A synopsis of the Oriental species of Thaumasura Westwood (Hym., Pteromalidae, Cleonyminae) | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 3, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2022, Pages 551-558 PDF (16.45 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.8.4.551 | ||
| Authors | ||
| K.S. Surya* 1; C. Binoy2; P. M. Sureshan1 | ||
| 1Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala India. | ||
| 2Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, India. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| View on Scopus Thaumasura Westwood is one of the unique genera of Cleonyminae (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) represented from the Oriental region by only three species. The only known representative of the genus from India was described as Thaumasura indica Sureshan & Binoy, which was already preoccupied by Thaumasura indica Mani & Kaul (currently in Balcha Walker). Thus, the replacement name Thaumasura keralica Binoy nom. nov. is hereby proposed to resolve this homonymy. Furthermore, Thaumasura femoralis (Westwood) is redescribed and its morphological characters are illustrated. A key to the Oriental species of the genus is also provided. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| India; Key; new combination; nomenclature; Taxonomy | ||
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