First report of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) from India with description of a new species

C Bijoy

doi:10.15468/bgxuse

First report of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) from India with description of a new species

Citation

Bijoy C (2014). First report of the genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) from India with description of a new species. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/bgxuse accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-09-24.

Description

The genus Conostigmus Dahlbom (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Megaspilidae) is reported for the first time from India, along with description and illustration of C. neotubifer sp. n. A comparative discussion on the morphological affinities of the new species with its putative sister C. tubifer Dessart is provided. An intermixing of character states of genera Conostigmus as well as Dendrocerus Ratzeburg is observed.

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C Bijoy
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position: Mr
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India
Calicut-673006, Kerala
IN
email: bejoyaaryan@gmail.com

C Bijoy
metadata author
position: Mr
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India
Calicut-673006, Kerala
IN
email: bejoyaaryan@gmail.com

C Bijoy
administrative point of contact
position: Mr
Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India
Calicut-673006, Kerala
IN
email: bejoyaaryan@gmail.com