F.R. Khan

DESCRIPTIONS OF SIX NEW AND RECORDS OF EIGHT KNOWN SPECIES OF ENCYRTIDAE FROM INDIA (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA)

Abstract Six new species of Encyrtidae are described. These are Ooencyrtus utpradianus Hayat, Sakencyrtus albiclavus Hayat, Rhopus rymma Hayat & F. R. Khan, Rhopus beatus Hayat & F. R. Khan, Paraphaenodiscus ramamurthyi Hayat & Badruddin, and Xenostryxis bella Hayat & Badruddin. Eight known species are recorded of which Prochiloneurus clavatus (Girault) and Psyllaephagus minor Prinsloo are new for the Indian fauna.

Taxonomic notes on some Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with descriptions of a new genus and species

Forty-two species of Encyrtidae from India are listed, along with a new genus and nine new species. Of these, three species, namely Adelencyrtus odonaspidis Fullaway, Psyllaephagus viridis Prinsloo and Syrphophagus taiwanus Hayat and Lin are new records. Also, the males of Monstranusia antennata (Narayanan) are described for the first time. Avlakotencyrtus noyesi gen. et sp. nov., Caenohomalopoda heera sp. nov., Cerapteroceroides ayeena sp. nov., Cerapteroceroides manaliensis sp. nov., Cerapteroceroides zeenus sp. nov., Cheiloneurus albiclava sp. nov., Pentelicus bharatensis sp. nov., Psyllaephagus punensis sp. nov. and Tyndarichus xezus sp. nov. are the new taxa described. A key to the Indian species of Cerapteroceroides is also given. The type material and voucher specimens are deposited at the Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and the National Pusa Collection, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.

The genus Gonatocerus Nees (Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from India with descriptions of two new species

Two new species of Gonatocerus of the ater group from India, namely G. hayati sp. nov., and G. kashipurensis sp. nov., are described from the states of Uttarakhand and West Bengal. New records of G. kodaianus (Mani and Saraswat), G. trialbifuniculatus Subba Rao, G. ater Foerster, G. sahadevani (Subba Rao and Kaur) and G. monticolus Zeya, and a key to the Indian species of ater group are also given.

On a new species of Mesopolobus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from India with a key to the Indian species

A new pteromalid species, Mesopolobus ramulosus Narendran sp. nov., described from India, and an annotated key to the five Indian species are provided.