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Issue: Vol. 4272 No. 3: 30 May 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.3.3
Page range: 371–385
Abstract views: 64
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An enigmatic new genus of Hormiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from South India

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia. Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warsaw, Poland.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, BKK 10330, Thailand.
Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystems Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Nada, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, BKK 10330, Thailand.
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India.
Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea ectoparasitoid new genus and species comparison phylogenetic tree

Abstract

A new Hormiinae genus Indohormius gen. nov. with type species I. keralensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Comparison of this genus with some Hormiinae and Rhyssalinae genera are provided. The composition of the subfamily Hormiinae and the position of the new genus on a molecular phylogenetic tree are discussed.

 

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