ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources; Post Bag No. 2491; H. A. Farm Post; Bellary Road; Hebbal; Bangalore 560 024; Karnataka; India.
Naturalis Biodiversity Center; Darwinweg 2; 2333 CR Leiden; the Netherlands.
Zootaxa. 2024 Jan 15;5399(4):347-364. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5399.4.3.
The Indian members of the subtribe Spinariina van Achterberg, 1988 are reviewed and a key to Indian species is provided. Spinaria westwoodi Cameron, 1906 is reported from Great Nicobar island and a new species, Spinaria indica Gupta & van Achterberg, sp. nov. from Nagaland, is described and illustrated. In addition, Batotheca nigriceps (Cameron, 1897) is reported from caterpillars feeding on Psidium guajava L. and S. spinator (Gurin-Mneville, 1830) from slug caterpillar (Limacodidae) on Elaeodendron glaucum (Rottb.) Pers. in southern India.
印度的 Spinariina 亚族成员被综述,提供了印度种的检索表。报道了来自大尼科巴岛的 Spinaria westwoodi Cameron, 1906,并描述和图示了来自那加兰邦的新种 Spinaria indica Gupta & van Achterberg, sp. nov.。此外,还报道了在食用番石榴的毛毛虫上的 Batotheca nigriceps (Cameron, 1897),以及在印度南部吃榕叶龟尾木 (Limacodidae) 幼虫的 S. spinator (Gurin-Mneville, 1830)。