Two new species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the foothills of western Himalayas, India, with a key to Oriental species of Pambolus Haliday and an update to the key to world species of Paroplitis Mason

Two new species of Braconidae parasitoid wasps, Pambolus (Phaenodus) infuscatus Gupta & van Achterberg sp. nov. (Pambolinae) and Paroplitis khajjiarensis Gupta & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (Microgastrinae) are described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. A key to th...

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Main Authors: Ankita Gupta, Cornelis Van Achterberg, José L. Fernández-Triana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2022-04-01
Series:Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Online Access:https://jhr.pensoft.net/article/81886/download/pdf/
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Summary:Two new species of Braconidae parasitoid wasps, Pambolus (Phaenodus) infuscatus Gupta & van Achterberg sp. nov. (Pambolinae) and Paroplitis khajjiarensis Gupta & Fernández-Triana sp. nov. (Microgastrinae) are described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. A key to the Oriental species of Pambolus and an update to the key to world species of Paroplitis are provided. Additionally, Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday) (Euphorinae) is reported for the first time from the Indian geographical boundaries.
ISSN:1314-2607