Sureshan P M, Ranjith A P, Rajan T. Description of new species of the genera Zolotarewskya Risbec and Cleonymus Latreille and first record of the male of Dipara hayati Sureshan from India (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2018; 4 (4) :281-292
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1- Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India
2- Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India
Abstract: (4776 Views)
The pteromalid genus Zolotarewskya Risbec (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae) is reported from India after a gap of 45 years with the description of a new species and one new species of Cleonymus Latrielle are described from Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Affinities of the new species with closely related species are discussed and a key to the oriental species of Cleonymus is also provided. Male of Dipara hayati Sureshan is also described for the first time.
Article Type:
Original Research |
Subject:
Systematics/Coleoptera Received: 2018/12/19 | Accepted: 2019/01/19 | Published: 2019/01/26