First report of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) from India with description of a new species.
The genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) is reported for the first time from India, along with description and illustration of Conostigmusneotubifer sp. n. A comparative discussion on the morphological affinities of the new species with its putative sister Conostigmustubifer Dessart is provided. An intermixing of character states of genera Conostigmus as well as Dendrocerus Ratzeburg is observed.
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut-673006, Kerala, India.
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Bijoy
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Calicut-673006, Kerala, India.
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Rajmohana
National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Hebbal, Bangalore-560024, Karnataka, India.
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Kumar
Conostigmus; India; Megaspilidae; new species