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Issue: Vol. 5150 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.1.7
Page range: 121-128
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Xorides xylotrechi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Xoridinae) parasitizing Xylotrechus stebbingi (Gahan, 1906) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in India

Department of Applied, Sciences, Desh Bhagat University Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab-147301, India
Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, NAS of Ukraine, B. Khmelnytskogo Str. 15, Kyiv 01030, Ukraine
Department of Zoology, School of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalander, Punjab-144411, India
Department of Zoology, Imtiyaz Memorial Government Degree College, Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir-192303, India
Department of Zoology, School of Bioengineering & Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalander, Punjab-144411, India
Entomology Section, Department of Zoology, University of Kashmir, Hazratbal Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir 190006, India
Coleoptera Darwin wasp biocontrol biodiversity new species Indian subcontinent

Abstract

New xoridine species, Xorides xylotrechi sp. n., from India is described and illustrated. The parasitoid was reared from the larvae of the xylophagous beetle, Xylotrechus stebbingi (Gahan, 1906), infesting Juglans regia L. Notes on parasitoid behaviour and biology are also provided with a brief description of female reproductive system and venom apparatus.

 

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