Abstract

Seventy-nine known species of Encyrtidae are recorded from materai collected from several Indian States, and 32 species are described as new. Taxonomic notes are provided on some encyrtid genera and species. The following genera are synonymized (senior synonyms in parentheses): Negeniaspidius (Lamennaisia), Paraschedius (Xenostryxis). The following species are synonymized (senior synonyms in parentheses): Anagyrus agarwali Fatima (Anagyrus subflaviceps); Anagyrus micans Noyes (Anagyrus aligarhensis); Leiocyrtus aphidivorus Shafee et al., Adelencyrtus magniclavus Fatima & Shafee (Tassonia gloriae); Ginsiana solitocornis Kaul & Agarwal (Trichomasthus frontalis); Xanthoencyrtus longiclavatus Shafee et al. (Rhopus nigroclavatus). The following genera and species are new to the Indian fauna: Forcipestricis; Hemencyrtus; Paracladella; Adelencyrtus axillaris (Girault); Aphycus sappomensis (Compere & Annecke); Cerchysiella kuwatai Tachikawa; Isodromus axillaris Timberlake; Mayridia procera (Mercet); Parablatticida citri (Mercet); Psyllaephagus africanus Prinsloo; Tassonia gloriae Girault; Trjapitzinellus obscurus (Mercet). Trichomasthus frontalis Alam is considered a doubtful Indian species.

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