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| Doddifoenus burksi Gupta, Sankararaman & Hemanth, in Gupta, Hemanth et Sankararaman, 2022. |
Abstract
The fourth species of the genus Doddifoenus Bouček (Pteromalidae: Leptofoeninae), is described and illustrated from Karnataka in southern India. Doddifoenus burksi sp. n. is the first species of the genus Doddifoenus to be reported from India and also the first species of the genus with biological information - Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) as the host record. The species shares the morphological adaptations seen in hymenopteran parasitoids of endoxylous hosts. The new species is compared with all the other existing species and an updated key to the world species is provided.
Keywords: New species, Doddifoenus, India
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| Doddifoenus burksi sp. n. female in habitus view. |
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| a−c. Doddifoenus burksi sp. n. male (live habitus) |
Doddifoenus burksi Gupta, Sankararaman & Hemanth sp. n.
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| a−b. Mating pair of Doddifoenus burksi sp. n. |
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| Doddifoenus burksi sp. n. female (in the collection location). a−c Locating the host grub, d−f ovipositing, g collection habitat |
Ankita Gupta, Hemanth Kumar Hosautpathanahalli Mogappa Gowda and Hariharakrishnan Sankararaman. 2022. First Report of the Genus with First Host record and Description of An Enchanting New Species of Doddifoenus Bouček (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Leptofoeninae) from India. Biologia. 77; 2581–2592. DOI: 10.1007/s11756-022-01133-4
