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Issue: Vol. 5807 No. 2: 11 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.1
Page range: 201-244
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Description of ten new species of Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India

Zoological Survey of India; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700053; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700019
Zoological Survey of India; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700053; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700019
Zoological Survey of India; Prani Vigyan Bhawan; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700053
Zoological Survey of India; Western Regional Centre; Pune; Maharashtra; India- 411044
Hymenoptera DNA barcode mt COI phylogeny Platygastroidea Scelioninae

Abstract

In this study, ten species of Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) are described from India: D. coriata Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. foveola Debnath, Rajmohana and Abitha sp. nov., D. microphleba Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. obscura Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. pallida Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. procera Debnath, Rajmohana and Abitha sp. nov., D. protuberata Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. semiannulata Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., D. succina Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov., and D. xantha Debnath and Rajmohana sp. nov. Detailed morphological descriptions are provided, supplemented with molecular characterization for a subset of the treated species. A maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree was also constructed based on mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I data. The single gene phylogenetic analysis revealed an extended distribution for D. indica Mukerjee, 1994 from India to Bangladesh and Thailand; D. dissimilis Rajmohana, 2014 from India to China and Russia; and D. protuberata across India and Pakistan. An identification key and a checklist to the Indian species of Duta is also presented.

 

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How to Cite

Debnath, R., Abitha, J., Rajmohana, K. & Dinesh, K.P. (2026) Description of ten new species of Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5807 (2), 201–244. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5807.2.1