Contribution to the fauna of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with description of four new species

Mohammad Hayat; Kamalanathan Veenakumari

doi:10.33307/entomon.v39i2.42

Contribution to the fauna of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with description of four new species

Authors

Mohammad Hayat Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, India
Kamalanathan Veenakumari National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru 560 024, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i2.42

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae, new records, new species, Andaman Islands, India

Abstract

Four new species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera) are describedÂ and twenty-three species are recorded, of which seven species are newlyÂ recorded from the Andaman Islands (India). The new species described are:Â Ageniaspis montanus Hayat, sp. nov., Coccidencyrtus jazirah Hayat, sp. nov.,Â Ooencyrtus zenon Hayat, sp. nov. and Paraphaenodiscus nesiotes Hayat, sp.Â nov. The following five genera are recorded for the first time from the AndamanÂ and Nicobar Islands: Ageniaspis Dahlbom, Amicencyrtus Hayat, HelegonatopusÂ Perkins, Indaphycus Hayat and Paraphaenodiscus Girault.

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Published

2015-03-31

How to Cite

Hayat, M., & Veenakumari, K. (2015). Contribution to the fauna of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with description of four new species. ENTOMON, 39(2), 85–106. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v39i2.42