New species and new combination in Calotelea Westwood, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India

Abstract

Four new species under the genus Calotelea Westwood, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) namely, C. acuta Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov., C. chitraka Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov., C. foveata Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov. and C. fulva Rajmohana & Debnath sp. nov., are described from India. Calotelea malabarica (Narendran & Ramesh Babu, 1999) comb. nov. is transferred from Calliscelio Ashmead. In addition, a checklist and key to the Oriental species of Calotelea are provided.

Keywords

• Calliscelio
• Calotelea
• India
• new species
• Scelionidae