Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Jun 2022)
Taxonomic studies of the genus Conura Spinola (Chalcididae: Chalcidinae) from Oriental region with the first report of two New World species
Abstract
View on Scopus The chalcidine wasp genus Conura Spinola, 1837 (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) is reviewed from the Oriental region. A New World species of xanthostigma group (C. abdominalis (Walker, 1861)) and an unnamed species represented by male specimens belonging to maculata group are reported for the first time from the Oriental region, India (Kerala). Diagnosis of species occurring in the Oriental region and a key to species are provided.