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Issue: Vol. 3193 No. 1: 15 Feb. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-02-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3193.1.4
Page range: 62–68
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Proaphelinoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with a key to world species and additional records from Tamil Nadu, India

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
Hymenoptera Aphelininae Aphytini male record distributional record

Abstract

A new species of Proaphelinoides (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), P. chidambaramensis Manickavasagam & Me-nakadevi sp. nov., is described from Tamil Nadu, India, and a key to world species is provided. The males of Proapheli-noides are recorded for the first time. Coccophagoides orientalis (Agarwal), Encarsia dorunga Hayat and Eretmocerus rajasthanicus Hayat are also reported as new distributional records for the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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