DESCRIPTION OF GONATOPUS XUISP. N. FROM INDIA (HYMENOPTERA DRYINIDAE)

Authors

  • ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO Department of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
  • MASSIMO OLMI Department of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
  • STEFANO SPERANZA Department of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy

Keywords:

Gonatopodinae, Himachal Pradesh, Oriental region, taxonomy, key

Abstract

A new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) is described from India: Gonatopus xuisp. n. It is thefirst species of Dryinidae reported from Himachal Pradesh. The new species belongs to group 7 of Gonatopus. The key tothe females of the Oriental species of Gonatopusgroup 7 is modified to include the new taxon. The new species is namedafter the late Professor Zaifu Xu, from Guangzhou (China), well-known specialist of Chinese dryinids.

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2018-12-28

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