The hitherto unknown male of the widespread and tramp species, Calliscelio
elegans (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) is hereby reported for the first time, from India. The two sexes are chromatically quite similar. The male has the same conspicuous banding pattern in the forewing as that of the female. The status of Calotelea
tanugatra Narendran (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae) from India is reviewed and is proposed to be a junior synonym of Calliscelio
elegans, new synonymy. Distribution of Calliscelio
elegans in India is mapped.
The genus Zaischnopsis was erected by Ashmead (1986) under the name Ischnopsis with type species Ischnopsis opthalmica Ashmead. Since the name Ischnopsis was already preoccupied by Ischnopsis Walsingham (Walsingham, 1881), Ashmead (1904) later provided a replacement name Zaischnopsis for Ischnopsis Ashmead. Bouèek (1988) synonymized Zaischnopsis with Anastatus Motschulsky. Gibson (1995) reestablished the generic status of Zaischnopsis Ashmead. He also synonymised Eupelmoides Masi (1917) with Zaischnopsis. The genus Zaischnopsis contains 25 species in the world and six species in
Triteleia Kieffer is a little known scelionid genus. Two species, viz., flagellata Abhilash and Rajmohana sp. nov. and T. robusta Abhilash and Rajmohana sp. nov. are described as new to science. Further T. bengalensis (Saraswat), the only species known under Triteleia in India, is redescribed and a dichotomous key to the three Indian species of Triteleia is provided.
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