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Issue: Vol. 5419 No. 2: 6 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.5
Page range: 265-274
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 4

Additions to the trigonalyid (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae) fauna of India with the description of a new species from south India

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Royal Enclave; Srirampura; Jakkur Post; Bangalore 560064; India
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Royal Enclave; Srirampura; Jakkur Post; Bangalore 560064; India
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE); Royal Enclave; Srirampura; Jakkur Post; Bangalore 560064; India
Hymenoptera India male description new distribution record taxonomy Western Ghats

Abstract

A new species of Taeniogonalos is described and illustrated from Western Ghats, Kerala, India. The male of Taeniogonalos eurysoma Chen & van Achterberg, 2020 is described for the first time along with its first distribution record from India. The new species and T. eurysoma are illustrated along with a distribution map of Indian Taeniogonalos.

 

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