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<mods:title>On a new species of Amitus Haldeman (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing whitefly Zaphanera sp. (Aleyrodidae) on Vigna trilobata from India</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>K. Rajmohana</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart>D. Vimala</mods:namePart>
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Anjana 
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Figs. 
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,323,1819,1845]" pageId="1" pageNumber="107">Diagnosis:</emphasis>
Body length 
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× as wide as long.
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Fig. 
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yellow, clava brown; rest of the segments yellowish brown; legs except tarsi brown; tarsi yellowish brown.
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Head from above 
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Fig. 
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Fig. 
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× as wide as long, clava 
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Fig. 
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× as long as wide; mesoscutum reticulate with sparse setae laterally, 
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× as long as wide; notauli complete, broader apically, than basally; upper lateral pronotal area coriaceous; mesopleura with several longitudinal lines below tegula; mesopleural depression with a deep sulcus; metapleura bare anteriorly, posteriorly with very few white seate; scutellum 
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× as wide as long; (
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Fig. 
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). Forewing 
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× as long as body and 
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× as long as wide, with fine and dense microtrichia; marginal cilia 
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× forewing width (
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Fig. 
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× as long as wide; T 
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× as wide as long; T 
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Fig. 
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Similar to female except in the following characters. Body length: 
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(n= 
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) (
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Fig. 
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); the ratio of the antennal segments being: 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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; 
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: 
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respectively (
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Fig. 
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</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="1.[863,1441,1785,1879]" lastBlockId="4.[192,769,200,327]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="110" pageId="1" pageNumber="107">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[863,1005,1785,1811]" pageId="1" pageNumber="107">Variations:</emphasis>
The females have a body size ranging from 
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and male from 
<quantity metricMagnitude="-4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.1" metricValueMax="7.199999999999999" metricValueMin="7.0" pageId="1" pageNumber="107" unit="mm" value="0.71" valueMax="0.72" valueMin="0.7">0.70- 0.72 mm</quantity>
. Though very slight variations from the 
<typeStatus box="[338,441,200,226]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">holotype</typeStatus>
were observed in the 
<typeStatus box="[192,305,234,260]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">paratypes</typeStatus>
with regard to the size and proportions of antennal segments, they were rather insignificant.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="2.[252,1343,1695,1803]" pageId="2" pageNumber="108">
Figures 1-6: 
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[424,614,1695,1723]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="108">
<taxonomicName box="[424,519,1695,1723]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="108" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Amitus</taxonomicName>
vignus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[623,694,1695,1723]" pageId="2" pageNumber="108" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
Female: 1. Habitus; 2. Head front (undulations marked by an arrow); 3. Head dorsal; 4. Antenna; 5. 
<taxonomicName box="[1001,1145,1735,1763]" class="Crustacea" family="Crustacea" genus="Mesosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crustacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="107" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mesosoma</taxonomicName>
lateral view; 6. 
<taxonomicName box="[695,839,1774,1802]" class="Crustacea" family="Crustacea" genus="Mesosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crustacea" pageId="2" pageNumber="107" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Mesosoma</taxonomicName>
dorsal
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/399345/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="109" targetBox="[368,1278,324,1651]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph blockId="3.[219,1400,1745,1813]" pageId="3" pageNumber="109">
Figures 7-11: 7. Metasoma dorsal; 8. Fore wing; 9-10. 
<taxonomicName box="[955,1145,1745,1773]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[955,1145,1745,1773]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="109">
<taxonomicName box="[955,1050,1745,1773]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="109" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Amitus</taxonomicName>
vignus
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Male: 9. Antenna; 10. Habitus; 11. IV instar of puparium from which parasitoid emerged.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph blockId="4.[192,769,368,664]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,251,369,395]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Host</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName box="[269,437,369,395]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[269,437,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[447,516,369,395]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[447,516,369,395]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
was reared from the parasitised puparium of 
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<emphasis box="[481,610,402,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Zaphanera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. on 
<taxonomicName class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Vigna" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="trilobata">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Vigna trilobata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
collected on 0 
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<number box="[558,572,436,462]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="6.0">6</number>
-ix- 
<number box="[615,674,436,462]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012.0">2012</number>
</date>
from Bhiwandi, 
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(
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°N
</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[606,765,469,495]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" precision="1" value="73.06312">
<number box="[606,737,469,495]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="73.063121">73.063121</number>
°E
</geoCoordinate>
; elevation 
<quantity box="[323,372,503,530]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.40792" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" unit="ft" value="79.0">79ft</quantity>
). Two, five, four and three parasitoids emerged from the IV instar of the puparium (
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Fig. 
<number box="[378,408,571,597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="11.0">11</number>
</figureCitation>
) on the dates 0 
<number box="[592,606,571,597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="9.0">9</number>
-0 
<number box="[631,645,571,597]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="9.0">9</number>
-2012, 10- 0 
<number box="[207,221,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="9.0">9</number>
-2012, 11-0 
<number box="[403,486,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1010.5" valueMax="2012.0" valueMin="9.0">9-2012</number>
and 
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-0 
<number box="[686,769,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1010.5" valueMax="2012.0" valueMin="9.0">9-2012</number>
respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="110" type="etymology">
<paragraph blockId="4.[192,769,706,766]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,337,706,732]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Etymology:</emphasis>
The species name ‘ 
<emphasis box="[586,672,706,732]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">vignus’</emphasis>
is after the generic name of the host plant.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="110" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="4.[192,770,807,1374]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,471,807,833]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Material examined:</emphasis>
<typeStatus box="[511,623,807,833]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Holotype</typeStatus>
, ‘ 
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: Maharashtra: Bhiwandi: 
<collectingCountry box="[491,590,841,867]" name="India" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Mumbai</collectingCountry>
(
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<number box="[611,738,841,867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="19.296664">19.296664</number>
°N
</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate box="[192,351,874,900]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" precision="1" value="73.06312">
<number box="[192,323,874,900]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="73.063121">73.063121</number>
°E
</geoCoordinate>
; elevation 
<quantity box="[486,535,874,901]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.40792" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" unit="ft" value="79.0">79ft</quantity>
), 0 
<date box="[577,695,874,901]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012-09-09">
<number box="[577,591,875,901]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="9.0">9</number>
-ix- 
<number box="[633,695,875,901]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012.0">2012</number>
</date>
, Coll. Vimala D, on card, Reg. No. ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[641,727,908,934]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[192,247,942,968]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[251,314,942,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="4982.0">4982</number>
, 
<typeStatus box="[334,451,942,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Paratypes</typeStatus>
, 
<number box="[472,487,942,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.0">1</number>
♀; same data except date; 0 
<date box="[324,443,976,1002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012-09-09">
<number box="[324,338,976,1002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="9.0">9</number>
-ix- 
<number box="[380,443,976,1002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012.0">2012</number>
</date>
; on card; Reg. No.ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[286,373,1010,1036]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[417,473,1010,1036]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[477,539,1010,1036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="4983.0">4983</number>
; 
<number box="[561,576,1010,1036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.0">1</number>
Ƌ; same data except Reg. No.ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[442,529,1043,1069]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[573,630,1043,1070]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[634,695,1043,1070]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5171.0">5171</number>
; 
<number box="[712,727,1043,1069]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.0">1</number>
♀; same data except Reg. No.ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[638,725,1077,1103]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[192,248,1110,1137]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[251,314,1110,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5172.0">5172</number>
; 
<number box="[332,347,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.0">1</number>
♀; same data except date; 
<date pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012-09-10">
<number box="[697,726,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="10.0">10</number>
-ix- 
<number box="[192,255,1144,1170]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2012.0">2012</number>
</date>
; Reg. No.ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[439,528,1144,1171]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[572,627,1144,1171]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[630,690,1144,1171]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5173.0">5173</number>
; 
<number box="[709,724,1144,1170]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2.0">2</number>
♀; same data except Reg. No.s. ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[640,726,1178,1204]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[192,248,1212,1238]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[252,392,1212,1239]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5174.5" valueMax="5175.0" valueMin="5174.0">5174- 5175</number>
; 
<number box="[414,429,1212,1238]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="4.0">4</number>
♀; same data except Reg. No.s. ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[316,403,1245,1272]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[445,498,1245,1272]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[502,635,1245,1272]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5177.5" valueMax="5179.0" valueMin="5176.0">5176-5179</number>
; 
<number box="[647,662,1246,1272]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2.0">2</number>
♀; same data except Reg. No.s. ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[641,727,1279,1305]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[192,246,1313,1340]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[250,383,1313,1340]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5180.5" valueMax="5181.0" valueMin="5180.0">5180-5181</number>
; 
<number box="[403,417,1313,1339]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.0">1</number>
Ƌ; same data except Reg. No.s. ZSI/ 
<collectionCode box="[316,404,1347,1374]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/z6tk-8dmw" name="Western Ghat Regional Station of the Zoological Survey of India at Calicut" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">WGRS</collectionCode>
/IR. 
<collectionCode box="[447,501,1347,1374]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:13356" name="Inverness Museum and Art Gallery" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">INV</collectionCode>
. 
<number box="[504,565,1347,1374]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="5182.0">5182</number>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="4" pageNumber="110" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="4.[192,769,1414,1913]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[192,337,1414,1440]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Comments:</emphasis>
Most of the species of genus 
<taxonomicName box="[688,769,1415,1441]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[688,769,1415,1441]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were erected based on the quantitative characters like antennal measurements and POL, OOL, 
<collectionCode box="[192,249,1516,1542]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">LOL</collectionCode>
ratios, rather than qualitative ones. The Indian species 
<taxonomicName box="[373,492,1549,1575]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiefferi">
<emphasis box="[373,492,1549,1575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. kiefferi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<emphasis box="[510,680,1549,1575]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. aleurolobi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were separated mainly by the difference in the antennal measurements and dimensions of the head (
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Veenakumari 
<emphasis box="[694,755,1650,1676]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">et al</emphasis>
., 
<number box="[192,256,1684,1710]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2014.0">2014</number>
</bibRefCitation>
). The Oriental species, 
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<emphasis box="[583,769,1684,1711]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. hesperidium</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Silvestri, F." box="[192,368,1718,1744]" journalOrPublisher="Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricultura" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" pagination="1 - 60" part="21" refString="Silvestri, F. 1927. Contribuzione alla conoscenza degli Aleurodidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) viventi su Cintru in Estrerno Oriente e dei loro parassiti. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricultura 21: 1 - 60." title="Contribuzione alla conoscenza degli Aleurodidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) viventi su Cintru in Estrerno Oriente e dei loro parassiti" type="journal article" year="1927">
Silvestri, 
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</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
is having head more than 
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× as long as wide whereas, it is only 
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× as wide as long in 
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<emphasis box="[307,486,1786,1812]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[505,584,1786,1812]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[505,584,1786,1812]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
Viggiani and Mazzone in 
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, gave a key to species present in 
<collectingCountry box="[226,279,1853,1879]" name="Italy" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Italy</collectingCountry>
and Hulden, in 
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provided a key to species of 
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<emphasis box="[323,405,1887,1913]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
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. 
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<emphasis box="[556,724,1887,1913]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[735,769,1887,1913]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="4.[863,1441,200,1238]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
n. when compared with the descriptions of the species outside Oriental region comes nearest to Palearctic species 
<taxonomicName authority="Viggiani and Mazzone (1982)" authorityName="Viggiani and Mazzone" authorityYear="1982" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vesuvianus">
<emphasis box="[1095,1265,268,294]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vesuvianus</emphasis>
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Viggiani and Mazzone (
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)
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, but can be differentiated in the following characters: occiput and vertex is very weakly reticulate in 
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<emphasis box="[1109,1273,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vesuvianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
whereas, it is coarsely reticulated in the new species; also A 
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is elongate, 
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× as long as wide and forewing is only 
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× as wide in 
<emphasis box="[1125,1293,470,496]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
<taxonomicName box="[1125,1289,470,496]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vesuvianus">A. vesuvianus</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
whereas A 
<number box="[1427,1440,470,496]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="3.0">3</number>
is only 
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× as long as wide and forewing is 
<number box="[1372,1424,504,530]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2.78">2.78</number>
× as long as wide in 
<taxonomicName box="[1081,1190,537,563]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[1081,1190,537,563]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1197,1264,537,563]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1197,1264,537,563]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="4.[863,1441,200,1238]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">
The 
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of 
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<emphasis box="[1195,1374,571,597]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was studied by the first author. 
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<emphasis box="[1228,1348,605,631]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1364,1440,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1364,1440,605,631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
resembles 
<taxonomicName authority="Veenakumari and Buhl. The" authorityName="Veenakumari and Buhl. The" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sikkimensis">
<emphasis box="[1006,1189,638,665]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
Veenakumari and Buhl. The
</taxonomicName>
length to width ratio of 
<taxonomicName box="[1286,1409,673,699]" class="Crustacea" family="Crustacea" genus="Mesosoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Crustacea" pageId="4" pageNumber="107" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">mesosoma</taxonomicName>
is same in both species and also has several transverse rugae on mesopleuron. However, both differ notably in the characters given in the key, in the measurement of the clava (clava is 
<number box="[1354,1392,807,833]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="3.4">3.4</number>
× as long as wide in 
<taxonomicName box="[1071,1186,841,867]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[1071,1186,841,867]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1198,1270,841,867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1198,1270,841,867]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
whereas it is 
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× as long as wide in 
<taxonomicName box="[1200,1373,874,901]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sikkimensis">
<emphasis box="[1200,1373,874,901]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and shape of the head (head evenly round in 
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sikkimensis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
without undulations as in 
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Fig. 
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(
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Veenakumari 
<emphasis box="[1057,1126,976,1002]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">et al</emphasis>
., 
<number box="[1166,1225,976,1002]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2014.0">2014</number>
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), whereas with distinct undulations in 
<taxonomicName box="[1158,1331,1010,1036]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[1158,1331,1010,1036]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">Amitus vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1348,1423,1010,1036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1348,1423,1010,1036]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
). The POL is 
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× 
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and OOL is 
<number box="[1306,1358,1043,1069]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.29">1.29</number>
× 
<collectionCode box="[1383,1440,1043,1069]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">LOL</collectionCode>
in 
<taxonomicName box="[901,1075,1077,1103]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sikkimensis">
<emphasis box="[901,1075,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. sikkimensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
whereas POL is only 
<number box="[1371,1424,1077,1104]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="2.25">2.25</number>
× 
<collectionCode box="[863,920,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">LOL</collectionCode>
and OOL 
<number box="[1046,1098,1110,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" value="1.25">1.25</number>
× 
<collectionCode box="[1121,1178,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">LOL</collectionCode>
in 
<taxonomicName box="[1217,1326,1111,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vignus" status="sp. n.">
<emphasis box="[1217,1326,1111,1137]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. vignus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel box="[1334,1400,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" rank="species">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1334,1400,1111,1137]" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">sp. n.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Mani" authorityName="Mani" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aleurolobi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. aleurolobi</emphasis>
Mani
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authority="Veenakumari and Buhl" authorityName="Veenakumari and Buhl" class="Insecta" family="Platygastridae" genus="Amitus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="110" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kiefferi">
<emphasis box="[1140,1265,1144,1171]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="110">A. kiefferi</emphasis>
Veenakumari and Buhl
</taxonomicName>
can be differentiated by the characters given in the key.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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