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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 5: 3 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.5.5
Page range: 485-492
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 3

First report of two Braconidae genera Chrysopophthorus Goidanich and Tuberidelus Chen & van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with description of two new species from India

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560024; Karnataka; India
ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560024; Karnataka; India; Jain (Deemed-to-be) University; J. P. Nagar 6 Phase Campus; Bengaluru 560078; Karnataka; India
Department of Plant Protection; College of Horticulture and Forestry; CAU (Imphal); Pasighat 791102; Arunachal Pradesh; India
Hymenoptera Euphorinae Arunachal Pradesh Karnataka

Abstract

In the present study, two Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) genera namely Chrysopophthorus Goidanich, 1948 and Tuberidelus Chen & van Achterberg, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are reported for the first time from India and two new species Chrysopophthorus indicus Gupta sp. nov. (from Arunachal Pradesh in north-eastern part of India) and Tuberidelus indicus Gupta & Pattar sp. nov. (from Karnataka in southern India) are described.

 

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How to Cite

Gupta, A., Pattar, R. & Ajaykumara, K.M. (2025) First report of two Braconidae genera Chrysopophthorus Goidanich and Tuberidelus Chen & van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with description of two new species from India. Zootaxa, 5642 (5), 485–492. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.5.5