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Issue: Vol. 5594 No. 1: 27 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5594.1.11
Page range: 194-200
Abstract views: 122
PDF downloaded: 5

Two new species of the genus Diolcogaster Ashmead 1900 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Western Himalayas, India

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560 024; Karnataka; India.
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560 024; Karnataka; India.
Hymenoptera Diolcogaster new species India

Abstract

The Indian Diolcogaster Ashmead species is reviewed and a key to the Indian species of Diolcogaster is provided. Two new species of microgastrine wasps, Diolcogaster pseudandamanensis Gupta sp. nov. and D. confusus Gupta sp. nov. (Microgastrinae) are described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India.

 

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