title: Biology and description ofMegaprosternumcleonarovorumsp. nov. Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) a gregarious larval ectoparasitoid ofCleonariabicolorThomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India.
abstract: Megaprosternum Azevedo (Bethylidae: Scleroderminae) is newly recorded from the Oriental region, and M. cleonarovorum Gupta & Azevedo sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Southern India as a gregarious larval ectoparasitoid of Cleonaria bicolor Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on the host plant Ixora coccinea L. (Rubiacae). This is the first ever documentation of the biology of Megaprosternum Azevedo.
authors.affiliation: ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Post Bag No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru, 560 024, Karnataka, India.. drankitagupta7@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ankita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Rajeshwari
authors.forename: Celso O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Azevedo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology; D001517:Coleoptera; D006927:Hymenoptera; D007194:India; D007814:Larva
keywords: Hymenoptera, Scleroderminae, parasitoid host, Ixora