Taxonomic study of chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera) associated with gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on mango trees.
Bou?ek Z.
Author Affiliation: CAB International Inst. Entomology, c/o British Museum (Natural History), London, SW7 5BD, UK.
Bulletin of Entomological Research 76 : 393-407
Abstract : The chalcidoid parasites associated with galls on mango leaves and branches caused by Cecidomyiidae (mainly Procontarinia spp. in India) are taxonomically treated and keyed out. They include 10 species belonging to 5 families (plus 1 treated elsewhere). The following taxa are described as new: in Torymidae, Mangostigmus gen. n. for Neomegastigmus amraeus; in Ormyridae, Ormyrulus gibbus gen. et sp. n.; in Pteromalidae, Gastrancistrus (Mangistrus subgen. n.) cherryi sp. n.; and in Eulophidae, Aprostocetus sankarani sp. n., Mangocharis longiscapus gen. et sp. n. and Chrysonotomyia obesula sp. n. Two probable new synonymies are suggested under Chrysonotomyia.