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Issue: Vol. 5711 No. 3: 20 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.7
Page range: 424-434
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Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Hadronotus Förster (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reared from reduviid eggs in India

Zoological Survey of India; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700053; Department of Zoology; University of Calcutta; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700019
Central Silk Board; Basic Seed Multiplication and Training Centre; Bastar; Chhattisgarh; India- 494223
Zoological Survey of India; M-Block; New Alipore; Kolkata; West Bengal; India- 700053
Zoological Survey of India; Western Regional Centre; Pune; Maharashtra; India- 411044
Hymenoptera DNA barcode Heteroptera mt COI Platygastroidea Scelioninae

Abstract

Hadronotus omnistriatus Debnath, Rajmohana and Thirupam Reddy sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) is described herein as new to science from India under the ‘muscaeformis’ species group. The specimens were reared from eggs of a reduviid host (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). A detailed morphological description is provided, along with its DNA barcode data. A single gene-based molecular phylogenetic analysis on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I is presented to support the delineation of the new species. Additionally, a checklist of Hadronotus species reported from India is provided.

 

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How to Cite

Debnath, R., Reddy, B.T., Rajmohana, K. & Dinesh, K.P. (2025) Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Hadronotus Förster (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reared from reduviid eggs in India. Zootaxa, 5711 (3), 424–434. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5711.3.7