Description of four new species of brachypterous Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India Author Hayat, Mohammad Author Veenakumari, Kamalanathan text Zootaxa 2015 3990 2 259 271 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3990.2.6 1b3ab383-fe6c-4193-9b8b-357a15429940 1175-5326 240051 2F4BE150-C365-44EC-BC68-5C22B2A76A34 Genus Ixodiphagus Howard The genus Ixodiphagus contains 14 world species ( Noyes 2015 ), all of which are macropterous, except for I. taiaroaensis Heath & Cane (2010) , which is brachypterous. The new species described here is peculiar, with large pronotum, short and transverse mesoscutum, very short fore wings, and was initially considered as probably belonging to an undescribed (new) genus. However, detailed study and the opinion of Dr. J.S. Noyes, led to its identification as a species of Ixodiphagus . This newly described species would not key correctly to genus in any key to brachypterous forms, but it would key correctly to Ixodiphagus if the species is taken through keys as if it is macropterous (e.g. Noyes & Hayat 1984 ; Trjapitzin 1989 ; Noyes et al. 1997 ; Hayat 2006 ).