Title of article :
Taxonomic study of Indian species of the genus Entedon Dalman (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae), with description of two new species
Author/Authors :
Majeed, Mahjoora School of Agricultural Sciences - Glocal University, Saharanpur, India , Jamali, Mohd Majid School of Agricultural Sciences - Glocal University - Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India , Jabbar Mir, Shafqat School of Agricultural Sciences - Glocal University, Saharanpur, India
Abstract :
The Indian species of Entedon Dalman (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are reviewed. The review includes seven species, of which E. shivalikensis Majeed & Jamali sp. nov., E. dehradunensis Majeed & Jamali sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Entedon thoubalensis (Chisti & Shafee, 1983), E. gunturensis (Shafee & Rizvi, 1985), and E. longicorpus (Khan & Shafee, 1982) are redescibed and diagnostic characters are presented for two species: E. punctiscapus Thomson, 1878, E. pempheridis Ferrière, 1930. An identification key to Indian species of the genus Entedon is also provided.
Keywords :
Hymenoptera , Entedoninae , parasitoid , new species , new record
Journal title :
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
