<p><strong>Description of four new species of brachypterous Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India</strong></p>

MOHAMMAD HAYAT; KAMALANATHAN VEENAKUMARI

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.6

Issue: Vol. 3990 No. 2: 24 Jul. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-07-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.6

Page range: 259–271

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Description of four new species of brachypterous Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India

MOHAMMAD HAYAT⁺⁻
KAMALANATHAN VEENAKUMARI⁺⁻

Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India

National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, India

Hymenoptera Astymachus Ixodiphagus Monstranusia Ooencyrtus new brachypterous species

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Abstract

Four new brachypterous species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are described. These are: Astymachus eximius Hayat, sp. nov., Ixodiphagus aethes Hayat, sp. nov., Monstranusia brachyptera Hayat, sp. nov., Ooencyrtus notialis Hayat, sp. nov. Brachyptery in the genera Astymachus Howard and Monstranusia Trjapitzin is reported for the first time.