A New Species of Calliscelio Ashmead (Platygastridae : Hymenoptera: Insecta) from India

Genus Calliscelio (Platygastridae: Hymenoptera) was erected by Ashmead in 1893, based on the type species Calliscelio laticintus. A total of 66 species are known globally (Johnson, 2011), out of which 10 species (Narendran and Ramesh Babu, 1996-97; Masner et al., 2009) have been recorded from the Indian Region. This paper describes yet another species of Calliscelio, namely C. rugosus, new to science. Adequate illustrations are provided and affinities with the already known species are discussed in detail.