A review of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea) from India, with the description of five new species Author Binoy, C. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India. & Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Achterberg, C. Van State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture / Key Lab of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China. Author Kumar, P. Girish Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India. Author Santhosh, S. 0000-0002-4999-1971 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India. sant @ mccclt. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4999 - 1971 sant@mccclt.ac.in Author Sheela, S. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700053, India. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-08-25 4838 1 1 51 journal article 8731 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.1.1 662e3cfb-c54c-4b01-ab00-a707ca9bf448 1175-5326 4403367 CBB2E456-150B-4D8F-AC3E-4F6D13217C6C Genus Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906 Stephanus (part) Westwood, 1874: 126 . Parastephanus Enderlein, 1905: 474 . [Preoccupied by Häckel for Protista]. Parastephanellus Enderlein, 1906: 301 . Hemistephanus Moore, 1962: 93 . [Misidentification] Parastephanellus ( Parastephanellus ) Narendran & Sheela, 1995: 45 . Type species by original designation: Stephanus pygmaeus Enderlein, 1901 . Diagnosis. Members of Parastephanellus Enderlein are characterised by a pale yellowish streak along the eye as in Foenatopus ; short and robust neck, without a pronotal fold medially or carinae; 2-CU1 of fore wing complete; 2-SR and 2-SR+M of fore wing present (vein 2S-SR+M absent in P. reductus sp. nov. ), sometimes only pigmented; 1-SR of fore wing straight; hind tibia with distinct oblique striae or carinae ventrally, rarely without; ovipositor sheath without ivory subapical band. Distribution. Australian, Palaearctic and Oriental . Notes. 58 species in the genus Parastephanellus are known worldwide, of which only three species are reported from India (Elliot 1919b; Narendran & Sheela 1995 ; Narendran & Sureshan 2001 ). Two new species viz., P. narendrani Binoy, van Achterberg & Santhosh sp. nov. and P. reductus Binoy, Girish Kumar & Santhosh sp. nov. are described here with illustrations and are incorporated into a key to Indian species.