First report of the genus Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Vietnam with descriptions of two new species

Authors

  • T. C. Narendran All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy and Capacity building (AICOPTAX) Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode- 673006, Kerala, India.
  • Abhilash Peter All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy and Capacity building (AICOPTAX) Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode- 673006, Kerala, India.
  • Minu Mohan All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy and Capacity building (AICOPTAX) Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode- 673006, Kerala, India.
  • Kizhakayil Nikhil All India Coordinated Project on Taxonomy and Capacity building (AICOPTAX) Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode- 673006, Kerala, India.

Keywords:

Oriental Region, Chalcidoidea, taxonomy, Aprostocetus Westwood, two new species

Abstract

The genus Aprostocetus Westwood is reported for the first time from Vietnam with descriptions of two new species viz A. modistrus Narendran & Nikhil, sp. nov. and A. petiolatus Narendran & Minu, sp. nov.

References

Graham M. W. R. de V. (1987) A reclassification of the European Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera Eulophidae: Eulophidae), with a revision of certain genera. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 51(1): 1-392.

Narendran T. C. (2007) Indian Chalcidoid parasitoids of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Records of Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 272: 1-386.

Noyes J. S. (2014) http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research- curation/research/projects/chalcidoids/database/chalcids (Accessed on 8 th October, 2014).

Westwood J. O. (1833) Descriptions of several new British forms amongst the parasitic hymenopterous insects. London Edinb. Dubai. Philosophical Magazine 2: 443- 445.

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Narendran, T. C., Peter, A., Mohan, M., & Nikhil, K. (2015). First report of the genus Aprostocetus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Vietnam with descriptions of two new species. ENTOMON, 38(3), 139–148. Retrieved from http://entomon.ambadi.org.in/index.php/Entomon/article/view/30

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