Lycaenidae parasitoids from peninsular India with description of four new species of microgastrine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) along with new insights on host relationships
Gupta, Ankita
Churi, Paresh V.
Sengupta, Ashok
Mhatre, Sarang
Zootaxa
2014
3827
4
439
470
6XDT
640786
[151,317,1660,1686]
Insecta
Braconidae
Protapanteles
Animalia
Hymenoptera
16
455
Arthropoda
genus
T2/T3(median length) 0.72 subequal 1.18 0.76 0.72 Material examined. Protapantelessp. 0 1—One female, INDIA, Maharashtra, Chinchoti, Naigon, 25.i.2013, coll. Paresh V. Churi, ex. Tarucus balkanicus nigraon the host plant Ziziphus mauritianaLam., NBAII//Bra/Prot/ sp/25113. Protapantelessp. 0 2—one female, Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur, 10.vi.2013, coll. Ashok Sengupta, ex. Tarucus callinaraButleron the host plant Ziziphus jujubeMill., NBAII//Bra/Prot/sp/10613.
Remarks.Both the species were different but species identity could not be ascertained as single wasps were reared from their respective hosts.