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Issue: Vol. 3946 No. 2: 9 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.4
Page range: 221–232
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of three new species of Pentelicus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India, with a key to world species

Parasitoid Taxonomy and Biocontrol Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
Parasitoid Taxonomy and Biocontrol Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 608 002, Tamil Nadu, India
Chalcidoidea Encyrtinae Tamil Nadu

Abstract

Three new species of Pentelicus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) are described from Tamil Nadu, India: P. funiculatus sp. nov., P. punctatus sp. nov. and P. depunctatus sp. nov. A revised key to the world species of Pentelicus is also provided.