Pholetesor Mason 1981
- 1. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Biology Department, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, King Khalid University, Dhahran Al Junoub, Saudi Arabia.
- 2. Research Centre for Advanced Materials Science (RCAMS), King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Unit of Bee Research and Honey Production, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia. & Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P. O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
- 3. Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, UP, India.
Description
Key to the Indian species of the genus Pholetesor Mason, 1981 reared from lepidopteran leafminers
1. T1 sculptured all along the surface, usually parallel sided, weakly narrowing only posteriorly; T2 trapezoidal; tegulae yellowish .......................................................................................................... 2
– T1 smooth except for few punctations, strongly narrowing posteriorly; T2 strongly triangular to subtriangular; tegulae dark brown to black ...................................................................................... 3
2. Ovipositor sheaths short and fusiform in shape; T2 sculptured with a smooth raised median area; legs completely yellow ................................................................... P. hayati Akhtar & Ahmad, 2010
– Ovipositor sheaths long, slender basally, then tapering broader to a bluntly bevelled tip; T2 completely smooth and shiny ............................................................................................. P. camerariae sp. nov.
3. Hypopygium heavily sclerotized; ovipositor sheaths small, nearly as long as hind basitarsi ............ ................................................................................................................................ P. indicus sp. nov.
– Hypopygium weakly sclerotized; ovipositor sheaths long, more than 1.2 × as long as hind basitarsi ................................................................................................................ P. acrocercophagus sp. nov.
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Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://treatment.plazi.org/id/039D879DFFC9A9146FB31B20FA8AF845
- LSID
- urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A0F294EB-CC47-4DF7-A9FE-DA2201BECCA2
Biodiversity
- Family
- Braconidae
- Genus
- Pholetesor
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Mason
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pholetesor Mason, 1981 sec. Ahmad, Ghramh & Pandey, 2020
References
- Mason W. R. M. 1981. The polyphyletic nature of Apanteles Forster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A phylogeny and reclassification of Microgastrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 115: 1 - 147. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / entm 113115 fv
- Akhtar M. S., Ahmad Z. & Ramamurthy V. V. 2010. Description of two new species of Microgastrini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India. Zootaxa 2608: 57 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2608.1. 4