The first record of the genus Tanaostigma (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae) in the Old World, with the description of a new species from India

ANKITA GUPTA; SUNIL JOSHI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.13

Issue: Vol. 4193 No. 1: 15 Nov. 2016

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2016-11-15

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.13

Page range: 197–200

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**The first record of the genus Tanaostigma (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae) in the Old World, with the description of a new species from India**

ANKITA GUPTA⁺⁻
SUNIL JOSHI⁺⁻

ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore, 560 024, India

Hymenoptera Millettia (=Pongamia) pinnata Fabaceae

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Abstract

Tanaostigma Howard (Hymenoptera: Tanaostigmatidae) is recorded for the first time in the fauna of the Old World, with T. indica Gupta sp. n. described and illustrated from southern India, reared from Millettia (=Pongamia) pinnata (Fabaceae).

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