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<mods:title>First record of the male of the widespread Calliscelioelegans (Perkins) (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) along with some taxonomic notes on the species</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Rajmohana, Keloth</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date>2013</mods:date>
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<mods:identifier type="Pensoft-Pub">1314-2828--983</mods:identifier>
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Rank: SpeciesType of treatment: Redescription or species observationextantHabitat: terrestrialParasite of: Crickets (
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:
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<taxonomicName family="Gryllidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" rank="family">Gryllidae</taxonomicName>
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)Root classification: 8
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="nomenclature">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<taxonomicName authority="Perkins (1910)" class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Calliscelio" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calliscelio elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Calliscelio elegans Perkins (1910)</taxonomicName>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="reference_group">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Caloteleia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caloteleia elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Caloteleia elegans</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Perkins, R. C. L." journalOrPublisher="Fauna Hawaiiensis" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="600 - 686" title="Supplement to Hymenoptera" volume="2" year="1910">Perkins 1910</bibRefCitation>
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: 624. Original description.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Caenoteleia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Caenoteleia elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Caenoteleia elegans</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Kieffer, J. J." journalOrPublisher="DasTierreich" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="1 - 885" title="Scelionidae" volume="48" year="1926">Kieffer 1926</bibRefCitation>
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: 550. Generic transfer, description.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Calliscelio" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calliscelio elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Calliscelio elegans</taxonomicName>
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Masner, Johnson & Musetti, 2009:
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<bibRefCitation author="Masner, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="59 - 66" title="Calliscelioelegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)" volume="2237" year="2009">Masner et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
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: 61. Description, diagnosis, generic transfer.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Calliscelio" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calliscelio elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Calliscelio elegans</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Calotelea" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calotelea tanugatra" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tanugatra">Calotelea tanugatra</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Narendran, T. C." journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Calcutta" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="70 - 74" title="A new species and a key to species of Calotelea Westwood (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from India" volume="51" year="1998">Narendran 1998</bibRefCitation>
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: 71. Female, India (ZSIC) Holotype examined, syn. nov.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Materials</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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; individualID: ZSI/WGRS/IR.INV.2655; individualCount:
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; sex:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Male</specimenType>
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: Card mount; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Karnataka; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:98928C9344AEAC257DADBBBCE12048BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Biligiriranga Hills</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Mariappanappala; decimalLatitude:
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; decimalLongitude:
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2013-6-1; identificationRemarks: First male of the species ever recorded; Event: samplingProtocol:
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<collectingMethod pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Malaise trap</collectingMethod>
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; eventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2007-04-20">2007-4-20</date>
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/5-20
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Semi-evergreen; eventRemarks: Collected in Malaise trap; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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<specimenCount pageId="0" pageNumber="983">5</specimenCount>
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; sex:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Female</specimenType>
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: In Alcohol; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Karnataka; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:547F579206C16AA718177D8F93808064" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Biligiriranga Hills</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Mariappanappala; decimalLatitude:
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; decimalLongitude:
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2013-6-1; Event: eventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2007-04-20">2007-4-20</date>
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/5-20
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Semi-evergreen; eventRemarks: Collected in Malaise trap; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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<collectorName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Priyadarshan</collectorName>
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; individualID: Atree /BR/10-16; individualCount:
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; sex:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Female</specimenType>
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: In Alcohol; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Karnataka; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:5634932573D56377A2E8D4B2D77144D3" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Biligiriranga Hills</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Mariappanappala; decimalLatitude:
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<geoCoordinate orientation="latitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" value="11.785169 N">11.785169 N</geoCoordinate>
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; decimalLongitude:
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2013-6-1; Event: eventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2007-11-15">2007-11-15</date>
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/12-15
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Semi-evergreen; eventRemarks: Collected in Malaise trap; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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<collectorName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Abhilash Peter</collectorName>
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; individualID: ZSI/WGRS/IR.INV.2485; individualCount:
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<specimenCount pageId="0" pageNumber="983">1</specimenCount>
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; sex:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Female</specimenType>
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: Card mount; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Kerala; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:187363CC32F42CBD0F15CE6CA3433814" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Trichur</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Chimmony Damsite; decimalLatitude:
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<geoCoordinate orientation="longitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" value="76.222221 E">76.222221 E</geoCoordinate>
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2013-3-6; Event: verbatimEventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2012-05-01">2012-1-5</date>
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Mixed Vegetation; eventRemarks: Collected in Sweep net; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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<collectorName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Bijoy. C</collectorName>
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; individualID: ZSI/WGRS/IR.INV.2486; individualCount:
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: Card mount; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Kerala; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:8A5A9EB6276CAF1BDE7DB57FB53673F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Calicut</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Jaferkhan Colony; decimalLatitude:
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2011-5-15; Event: verbatimEventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2010-08-09">2010-9-8</date>
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Mixed Vegetation; eventRemarks: Collected in Sweep net; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Type status: Other material</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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Occurrence: recordedBy:
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<collectorName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana.K</collectorName>
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; individualID: ZSI/WGRS/IR.INV.2637; individualCount:
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<specimenCount pageId="0" pageNumber="983">1</specimenCount>
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; sex:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Female</specimenType>
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; lifeStage:
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<specimenType pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Adult</specimenType>
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; preparations: Card mount; Taxon: scientificNameID: Calliscelioelegans; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Platygastridae; genus: Calliscelio; specificEpithet: elegans; scientificNameAuthorship: Perkins; Location: continent: Asia; country:
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<collectingCountry pageId="0" pageNumber="983">India</collectingCountry>
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; stateProvince: Kerala; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:276D3D56D6FE7C892796D241D7CD4DC9:1485DD04D5DDB5EBFCD481B9F42116F5" pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Calicut</location>
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; verbatimLocality: Tiruvannur; decimalLatitude:
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; Identification: identifiedBy:
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<determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Rajmohana K</determinerName>
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; dateIdentified: 2005-12-10; Event: verbatimEventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="983">
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<date value="2005-11-08">2005-8-11</date>
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</collectingDate>
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; habitat: Mixed Vegetation; eventRemarks: Collected in Sweep net; Record Level: institutionID: ZSIC
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Description</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">New Description of Male. Length: 1.97mm (n=1) (Fig. 1). Head, mesosoma, T1 wholly and anterior one-fourth of T2, legs and A1 deep orange yellow; posterior three-fourth of T2 onwards till T8, A3-A12 ebony black, A2 and ocelli darkened (Fig. 2); frons (Fig. 3) and mesoscutum medially with a pair of dark patches (Fig. 4); apex of mandibles and apex of hind femur slightly darkened; forewing conspicuously banded, with dark bands basally, medially and apically, separated by light bands (Fig. 8), with median band being most prominent as seen in females (Fig. 7).</paragraph>
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Qualitative characters of head and mesosoma being exactly similar to that of female as mentioned in
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<bibRefCitation author="Masner, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="59 - 66" title="Calliscelioelegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)" volume="2237" year="2009">Masner et al. (2009)</bibRefCitation>
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, is not repeated here. However propodeum being flat and elongate, with faint longitudinal striae and irregular rugosities differs from that of the female.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Metasoma elongate, widest medially, narrowed both anteriorly and posteriorly (Fig. 5); T1 with fine longitudinal striae and irregular rugose sculpture covering entire surface, almost similar to that on propodeum; longitudinal striae on T2 extending to 0.8 its length medially and about 0.5 of its length laterally. T3 distinctly transverse, shorter than T2, with delicate longitudinal aciculate sculpture, effaced medially; T4-T8 transverse, with delicate coriaceous microsculpture and with abundant appressed golden pilosity.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">General body measurements, length to width proportions of antennal segments, forewing and that of metasomal segments are as follows:</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Head (dorsal) L:W = 4.05:2.61mm; IOS = 1.14x eye height; POL:LOL:OOL:OD = 1.32:0.75:0.2:0.3.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">A1 4.2x length of radicle, A2 1.05x longer than radicle; A3 and A4 subequal; A5 emarginate and carinate (Fig. 6), 1.15x longer than A4 and 1.02X length of A6; A6 to A8 subequal, A9 to A12 subequal as long as A3, A12 longest, 1.37x A11. Length to width proportions of antennal segments from A1to A12 being 23:5.4, 5.7:4, 8:4, 8:4, 9.2:4.7, 9:4, 9:4, 9:4, 8:4, 8:4, 8:4, 11:4 (Fig. 6).</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">ML:MW = 4.15: 3.38; Forewing narrow, 5.4x as long as wide, when at rest extending to base of T5; length of veins marginal: stigmal: postmarginal being 6:7:8.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">MTL:MTW = 2.03:1.19; T2 longest of all tergites, 1.6x T1 and 1.38x T3 tergite; length to width proportions of T1-T4 being 127:85, 204:170, 148:203, 78:169; T3 onwards transverse; rest of tergites visible as strips; T8 distinct.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Variation</paragraph>
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Hardly showing any variation from the description of the female by
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<bibRefCitation author="Masner, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="59 - 66" title="Calliscelioelegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)" volume="2237" year="2009">Masner et al. (2009)</bibRefCitation>
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, except for its smaller size (<2 mm). A pair of dark patches seen on median mesoscutum is not distinct in females. A few of the dense granulations on median frons appear fused as short, coarse irregular strips of striae (Fig. 3), but such a partially striated nature of median frons is seen in all the female specimens of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Scelionidae" genus="Calliscelio" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Calliscelio elegans" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="elegans">Calliscelio elegans</taxonomicName>
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included in this study as well.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">The eyes of one of the freshly caught specimen female had a beautiful peacock green metallic lustre (Fig. 7), but turned black within 24 hours of dry preservation.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="biology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Biology</paragraph>
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Egg parasitoid of crickets (
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<taxonomicName lsidName="" order="Orthoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" rank="order">Orthoptera</taxonomicName>
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:
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<taxonomicName family="Gryllidae" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" rank="family">Gryllidae</taxonomicName>
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) as per
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<bibRefCitation author="Masner, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="59 - 66" title="Calliscelioelegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)" volume="2237" year="2009">Masner et al. (2009)</bibRefCitation>
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. The females are seen in low numbers, but the males are extremely rare.
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="ecology">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Ecology</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Females are mostly seen close to ground, in search of gryllid eggs for oviposition.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="983" type="distribution">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="983">Distribution</paragraph>
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The species is widely distributed (
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<bibRefCitation pageId="0" pageNumber="983">http://osuc.biosci.ohio-state.edu/hymDB/eol_scelionidae.content_page?page_level=3&page_id=taxon_page_data&page_version=245756&page_option1=M</bibRefCitation>
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) but generally seen in low numbers (
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<bibRefCitation author="Masner, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="983" pagination="59 - 66" title="Calliscelioelegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)" volume="2237" year="2009">Masner et al. 2009</bibRefCitation>
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). The distribution of
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in India has been mapped (Fig. 12). It is reported only from the southern states of the country.
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