title: Three new species of reared parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from India.
abstract: Three new species of parasitic wasps (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from southern India are described and illustrated. Glyptapanteles clanisae sp. nov., a remarkable gregarious endoparasitoid, was bred from the caterpillar of Clanis phalaris Cramer (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) on the host plant Pongamia pinnata (L.) (Leguminosae) along with a hyperparasitoid, Eurytoma sp. (Eurytomidae). Glyptapanteles trilochae sp. nov., was reared from parasitized caterpillar of Trilocha varians (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) on the host plant Ficus racemosa L. (Moraceae) along with a hyperparasitoid, Paraphylax sp. (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae). Buluka horni sp. nov. was collected from solitary cocoons of an indeterminate caterpillar feeding on Mangifera indica L. leaves. This study also confirms a host range extension of Indian species of Glyptapanteles to Bombycidae and Sphingidae in addition to the earlier documented families viz., Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Arctiidae, and Noctuidae.
authors.affiliation: National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, Karnataka, India. drankitagupta7@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ankita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D058507:Host Specificity; D007194:India; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009036:Moths / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology*; D011679:Pupa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000469:parasitology / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*