Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India

  • Zubair Ahmad Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-026X
  • Hamed A. Ghramh Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
  • Kavita Pandey Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
Keywords: Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae, Pholetesor, parasitoids, Lepidoptera, leafminer, new species, India

Abstract

Pholetesor acrocercophagus sp. nov., P. camerariae sp. nov. and P. indicus sp. nov.(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) are described as new to science. These three species were reared from Acrocercops sp., Acrocercops phaeospora Meyrick, 1916 and Cameraria virgulata Meyrick, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), respectively. Characteristics of these new species and their affinities with related taxa are discussed. Data on habitat, host records and host plant species for all the parasitoid species is provided. A key to the Indian species of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 reared from lepidopteran leafminers is also given.

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2020-12-01
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Ahmad, Z., Ghramh, H. A., & Pandey, K. (2020). Parasitoids of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from the leafminers Lepidoptera, with the description of three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy, 726(1), 24–37. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.726.1171
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