New Species of Halticoptera spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India with a Revised Key to Indian Subcontinent Species

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Authors

  • Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635 ,IN
  • Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 053 ,IN

Keywords:

Halticoptera, New Species, Pteromalidae.

Abstract

A new species of Halticoptera Spinola, viz., Halticoptera shimlica Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. Affinities of the species with its closest relatives are discussed. A revised key to the species of Halticoptera of the Indian subcontinent is also provided.

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2010-06-01

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