A new species of Synopeas (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing Pauropsylla cf. depressa (Psylloidea: Triozidae) in India
Veenakumari Kamalanathan, Buhl Peter Neerup, Mohanraj Prashanth
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58(1): 137-141, 2018
Published online: 29th May 2018
Published in print: 15th August 2018
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Abstract: Synopeas pauropsyllae Veenakumari & Buhl, sp. nov., a new species of
Synopeas Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae:
Platygastrinae), is recorded from galls induced by Pauropsylla cf. depressa
Crawford, 1912 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) on Ficus benghalensis L.
(Moraceae) in India. It is concluded that S. pauropsyllae is a parasitoid of
this psyllid species. This is the first record of a platygastrid parasitizing
this host.
Key words: Hymenoptera, parasitoid wasp, Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, psyllid, taxonomy, gall, host plant, Ficus, India, Oriental Region