Description of two new species of hymenopterous parasitoids from India

Abstract

A new hymenopterous parasitoid species of the genus Aenasius namely A. hayati sp. nov., (Encyrtidae) and another of the genus Polynema namely P. huberi (Mymaridae) are described by the material collected from Tamil Nadu, India. Indications as to the keying in of these in the existing keys are also provided.

Keywords:

• Hymenoptera
• Encyrtidae
• Aenasius
• Mymaridae
• Polynema
• India
• new species

Acknowledgements

The authors are thankful to Dr John. S. Noyes, Natural History Museum, London, and Dr M. Hayat, Aligarh Muslim University for critically reviewing this manuscript and Dr F.R. Khan with Dr M. Hayat for help in montage pictures. The financial assistance by University Grants Commission, New Delhi, is gratefully acknowledged.