A new species of Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India reared from Abisara echeria Stoll (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with key to the Indian Parapanteles species
Author
Gupta, Ankita
Author
Pereira, Blaise
Author
Churi, Paresh V.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3709
4
363
370
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.4
bcaeb532-3540-4950-9726-5ffe3b4a5165
1175-5326
221489
44C606C6-34C1-4814-A425-54D3A665E155
Genus
Parapanteles
Ashmead
Parapanteles
Ashmead, 1900: 131
.
Type
species:
Apanteles aletiae
Riley
, original designation.
Parapanteles
can be readily identified by following combination of characters: basal antennal placodes 2-ranked, propodeum with areola mostly present, fore wing with areolet open, hind wing with vannal lobe evenly convex, metasomal terga 1-3 often coarsely sculptured and broad, first metasomal tergum with mid distal depression, and ovipositor short and thick in lateral view (
Valerio
et al.
2009
).