Formicidae of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean: Bay of Bengal)

Ants on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India were surveyed. These collections doubled the number of ant species recorded from these islands (from 59 to 125). Records include five endemic species, but no endemic genera. The surveys were fairly superficial, and it is likely many species remain to be discovered on these islands

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

A new species of Phlebiaporus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae Telenominae) from India, with first description of the male of the genus

A new species of Phlebiaporus Kozlov is described and illustrated. The previously unknown male of the genus is also described. This genus is reported for the first time from the Oriental region and redescribed with additional characters

An atypical, brachypterous species of Idris Förster (Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) from India

A new species of Idris – Idris semiflaviventris sp. n. - belonging to the tribe Baeini is described from Kodaikanal in the Western Ghats, S. India. This species is unusual in that it has a short interocellar space, subequal posterior margins of T1 and T2, and T2 the longest and widest tergite

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

New records of insect and mite pests of spice crops in Andaman Islands, India

Eighteen species of insects and one species of mite are reported for the first time from seven spice crops viz., cinnamon, clove, black pepper, nutmeg, curry leaf, chillies and turmeric, from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. &nbsp

Phanuromyia rufocoxalis Veenakumari & Prashanth 2019, n. sp.

Phanuromyia rufocoxalis n. sp. (Fig. 5) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C8E16D64-CE73-44D6-8094-23E082A61DB8 TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype. ♀, ICAR / NBAIR/2057, India: Nagaland: Medziphema, 25°45’23”N, 93°52’05”E, 457 m, YPT, 27.II.2015. Paratypes. 2 ♀: ICAR / NBAIR /P2058-P2059, same data as holotype; A. Gupta leg. DIAGNOSIS. — This species is closer to P. shashikalae n. sp. but differs from it in the following combination of character states. In P. rufocoxalis n. sp. preoccipital area is distinct, posterior margin of mesoscutellum angular and metapleuron entirely smooth except for a few foveae ventrally; whereas in P. shashikalae n. sp. preoccipital area absent, posterior margin of mesoscutellum uniformly rounded and metapleuron coarsely sculptured with ventrally radiating striae from metapleural pit. ETYMOLOGY. — This species is named ‘rufocoxalis’ referring to the brown fore coxa. The name is treated as an adjective. DESCRIPTION Measurement Body length= 1.06 mm (m=1.08 (1.06 to 1.12) mm, SD=0.03, n=3) Colour Head and mesosoma black; metasoma brownish yellow, T2 with dark lateral margins; legs yellow brown except for brown fore coxae; eyes black; radicle, A1, yellowish brown, A3-A4 brown, A5-A7 yellow, clava blackish brown; mandibles reddish brown (Fig. 5A). Head (Fig. 5 A-D) FCI=1.24; LCI=1.26; IOS 0.83 × eye length; entire frons and gena coriaceous reticulate, reticulations on gena transverse; a central keel extends up to half the length of frons; vertex coriaceous reticulate, sparsely setose; eyes (L: W =22.3: 20.3) large, bare; POL: LOL in ratio of 14.7: 6.9; lateral ocelli contiguous with orbits; hyperoccipital carina distinct with a preoccipital area covered with sparse long setae; occiput coriaceous reticulate. Mesosoma (Fig. 5A, B, E) Mesoscutum (L: W = 20.0: 26.3) coriaceous reticulate, reticulations almost as long as wide; dorsal lateral pronotal area coriaceous reticulate, antero-ventrally with broad reticulations, remainder smooth; mesopleuron dorsally smooth ventrally reticulate, prespecular and mesepimeral sulci nonfoveate; sternaulus not indicated; mesopleural pit and mesopleural carina distinct; mesopleural depression smooth; anterior margin of metapleuron foveate ventrally; metapleuron entirely smooth except for sparse foveae ventrally; metapleural pit distinct; scutoscutellar sulcus narrow, non-foveate; mesoscutellum semicircular (L: W =8.9: 18.2), smooth, with posterior margins angled and not curving or rounded smoothly; posterior mesoscutellar sulcus deeply foveate; metascutellum smooth with no foveae on anterior margin; metanotal trough smooth; lateral propodeal area smooth; fore wing (L: W= 75.4: 23.3) and hind wing (L: W= 66.1: 9.3) with dense microtrichia; length of fore wing and hind wing marginal cilia 0.19 × and 0.91 × width of their respective wings; a row of stout cilia present on submarginalis, marginalis and post marginalis. Metasoma (Fig. 5A): (L: W =37.8: 27.0); T1 foveate anteromedially, remainder smooth; Lateral carina on T1 not distinct; T1 with two lateral setae; T2 with basal foveae anteromedially, followed by weak striae some of which extend medially more than half the length of tergite, remainder smooth; T1 with two lateral setae; length and width of tergites T1: T 2 in ratio of 4.6: 12.0, 33.4: 22.6, respectively; ovipositor visible, straight. Male Not known.Published as part of Veenakumari, Kamalanathan & Prashanth, Mohanraj, 2019, Eight new species of xanthic Telenominae Thomson, 1860 (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae) from India, pp. 341-358 in Zoosystema 41 (18) on pages 348-351, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a18, http://zenodo.org/record/372456