Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673635, India.
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Malabar Christian College, Kozhikode, Affiliated to University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, 673001, India.
Syst Parasitol. 2022 Feb;99(1):1-11. doi: 10.1007/s11230-021-10011-7. Epub 2021 Nov 13.
Neohaltichella uterellophaga Binoy, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Haltichellinae) parasitizing the pupa of household-case bearer moth Phereoeca uterella (Walsingham) is described with illustrations from southern India (Kerala). Host record for the genus Neohaltichella on Tineidae (Lepidoptera) is newly recorded. A male specimen of Epitranus uterellophagus Binoy & Santhosh hitherto unknown is also described with illustrations parasitizing case-bearer moth pupa.
新寄生在家蚕蛾蛹中的子宫内寄生蝇属(膜翅目:小蜂科:Haltichellinae)(暂名:子宫内寄生蝇属(Hymenoptera: Chalcididae: Haltichellinae))由比诺(Binoy)和桑托什(Santhosh)描述,其寄生标本采自印度南部的喀拉拉邦(Kerala)。这是在鳞翅目(Lepidoptera)麦蛾科(Tineidae)上记录到的 Haltichellinae 属的新宿主。还描述了一个寄生在蚕蛾蛹中的 Epitranus uterellophagus Binoy & Santhosh 的雄虫,该标本此前未知,并附有插图。