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)

Sureshan, Pavittu Meethal; Ranjith, Avunjikkattu Parambil; Rajan, Tessy

doi:10.52547/jibs.4.4.281

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)

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Pavittu Meethal Sureshan ¹

Avunjikkattu Parambil Ranjith ²

Tessy Rajan ²

¹ Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, India

² Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India

10.52547/jibs.4.4.281

Abstract

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.

Graphical Abstract

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)

Keywords

Pteromalidae

Zolotarewskya

Cleonymus

new species

First record

India

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