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Issue: Vol. 4514 No. 4: 9 Nov. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.12
Page range: 593–600
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Extending rarity: discovery of the rare braconine genus, Carinibracon van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the Oriental region with the description of a new species from south India

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India
Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragode, Vidyanagar, Kerala, Pin: 671123, India (affiliated to Kannur University).
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode, Kerala, Pin: 673006, India
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India
Hymenoptera Braconinae first generic report Plesiobracon new species

Abstract

The extremely rare, monobasic Afrotropical braconine genus, Carinibracon van Achterberg, is recorded for the first time from the Oriental region through the description of a new species, C. orientalis Ranjith sp. nov. from south India. An illustrated key to the two known species is provided along with re-illustration of the type species of the genus, C. danielssoni van Achterberg.

 

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