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Issue: Vol. 3530 No. 1: 30 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3530.1.3
Page range: 35–42
Abstract views: 38
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New species of the genus Psix Kozlov & Lê (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)

Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Network Project on Insect Biosystematics, Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110012, India
Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212, USA
Hymenoptera new species Telenominae identification key India coreid parasitoids Loganiaceae

Abstract

Psix sunithae sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Specimens of the new species have been reared from coreid eggs laid on the leaf of Nux Vomica. Psix abnormis Kozlov & Lê and P. saccharicola (Mani) are redescribed and an updated identification key to Indian species of Psix is provided.

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