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Issue: Vol. 3094 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3094.1.5
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 63
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First report of three genera of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India with description of a new species of Dicopus and some other records

Parasitoid Taxonomy and Biocontrol Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram-608 002. T.N. India
Parasitoid Taxonomy and Biocontrol Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram-608 002. T.N. India
Hymenoptera Dicopus Dicopomorpha Omyomymar new species new distribution

Abstract

Dicopomorpha Ogloblin, Dicopus Enock and Omyomymar Schauff (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) are recorded from India for the first time and one new species, Dicopus noyesi Manickavasagam, sp. nov., is described from material collected from the state of Tamil Nadu. Gonatocerus bicoloriventris Zeya, G. breviterebratus Subba Rao, G. shamimi Subba Rao and Hayat, Mymar schwanni Girault, Narayanella thornypoda (Narayanan & Subba Rao) and Polynema mendeli Girault (Mymaridae) are also newly recorded from the state of Tamil Nadu.

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