<p>The genus <i>Iphitrachelus</i> Haliday, 1835 has a world-wide distribution. These are small, gracile insects, rare in museum collections. Eleven species of <i>Iphitrachelus</i> have so far been described from different parts of the world. Of the four Oriental species, three (<i>I. lar</i> Haliday<i>,</i> 1835, <i>I. shajii</i> Anjana and Rajmohana, <CitationRef CitationID="CR1">2017</CitationRef>, and <i>I. neogracilis</i> Anjana and Rajmohana, 2017) are from India<i>.</i> Three new species of <i>Iphitrachelus</i> – <i>I. alpatanu</i> Veenakumari and Buhl <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>I. phenalus</i> Veenakumari and Buhl <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>I. vakratunda</i> Veenakumari and Buhl <b>sp. nov.</b> are described from India. <i>Iphitrachelus shajii</i> is treated as a junior synonym of <i>I. lar. Iphitrachelus masneri</i> Buhl, 1997 is reported for the first time from India. An illustrated key is furnished for all the females of the Indian species of <i>Iphitrachelus</i>.</p>

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Review of the genus Iphitrachelus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae: Platygastrinae) with descriptions of three new species from India

  • Veenakumari Kamalanathan,
  • Peter Neerup Buhl,
  • P. Girish Kumar,
  • Sreedevi Kolla,
  • Satya Nand Sushil,
  • Farmanur Rahman Khan,
  • Prashanth Mohanraj

摘要

The genus Iphitrachelus Haliday, 1835 has a world-wide distribution. These are small, gracile insects, rare in museum collections. Eleven species of Iphitrachelus have so far been described from different parts of the world. Of the four Oriental species, three (I. lar Haliday, 1835, I. shajii Anjana and Rajmohana, 2017, and I. neogracilis Anjana and Rajmohana, 2017) are from India. Three new species of IphitrachelusI. alpatanu Veenakumari and Buhl sp. nov., I. phenalus Veenakumari and Buhl sp. nov. and I. vakratunda Veenakumari and Buhl sp. nov. are described from India. Iphitrachelus shajii is treated as a junior synonym of I. lar. Iphitrachelus masneri Buhl, 1997 is reported for the first time from India. An illustrated key is furnished for all the females of the Indian species of Iphitrachelus.