On a new species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India with a key to the Indian species

Abstract

A new pteromalid species, Mesopolobus ramulosus Narendran sp. nov., described from India, and an annotated key to the five Indian species are provided.

Keywords:

• new species
• Mesopolobus
• India
• key to the species

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Dr Steven Heydon, Department of Entomology, Bohart Museum, University of California, Davis, USA and to Prof. Mohammed Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh for reviewing the manuscript. TCN thanks Prof. N. Ramani, Head of the Department of Zoology, University of Calicut for permission to work in the Department of Zoology. He is grateful to Dr M. Nasser, Associate Professor for facilities to work in his laboratory. FRK is grateful to Prof. M. Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India for facilities. Dr M.S. Akhtar is grateful to the Network Project on Insect Biosystematics.