A revision of the Indian species ofCheiloneurusWestwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae)

Abstract

The Indian species of the encyrtid genus Cheiloneurus are revised. A total of 32 species are recognized from India, including 9 species which are described as new. Also 6 species are placed in synonymy, and 5 species are recorded for the first time from India. The species recorded for the first time from India are: gonatopodis, chrysopae, latiscapus, saissetiae,and malayensis. The species placed in synonymy are the following with their senior synonyms mentioned in brackets: angustifrons Fatima & Shafee (bangalorensis), montanus Kaul & Agarwal (latifrons), brevipennis Fatima & Shafee (Yasumatsui), albifuniculus Hayat et al. (latiscapus) , insulus Kaul & Agarwal (saissetiae), indicus Singh & Agarwal (nigricornis).A key to the Indian species is also given. Species of this genus are generally hyperparasitoids on other hymenopteran primary parasitoids of mainly coccoids. The tribe Cheiloneurini is considered a synonym of Ectromatini.

A taxonomic study of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China

“… Cheiloneurus bouceki Anis and Hayat 2002 : 164–165. Holotype ♀, BMNH , India-Karnataka, not examined.…”

“…Various taxonomists, including Girault (1915) in Australia, Trjapitzin (1989) in the Palaearctic, Hayat and Veenakumari (2017) and Anis and Hayat (2002) in India, Trjapitzin and Triapitsyn (2008) in the New World, and Xu and He (2003) and Shi et al (1994) in China, have contributed significantly to the taxonomy of the genus Cheiloneurus . In this study, we present a comprehensive taxonomic examination of nine known species, introduce one new species, and newly report four other Cheiloneurus species from China.…”

Review of the encyrtid (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) parasitoids of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Dryinidae): second contribution and description of a new species ofCheiloneurus

“…Cheiloneurus quadricolor (Girault) Cheiloneurus brevipennis Fatima andShafee, 1994. syn. nov. C. brevipennis Fatima andShafee (1994) was synonymized with C. yasumatsui Trjapitzin (1971) by Anis and Hayat (2002). Guerrieri and Viggiani (2005) synonymized C. yasumatsui with C. quadricolor but failed to indicate C. brevipennis as a junior synonym of C. quadricolor.…”