Two new species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the foothills of western Himalayas, India, with a key to Oriental species of Pambolus Haliday and an update to the key to world species of Paroplitis Mason

By

Gupta, Ankita
Achterberg, C. van
Fernandez-Triana, Jose L.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-4-29

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

90

Pages

59--73

Subjects

India , new species , Pambolus , Paroplitis

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.81886

 

Abstract

Two new species of Braconidae parasitoid wasps, Pambolus (Phaenodus) infuscatus Gupta & van Achterbergsp. nov.(Pambolinae) andParoplitis khajjiarensisGupta & Fernández-Trianasp. nov.(Microgastrinae) are described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. A key to the Oriental species ofPambolusand an update to the key to world species ofParoplitisare provided. Additionally, Centistes (Centistes) cuspidatus (Haliday) (Euphorinae) is reported for the first time from the Indian geographical boundaries.