Biodiversity Data Journal :
Taxonomic paper
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Corresponding author:
Academic editor: Jose Fernandez-Triana
Received: 07 Feb 2015 | Accepted: 06 Mar 2015 | Published: 10 Mar 2015
© 2015 A. Rameshkumar, J. Poorani, M. Anjana
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Citation:
Rameshkumar A, Poorani J, Anjana M (2015) First report of Dicopus longipes (Subba Rao) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India with new distribution data on some species . Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4692. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4692
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Dicopus longipes (Subba Rao) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) is recorded from India for the first time. New additional distribution records of Mymaridae from the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala are documented.
Mymaridae, distribution, India.
Fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) are internal egg parasitoids of insects except two species that parasitize the larvae of eulophids (
Parasitoids were collected from Kasaragod, Kozhikode, Palakkad, and Idukki districts of Kerala and Coimbatore and Salem districts of Tamil Nadu using sweep netting, yellow pan traps and Malaise traps in different ecosystems (
Alaptus (Fig.
Dicopus longipes (Fig.
Malaysia (
Costa Rica, Hawaiian Islands, Trinidad and Tobago (
Kikiki is unique among Mymaridae in having 4-segmented funicle, 2-segmented clava and 3-segemented tarsi. Only the type species, K. huna Huber (Fig.
The first author is thankful to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for funding his work under the Network Project on Insect Biosystematics. Thanks are due to Dr. Abraham Verghese, Director, ICAR-NBAIR, for facilities provided and encouragement. The third author is thankful to the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment for the financial assistance, Dr. K. Rajmohana (Research guide) and Dr. P. M Sureshan (Officer-in-charge, WGRC, Zoological Survey of India) for their support and facilities.
A. Rameshkumar - Collection, Identification, Manuscript preparation
J. Poorani - Collection, Identification, Imaging, Manuscript preparation
M. Anjana - Collection, Identification