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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 2: 16 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.2.7
Page range: 290-296
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Description of a new species of Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906 (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) from Western Ghats, India

Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India
Zoological Survey of India; Western Ghat Regional Centre; Kozhikode 673006; Kerala; India
Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou 310058; China
Hymenoptera Stephanoidea parasitoid key Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Kerala

Abstract

A new species of Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906 Parastephanellus binoyi Amal, Girish Kumar, & van Achterberg sp. nov. is described from Western Ghats, India. A key to the Indian species is provided along with a distribution map.

 

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