Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

A New Species of Clistopyga Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Western Ghats


Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar – 671123, Kerala, India
2 Prof. T.C. Narendran Biodiversity Research Lab., The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


A new species Clistopyga ghatensis sp. nov. is described from the Western Ghats. C. ghatensis sp. nov. differs from the only other known Indian species C. sziladyi Kiss in having wrinkles on propodeum and discoidella of hind wing absent. C. ghatensis sp. nov. differs from C. longifemoralis Varga and Reshchikov from Thailand in having coarsely punctate face and hind femur as long as hind tibia. A key to Oriental species is provided.

Keywords

Clistopyga, India, Key, New Species, New Record, Pimplinae.
User
Subscription Login to verify subscription
Notifications
Font Size

  • Bordera, S., González-Moreno, A., Khalaim, A.I. and Sääksjärvi, I.E. 2014. Revision of North American species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). Canadian Entomologist, 146(4): 355–414. https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2013.74

  • Bordera, S., Sääksjärvi, I.E., Castillo, C., Palacio, E. and González-Moreno, A. 2016. The Neotropical species of Clistopyga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae). Part I. the C. chaconi species group, with the description of eleven new species. European Journal of Taxonomy, 206: 1-37. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.206

  • Fitton, M.G., Shaw, M.R. and Gauld, I.D. 1988. Pimpline Ichneumon-flies. Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae (Pimplinae). Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, 7: 1–110.

  • Kiss, von Zilah A. 1933. Vierter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der ungarischen und siebenburgischen Ichneumoniden-(Schlupfwespen-) Fauna. Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenburgischen Vereins fur Naturwissenschaften in Hermannstadt. 81/82: 43-65.

  • Kusigemati, K.1984. Some Ephialtinae of South East Asia, with description of eleven new species (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Memoirs of the Kagoshima University. Research Centre for the South Pacific, 5: 126-150.

  • Kusigemati, K. 1985.Three new species of Clistopyga from Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Memoirs of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, 21(30): 189-194.

  • Thompson, W.R. 1957. A catalogue of parasites and predators of insect pests. Section 2. Host parasite catalogue, Part 4 Host of Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidea) Common wealth Agricultural Bureaux, Common Wealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa 331-561.

  • Townes, H.K. 1969. The genera of Ichneumonidae. Part 1. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 11: 1–300 pp.

  • Uchida, T. 1941. Beiträge zur Systematik der Tribus Polysphinctini Japans. Insecta Matsumurana, 15: 112–122.

  • Varga, O. and Reshchikov. A. 2015. New records of the genus Clistopyga Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Oriental region, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3964(5): 561-568. https://doi.org/10.11646/ zootaxa.3964.5.6 PMid:26249467

  • Wahl, D.B. and Sharkey, M.J. 1993. Superfamily Ichneumonoidea, Hymenoptera of the World: An identification guide to families, Edited by Henri Goulet and John. T. Huber.

  • Yu, D.S., Achterberg C van and Horstmann, K. 2012. Taxapad 2012 Ichneumonoidea. Internet: http://www.taxapad.com (accessed last on March 24, 2018).


Abstract Views: 313

PDF Views: 0




  • A New Species of Clistopyga Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from the Western Ghats

Abstract Views: 313  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

B. M. Manjusha
Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar – 671123, Kerala, India
K. Sudheer
Prof. T.C. Narendran Biodiversity Research Lab., The Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Kozhikode – 673014, Kerala, India
S. M. Ghosh
Department of Zoology, Government College Kasaragod, Vidyanagar – 671123, Kerala, India

Abstract


A new species Clistopyga ghatensis sp. nov. is described from the Western Ghats. C. ghatensis sp. nov. differs from the only other known Indian species C. sziladyi Kiss in having wrinkles on propodeum and discoidella of hind wing absent. C. ghatensis sp. nov. differs from C. longifemoralis Varga and Reshchikov from Thailand in having coarsely punctate face and hind femur as long as hind tibia. A key to Oriental species is provided.

Keywords


Clistopyga, India, Key, New Species, New Record, Pimplinae.

References





DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v119i1.181716