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Haris, A. - Saini, M. S.: A new Tenthredo species from Chopta, India (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
106 Natura Somogyiensis Mesostemum without spine. Mesoscutellum strongly, pyramidally but bluntly elevated. Mesopleuron strongly but bluntly elevated. Subapical tooth of claw sligthly but clearly shorter and thicker than apical. Last abdominal tergite elongated, covering apex of sawsheath. Length: 10.4 mm. In Enslin (1920), it runs to Tenthredo (Tenthredella) atra Linné, 1758. However, the new species has strongly elevated subpiramidal mesoscutellum and also strongly elevated mesopleuron. These parts are flat in T. atra Linné, 1758. The new species has mesepistemum with very dense punctures which are absolutely rough and deep, crater like. In T. atra, mesopleuron is roughly punctured, but without crater like sculpture. T. atra Linné, 1758 is very variable in colour. The new species also resembles to Tenthredo yinae Wei, 1999, which is larger, 14.5 mm. Round spot on clypeus, mesepistemum, lateral spots and hind margin of propodeum are white (these parts are black in the new species). Colour of legs are also different: hind tibia brownish black, otherwise legs are dominantly black with dark yellowish brown color, not red as in the new species. Mesonotum is shiny and sparsely punctured in T. yinae, but in the new species mesonotum is matt, densely and finely punctured, additionally granulated. In Malaise (1945), the new species runs to Tenthredo kumaonensis (Rohwer, 1921), now Tenthredo dorsivittata (Cameron, 1902). Besides the colour differences: legs are black and white and body is richly decorated with white spots; the new species has black body without white spots and legs are red and black, Tenthredo dorsivittata has sparsely punctured mesoscutellum and shiny and sporadically punctured upper part of mesopleuron. These parts in the new species are dull and deeply and roughly punctured as they are described above. In Saini (2007), the new species would run to Tenthredo micropunctata Saini and Vasu, 2001. In the new species, head, thorax and abdomen black, legs coloured with red as it is described above; in Tenthredo micropunctata, body is richly coloured with white and legs without red colour. Clypeus rectangularly incised in Tenthredo micropunctata but it is roundly incised in the new species. The specific name indonitidula means: indo: from India, nitidula: elegant. References Enslin, E. 1920: Die Blattwespengattung Tenthredo L. (Tenthredella Rohwer). — Abhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Österreich, Wien 11(1): 1-96. Haris, A. & Roller, L. 1998: Three new Tenthredo species from Yunan (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). - Folia Entomologica Hungarica, Budapest 59: 135-140. Haris, A. & Roller, L. 2007: Sawflies from Laos (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). - Natura Somogyiensis 10: 173-190. Haris, A. & Saini, S. M.. 2018: Tenthredo (Linné, 1758) species from Chopta, India (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). — Natura Somogyiensis 31: 77-88. Nie, H. & Wei, M. 1998: Fourteen new species of Tenthredo from Funiushan (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). - : pp. 176-187. In: Shen, X. & Sm, Z. (eds.): Insects of the Funiu Mountains Region (1). (The Fauna and Taxonomy of Insects in Henan Vol. 2). - China Agricultural Science and Technology Press, Beijing: 368 pp. Saini, M. S. 2007: Genus Tenthredo Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Symphyta: Tenthredinidae). In: Indian Sawflies Biodiversity. Keys, Catalogue & Illustrations. - Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun 1: [1-7], 1-249.
