Abstract
A new species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitising wood boring beetles, Cleonymus kamijoi, and two species of Pteromalidae, Trigonoderus pulcher Walker and male of Heydenia tuberculata Sureshan are reported for the first time from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala. The genus Trigonoderus Westwood is reported for the first time from India and the male of Heydenia tuberculata Sureshan is reported and described for the first time.
Highlights
A new species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitising wood boring beetles, Cleonymus kamijoi, and two species of Pteromalidae, Trigonoderus pulcher Walker and male of Heydenia tuberculata Sureshan are reported for the first time from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala
The Indian species H. tuberculata Sureshan, 2002 was described from the female holotype collected from the forested tracts of southern Western Ghats of Kodagu District, Karnataka, India
Remarks: The species is unique in having a distinct median ‘Y’ shaped carina on propodeum with a curved tubercle at the junction of ‘Y’ and was described from a single female holotype collected from the Kodagu District of Karnataka, India and the present specimen is the first record of male of the species and record of the species for the first time from Kerala
Summary
A new species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitising wood boring beetles, Cleonymus kamijoi, and two species of Pteromalidae, Trigonoderus pulcher Walker and male of Heydenia tuberculata Sureshan are reported for the first time from the southern Western Ghats, Kerala.
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