First report of the parasitoid wasp Piestopleura Förster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from India

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Kamalanathan Veenakumari
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1039-6761
Peter Neerup Buhl
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-734X
Anandhan Rameshkumar
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7263-8968
Prashanth Mohanraj
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7089-3957

Abstract

The genus Piestopleura is reported for the first time from India.

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Kamalanathan Veenakumari, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India

Principal Scientist,

Division of Insect Systematics

Peter Neerup Buhl, Troldhøjvej 3, DK-3310 Ølsted, Denmark

Curator

Anandhan Rameshkumar, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India

Research Associate

Division of Insect Systematics

Prashanth Mohanraj, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, P.B. No. 2491, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560024, India

Principal Scientist and Head

Division of Insect Systematics

 

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