Binoy C, Surya K S, Kamila A P, Sureshan P M
Marine Aquarium & Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Digha, West Bengal, 721428, India.
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala, 673006, India.
Syst Parasitol. 2025 Sep 3;102(5):54. doi: 10.1007/s11230-025-10247-7.
Oothecae of three species of praying mantis belonging to genera Humbertiella Saussure, Leptomantella Burmeister and Odontomantis Saussure from Kerala were collected and reared. Parasitisation of eupelmid and torymid (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae, Torymidae) parasitoids on mantid oothecae with species level identification are reported for the first time from India. Bharatagrion gen. nov. is newly described within Podagrionini (Torymidae) with type species B. keralense sp. nov. attacking oothecae of Leptomantella parva (Werner) (Mantodea, Leptomantellidae) from Kerala. Further three species, Eupelmus gibsoni Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov. (Eupelmidae), Palmon humbertiellophaga Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov., and Podagrion grisselli Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov.: (Torymidae) are described with illustrations. Type images of Palmon orchesticus (Masi), Podagriomicron wayanadense Narendran & Mercy, and Podagrion keralensis Narendran are illustrated for the first time.
从喀拉拉邦收集并饲养了属于亨氏螳螂属（Humbertiella Saussure）、细螳属（Leptomantella Burmeister）和齿螳属（Odontomantis Saussure）的三种螳螂的卵鞘。首次从印度报道了寄生蜂科（膜翅目：寄生蜂科、广肩小蜂科）寄生蜂在螳螂卵鞘上的寄生情况，并进行了物种水平的鉴定。新描述了隶属于广肩小蜂族（广肩小蜂科）的Bharatagrion属，模式种为B. keralense sp. nov.，它寄生于喀拉拉邦的细螳（Leptomantella parva (Werner)）（螳螂目，细螳科）的卵鞘。此外，还描述了另外三个物种，即新种吉氏扁腹小蜂（Eupelmus gibsoni Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov.）（扁腹小蜂科）、新种亨氏螳广肩小蜂（Palmon humbertiellophaga Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov.）和新种格里塞尔氏广肩小蜂（Podagrion grisselli Binoy & Sureshan sp. nov.）（广肩小蜂科），并配有插图。首次展示了Palmon orchesticus (Masi)、Podagriomicron wayanadense Narendran & Mercy和Podagrion keralensis Narendran的模式图像。
