Two new species of Prionomastix Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with a key to Indian species

By

Krishnachaitanya, Tirunagaru
Manickavasagam, Sagadai

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-3-8

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

4

Pages

1--17

Subjects

Bihar , Chalcidoidea , Encyrtinae , Encyrtini , key , Prionomasticina , Tamil Nadu

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7326

 

Abstract

Species of Prionomastix Mayr were not known from India when Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar 2011 and Rameshkumar and Poorani 2015 misidentified a new species as P. siccarius. Now it is corrected by explaining the characters as to why it is new and not P. siccarius along with another new species. As we have one another new species, P. orientialis, described by Rameshkumar and Poorani 2015 our two new species are compared with P. orientalis also.<br> Two new species of Prionomastix Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), one from Bihar state and the other from Tamil Nadu state, India, are described viz., P. tamilnadensis sp. nov and P. biharensis sp. nov. and a key to all known Indian species is provided.