Revision of Indian species of Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) with descriptions of new species

By

Kamalanathan, Veenakumari
Sreedevi, Kolla
Kamalanathan, Veenakumari
Khan, Farmanur Rahman

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift

Volume

68

Pages

309--339

Subjects

Auchenorrhyncha , egg parasitoids , Hemiptera , Telenominae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Berlin Nicolai'sche Verlags-Buchandlung 1881-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.68.70497

 

Abstract

The species of the genus Phanuromyia Dodd, 1914, belonging to the subfamily Telenominae are egg parasitoids of planthoppers belonging to the families Issidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae and Ricaniidae (Hemiptera: Fulguroidea). So far eleven species of Phanuromyia are known from India. Fifteen new species of Phanuromyia Dodd are described here: P. chalukya sp. nov., P. chera sp. nov., P. chola sp. nov., P. ganga sp. nov., P. hoysala sp. nov., P. kadamba sp. nov., P. kakatiya sp. nov., P. kanva sp. nov., P. nirvighna sp. nov., P. pallava sp. nov., P. pandya sp. nov., P. rashtrakuta sp. nov., P. satavahana sp. nov., P. tuluva sp. nov. and P. vakataka sp. nov. A key to females of all the Indian species of Phanuromyia is provided.