Anastatus acherontiae Narayanan, Subba Rao and Ramachandra, 1960

Ghosh, Dipanjana, Sheela, S., Kumar, P. Girish & Rameshkumar, A., 2025, Description of two new brachypterous species of Anastatus (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from India, Zootaxa 5679 (1), pp. 123-132 : 128

2. Anastatus acherontiae Narayanan, Subba Rao and Ramachandra, 1960 ( Fig 3A )

Material examined: 2 ♀, INDIA, Odisha, Jagatsinghapur, Sangrampur , 22.vii.2021, Sweep, Coll: A. Rameshkumar ; 1 ♀ INDIA, West Bengal, Howrah, Indian Botanic Garden , 28.xii.2018, YPT, Coll: A. Rameshkumar ; 1 ♀, INDIA, West Bengal, Ballavpur WLS, Deer Park , 20.ix.2022, YPT, Coll: Sudipta Dey .

Remarks: No significant differences in characters when compared to the description provided in Narendran 2009 were observed in the newly studied material.

Distribution: India: Delhi ( Narayanan et al. 1960), Punjab ( Hayat 1975), Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu ( Narendran 2009), Odisha (new record), West Bengal (new record).

Figures

FIGURE 3. A. Anastatus acherontiae ♀ habitus, lateral view; B. Anastatus amarus ♀, habitus, lateral view; C-D. Anastatus dasyni ♀ habitus, lateral and dorsal view; E-F. Anastatus bangalorensis ♀ habitus, lateral and dorsal view.