Occurrence of the genus Oopristus Steffan in India with description of a new species and an updated catalogue of the family Torymidae Walker (1833) (Hymenoptera: chalcidoidea)

Abstract

The genus Oopristus Steffan is being reported for the first time from India. O. iqrae Usman and Anwar sp. nov. is described based on females. An updated catalogue to the family Torymidae is provided from India. This catalogue lists 75 valid species included in 21 genera and four subfamilies. The subfamily Podagrioninae includes the largest number of 34 species (6 genera) followed by Toryminae 28 species (7 genera), Monodontomerinae 10 species (6 genera), and Microdontomerinae 3 species (2 genera). New combinations are provided for two Indian species of Pseuderimerus as Erimerus corianderi (Narendran and Mercy) comb. nov. and E. indicus (Subba Rao and Bhatia) comb. nov. Three species, Chrysochalcissa physomeri Bouček, Diomorus orientalis Masi, and Torymus varians (Walker), are removed from the fauna list of India.Article LSID:http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D20A52AB-152E-4319-9E92-DC7CCFEF4238Species LSID:Oopristus iqrae Usman & Anwarhttp://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4538D5EB-A348-4B52-80A8-997DDE730A9A

Keywords

• Parasitoids
• biodiversity
• new species
• new combinations
• species checklist