Parasitoids of Hesperiidae from peninsular India with description of a new species of Dolichogenidea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitic on caterpillar of Borbo cinnara (Wallace) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Author Gupta, Ankita Author Lokhande, Swapnil A. Author Soman, Abhay text Zootaxa 2013 3701 2 277 290 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3701.2.8 9a113815-f9cf-4110-a4ce-652e03246ce9 1175-5326 249275 56975B48-5F81-47FF-A8DC-F1ABE05EAAEC Cotesia erionotae (Wilkinson) from host Udaspes folus (Cramer) ( Figs. 14, 15 & 16 ) The collection of the gregarious larval braconid parasitoid Cotesia erionotae (Wilkinson) from host Udaspes folus (Cramer) from Maharashtra and Karnataka States marks an extension in its distributional range from Kerala to Maharashtra and Karnataka in peninsular India . Brief diagnosis : Head and mesosoma black. Scape and pedicel yellow brown, flagellomeres dark brown. Fore and mid coxa red testaceous. First metasomal tergite deep red-black; second tergite brown with yellow infuscation in the middle, apex of hind femur and apical half of hind tibia darkened, stigma and wing veins brown. Propodeum with well marked median longitudinal carina. Oblique carinae run upwards on each side of median carina and join to a strong transverse basal carina. Specimens examined : Six females. Hebbal, Bangalore, Karnataka, India ; 13.04°N 77.59°E , sept. 2012 , bred from caterpillar of U. folus ( Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae ), coll. Ankita Gupta, NBAII/Brac/Micro/ Cotesia /erio/22912 A–E. Five females and males, Powai, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai , Maharashtra, India ; 19.12°N 72.91°E , elevation 50 m ( 160 ft ), 22.ix.2012 , bred from caterpillar of U. folus ( Lepidoptera : Hesperiidae ) on host plant Hedychium coronarium J. Koenig , coll. Swapnil Lokhande & Abhay Soman. All specimens deposited in NBAII.