First host record for the Palaeotropical braconine wasp genus Cassidibracon Quicke (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) with the description of a new species from India

By

Quicke, Donald L. J.
Broad, Gavin R.
Butcher, Buntika

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

28

Pages

135-141

Subjects

Cocoon , Gracillariidae , parasitoid , Plesiobracon group

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3192

 

Abstract

A new species, Cassidibracon gracillariae Quicke sp. n. from India, is described and illustrated and differentiated from other Indian species. The three known specimens were each reared from distinctive, exposed, bubble-coated cocoons of the gracillariid moth Stomphastis chalybacma (Meyrick 1908), which superficially resemble insect egg clusters. This is the first reported host record for the genus Cassidibracon Quicke.