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Issue: Vol. 4420 No. 3: 17 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.9
Page range: 439–444
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 2

Neotype designation and redescription of Inostemma indicum (Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) parasitizing ivy gourd gall midge 

National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bangalore, India 560024
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bangalore, India 560024
National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bangalore, India 560024
Hymenoptera Cecidomyiidae Diptera stem galls

Abstract

Inostemma indicum Mani, a parasitoid of Neolasioptera cephalandrae Mani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), collected from stem galls of ivy gourd (Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt (Cucurbitaceae)) was described by Mani in 1941. The original description is scanty and ambiguous, with little diagnostic value. The holotype, a dissected female mounted on a slide, is lost. It is redescribed with illustrations and a neotype is designated. The previously unknown male is also described.

 

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