A new species of Camptoptera Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and redescriptions of two other species of the genus newly recorded from India

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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.328

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Mymaridae, Camptoptera, taxonomy, new records, new species

Abstract


Camptoptera aveolobato Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) is described. Camptoptera concava Taguchi, 1972 from the Philippines and C. jthuberi Triapitsyn, 2018 from Taiwan are recorded for the first time from India and redescribed. A modified couplet for the key to the Indian species of Camptoptera by Anwar et al. (2020) is provided.

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2021-12-09

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Tarique Anwar P, Bin Zeya S, Uzma Usman S, Rahman Khan F. A new species of Camptoptera Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and redescriptions of two other species of the genus newly recorded from India. Graellsia [Internet]. 2021Dec.9 [cited 2024May19];77(2):e153. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/678

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