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Issue: Vol. 5319 No. 4: 27 Jul. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-07-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.4.8
Page range: 582-588
Abstract views: 269
PDF downloaded: 17

First report of two braconid genera Syntretus Foerster and Xynobius Foerster from India with description of one new species

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; India
H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bengaluru 560 024; Karnataka; India
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; India; Jain (Deemed-to-be) University; J. P. Nagar 6 Phase Campus; Bengaluru 560078; Karnataka; India
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; India
Hymenoptera Euphorinae Opiinae southern India

Abstract

Two genera, namely Syntretus Foerster (Braconidae: Euphorinae) and Xynobius Foerster (Braconidae: Opiinae), are reported for the first time from India. One new species, Syntretus curvatus Gupta, van Achterberg & Pattar, sp. nov. is described and illustrated from southern India. Xynobius chrysops Wu, van Achterberg, Sheng & Chen, 2018, described from Vietnam, is reported newly from India.

 

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