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Issue: Vol. 4232 No. 3: 17 Feb. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.3.3
Page range: 331–346
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Review of Testudobracon Quicke (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with descriptions of four new species from south India

NSS College, Manjeri, Malappuram, Kerala, Pin: 676122, India
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India Department of Zoology, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode (Affiliated to University of Calicut), 673001, Kerala, India
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, PO Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, 673006, Kerala, India
Hymenoptera Braconinae Testudobracon Plesiobracon new species south India

Abstract

The Braconinae is a generically diverse subfamily of Braconidae. The Old World genus Testudobracon Quicke is reviewed and four new species viz., T. athashi Ranjith sp. nov., T. malabaricus Sheeba sp. nov., T. shameeri Ranjith sp. nov. and T. travencorensis Sheeba sp. nov., are described from south India. A check list and key to the world species are provided.

 

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