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Binoy C, Nasser M, Santhosh S. Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2022; 8 (2) :245-256
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1- Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India. , binoy_doz@uoc.ac.in
2- Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India.
3- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala-673001, India.
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The chalcidine wasp genus Conura Spinola, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae
) is reviewed from the Oriental region. A New World species of xanthostigma group (C. abdominalis (Walker, 1861)) and an unnamed species represented by male specimens belonging to maculata group are reported for the first time from the Oriental region, India (Kerala). Diagnosis of species occurring in the Oriental region and a key to species are provided.
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Article Type: Research Article | Subject: Systematics/Hymenoptera
Received: 2022/01/18 | Accepted: 2022/04/28 | Published: 2022/05/15

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