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Issue: Vol. 4822 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.8
Page range: 269–276
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 2

The genus Aivalykus Nixon, 1938 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) with description of a new species from India and Arabian Peninsula

Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India.
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia. Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warsaw, Poland.
Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode, Kerala, Pin: 673006, India.
Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, Pin: 673635, India.
Hymenoptera Ecphylini scolytine parasitoid new species micro-aciculate sculpture South Asia

Abstract

The ecphyline genus Aivalykus Nixon, 1938 is discussed. A new species, A. microaciculatus Ranjith et Belokobylskij, sp. nov. from India and United Arab Emirates is described and illustrated. A key to all extant species of the genus Aivalykus is provided.

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