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Journal of Entomological Research
Year : 2009, Volume : 33, Issue : 1
First page : ( 97) Last page : ( 99)
Print ISSN : 0378-9519. Online ISSN : 0974-4576.

Glyptapanteles spodopterae sp. nov., (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) parasitic on larvae of Spodoptera litura in India

Ahmad Zubair*, Hussain K. Jahir1, Shanthi R.1

Department of Zoology, Section of Entomology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 002, U.P., India.

*Corresponding author's: E-mail: dzubair@gmail.com

1G.S. Gill Research Institute, Guru Nanak College, Chennai - 600 042, Tamil Nadu, India.

Accepted:  5  January,  2009.

Abstract

A new species of Glyptapanteles is described on Spodoptera liturae at Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. The new species which is different from G. africanus (Cameron) reared from the larvae of Spodoptera liturae Fabricius feeding on groundnut and castor leaves. A brief note on the biology has been provided.

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