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Issue: Vol. 5673 No. 2: 5 Aug. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.8
Page range: 291-299
Abstract views: 76
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First Record of the genus Lagynodes Förster, 1840 (Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae) from India, with the description of a new species and a molecular analysis

Centre for DNA Taxonomy; Molecular Systematics Division; Zoological Survey of India; Kolkata; West Bengal; India
Centre for DNA Taxonomy; Molecular Systematics Division; Zoological Survey of India; Kolkata; West Bengal; India
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Museum Koenig; Arthropoda Department; Adenauerallee 160; 53113 Bonn; Germany
Centre for DNA Taxonomy; Molecular Systematics Division; Zoological Survey of India; Kolkata; West Bengal; India
Hymenoptera Megaspilidae West Bengal male genitalia DNA Barcoding

Abstract

The subfamily Lagynodinae and genus Lagynodes Förster, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) are reported for the first time from India. Lagynodes mikoi sp. nov. is described and illustrated from West Bengal, India. The species concept is based on an integrative taxonomic approach combining morphological and molecular characters. Comparison of the COI barcode further allows clear species delimitation from other published COI sequences of Lagynodes species.

 

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How to Cite

Ghosh, A.K., Kumar, V., Salden, T. & Tyagi, K. (2025) First Record of the genus Lagynodes Förster, 1840 (Megaspilidae: Lagynodinae) from India, with the description of a new species and a molecular analysis. Zootaxa, 5673 (2), 291–299. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.2.8