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Issue: Vol. 5284 No. 2: 11 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.2.9
Page range: 377-389
Abstract views: 301
PDF downloaded: 10

Descriptions of three new species of Dicopomorpha Ogloblin (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from India, with one new country record and a revised key to Indian species

Parasitoid Taxonomy and Biocontrol laboratory; Department of Entomology; Faculty of Agriculture; Annamalai University; Chidambaram-608 002. Tamil Nadu; India
The Indian Agriculture College; Radhapuram 627111; Tamil Nadu
Hymenoptera fairyfly taxonomy redescription checklist distribution

Abstract

Three new species of Dicopomorpha Ogloblin (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), D. lathae Manickavasagam and Athithya sp. n., D. manickavasagami Athithya sp. n., and D. mohani Manickavasagam and Athithya sp. n., are described from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, Manipur and Assam states, respectively. Dicopomorpha koreana Triapitsyn and Berezovskiy is reported for the first time from India and a revised key to all 10 Indian species of the genus is provided.

 

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