Two new species of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from India

Zubair Ahmad; Hamed A Ghramh; Anjum Ansari

doi:10.3897/zookeys.889.36436

Two new species of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from India

Zookeys. 2019 Nov 14:889:23-35. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.889.36436. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Zubair Ahmad^{1

2

3}, Hamed A Ghramh^{1

2

4}, Anjum Ansari⁵

Affiliations

¹ Research Center for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
² Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
³ Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Dhahran Al Janoub, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
⁵ Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP., India.

Abstract

Two new species viz., Pambolus (Phaenodus) shujaisp. nov., and Parachremylus trachysi sp. nov., of braconid wasps are described as new to science. Parachremylus trachysi sp. nov., is reared from larvae of the leaf miner Trachys sp. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) on Corchorus sp. (Wild Jute Plant). A new species of Pambolus Haliday along with two known species is also recorded. A key to the Indian species of Pambolus is also provided. Diagnoses with morphological characters and illustrations are provided.

Keywords: Braconidae; Corchorus; Pambolus; Parachremylus; Trachys; coleopteran leafminer host; taxonomy.

Zubair Ahmad, Hamed A. Ghramh, Anjum Ansari.

Grants and funding

Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University.