New Distribution and Host Records of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from India

Abstract

New distribution and host records of Chalcidoidea from various parts of India are listed. Eupelmas auiipodu Ashmead is recorded for the first time from the Indian subcontinent. Ischiodou scutettaris (F.) is a new host record for Syrpliopliagus aeruginosas (Dalman). In ail, 14 species including eight pteromalids, viz., Dinarmiis basaltis (Rondani), Merismomorpha uiiuuta Sureshan, Mesopolobus minutus Sureshan & Narendran, Oricoruna arcolensis (Mani & Kurian), Pachynenron aeneum Masi, Spliegigaster reticulata Sureshan & Narendran, Syutomopus carinaliis Sureshan & Narendran and Tricliomalopsis thekkadieusis Sureshan & Narendran; three encyrtids, viz., Cerchysius laticeps Kerrich, Homalotylus ferrierei Hayat et al., and Syrpliopliagus aeruginosas (Dalman); one culophid, Euderus albitarsis (Zetterstedt); and two eupelmids, viz., Aiiastatus acherontiae Narayanan et al. and Eupelmiis antipoda Ashmead, are recorded from different parts of India and the details are provided.