title: Description of a new genus and three species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.
abstract: A new genus of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Noyesencyrtus Singh gen. nov. (type species N. brachyoculus Singh sp. nov.), associated with insects inhabiting fruiting bodies of wood-decaying fungi, and two new species, Psyllaephagus kundapurensis Singh sp. nov. and Ooencyrtus hayatii Singh sp. nov., are described from the Western Ghats of Karnataka, India.
authors.affiliation: Forest Entomology Division, Forest Research Institute, New Forest, Dehradun - 248 006 Uttarakhand, INDIA.; Email: sudhirs@icfre.org.
authors.forename: Sudhir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Wood Science and Technology, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangaluru - 560 003, Karnataka, INDIA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: O K Rema
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.affiliation: Institute of Wood Science and Technology, P.O. Malleswaram, Bangaluru - 560 003, Karnataka, INDIA; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Srinivasa
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D006927:Hymenoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D007194:India; D008297:Male