Gt 5 smooth, dorsally bare, smooth, Gt 6 perpendicular, smooth, setose; ovipositor sheath not exerted. Male. (Figs 9 – 12). Body size 3.67 mm; fore wing 3.27 mm. Similar to female except, POL 2.8 × OOL (Fig. 10); antenna stout with three rows of white multi-porous plate sensilla on surface; hind femur with medial red patch confluent with apical patch (Fig. 12); petiole 2.1 × as long as maximum width (Fig. 11).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486046CC752C824DA5DF1EFBEC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Oriental: India (Kerala) (new report). Elsewhere: Neotropical (Brazil; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Mexico) (Walker, 1862; Cresson, 1872; De Santis, 1979; Delvare, 1992).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486046CC752C824DA5DF1EFBEC.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Unknown.	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486047CC732C714ABBDCB6F9DC.taxon	materials_examined	Type material. Lectotype ♀ — “ India: Uttarakhand, Date?, Coll. C. S. Nurse ” [BMNH]. (not examined)	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486047CC732C714ABBDCB6F9DC.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Female. Black specimen with lemon yellow marking along inner eye margin, a band on frons, on interantennal projection and clypeus, anterior margins of pronotal collar, mesoscutum with parapsidal furrow and sides of parapsides, mesoscutellum with two lateral no-confluent patches, hind femur with variable yellow and black markings; head as wide as mesosoma, indistinctly pitted; scrobe microsculptured; POL 0.6 × OOL; stout interantennal projection; antennae thick, scape not reaching anterior ocellus, shorter than lengths of fu 4 – fu 6 combined; mesosoma (except propodeum) dorsally densely pitted, interstices carinate, no microsculpture; pronotal collar without anterior carina, laterally formed teeth present; mesoscutellum with median longitudinal depression; MV 0.3 – 0.4 × SMV, PMV little longer than MV, STV 0.3 × MV; hind coxa with dense setigerous punctures dorsally; hind femur with dense minute setigerous punctures, inner basal tooth present, ventrally with 24 – 28 minute teeth; metasoma as long as or little shorter than mesosoma, strongly convex; Gt 1 more than 0.5 × length of gaster; epipygium not carinate at middle; ovipositor sheath slightly projecting beyond epipygium. Male. Similar to female, hind coxa wholly black; hind femur with shorter yellow patch near apex on ventral side; antennae with fairly wider scape. Note. No specimens of both sexes were obtained during the present study. So above mentioned diagnosis is based on the description of species (Burks, 1940; Habu, 1960; Delvare, 1992).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486047CC732C714ABBDCB6F9DC.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Canada; China; Czech Republic; England, Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Russia; Slovakia; Sweden (Noyes, 2019).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
03D6CB486047CC732C714ABBDCB6F9DC.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Hymenoptera; Lepidoptera (Noyes, 2019).	en	Binoy, C., Nasser, M., Santhosh, S. (2022): Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2): 245-256, DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.2.245, URL: https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.2.245
