A new Darwin wasp genus, Soliga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae), from India

Ranjith, A.P., Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan (2022): A new Darwin wasp genus, Soliga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae), from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 852 (1): 57-76, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2009, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.852.200

Fig. 11. a in A new Darwin wasp genus, Soliga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae), from India

Fig. 11. a. Exochus sp., mid leg. b. Hypsicera, mid leg. Arrow in Fig. 11a points to mid tibia with shorter outer spur (compared to subequal midtibial spurs in Fig. 11b).Published as part of Ranjith, A.P. & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2022, A new Darwin wasp genus, Soliga (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Metopiinae), from India, pp. 57-76 in European Journal of Taxonomy 852 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.852.2009, http://zenodo.org/record/744807

First record of the genus Nedinoschiza Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats

Ranjith, A.P., Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan (2021): First record of the genus Nedinoschiza Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from the Western Ghats. Zootaxa 4990 (3): 542-552, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.

First description of the metopiine genus Trieces Townes, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Indomalayan region with three new species from India

Ranjith, A.P., Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan (2022): First description of the metopiine genus Trieces Townes, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Indomalayan region with three new species from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 794 (1): 1-17, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.794.1649, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.794.164

Revision of Cystomastacoides van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of two new species from south India

Ranjith, A.P., Priyadharsanan, Dharma Rajan (2018): Revision of Cystomastacoides van Achterberg (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with the description of two new species from south India. Zootaxa 4387 (2): 365-374, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.

Discovery of the braconid subfamily Dirrhopinae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from south India

Ranjith, A.P., Samartsev, K.G., Nasser, M. (2021): Discovery of the braconid subfamily Dirrhopinae van Achterberg (Hymenoptera Ichneumonoidea) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species from south India. Zootaxa 4908 (2): 251-262, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.

First record of Undabracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species

Ranjith, A.P., Belokobylskij, Sergey A., Nasser, M. (2019): First record of Undabracon Quicke, 1986 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae) from the Indian subcontinent with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4664 (1): 142-150, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.

Mischochalcis, an enigmatic new genus of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Old World tropics with the description of a new species

International audienceA new chalcidid genus, Mischochalcis (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae), is erected with the description M. enigmatus sp. nov. from the Western Ghats as the type species. An Afrotropical species, initially described in Haltichella Spinola, is transferred into the new genus as Mischochalcis inermis (Schmitz) comb. nov. The new genus belongs to the very diverse subfamily Haltichellinae and differs from other genera of the subfamily in having an obliquely truncate metatibia in which the truncation ends in a spine formed by the continuation of an additional carina. The systematic placement of Mischochalcis and its presence in two distant biogeographic realms showing disrupted distribution are discussed

Laboratory evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents against the bark beetle Pityogenes scitus

The bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are widely recognised as one of the most damaging group of forest pests. Entomopathogenic fungi have shown great potential for the management of some bark beetle species. The efficacy of three entomopathogenic fungi, namely, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin, Metarhizium anisopliae sensu lato (Metchnikoff) Sorokin and Lecanicillium lecanii (Zimmerman) Zare and Gams was tested against the bark beetle Pityogenes scitus Blandford under the laboratory conditions. An insecticide – cyclone 505 EC, was also used as positive control in the experiment. Each fungal suspension contained 1.0×109 spores of fungi in 1 ml. In treated branches, B. bassiana and M. anisopliae caused higher percentage of mortalities, that is, 58.33% and 48%, respectively, after 10 days of treatment and 85% and 71%, respectively, after 20 days of treatment. In petri plate assay, B. bassiana, M. anisopliae and L. lecanii caused 100%, 100% and 73.33% of mortality respectively. The percentage of mortality caused by treated insecticide was 79.16%. The results obtained in the present study are promising; however, no recommendations concerning the potential use of these fungal pathogens in forest protection can be given, and further research studies are needed in this respect, especially under field conditions

FIGURE 9 in A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with descriptions of seven new species from India and Sri Lanka

FIGURE 9. Centistidea lanka Ranjith & van Achterberg gen. et sp. nov., holotype, female A) habitus, lateral view; B) head, anterior view; C) head, dorsal view; D) head and mesosoma, lateral view; E) mesosoma, dorsal view; F) propodeum, dorsal view.Published as part of Ranjith, A.P., Achterberg, Cornelis Van & Priyadarsanan, Dharma Rajan, 2023, A new genus in the braconid subfamily Miracinae from the Oriental region, with descriptions of seven new species from India and Sri Lanka, pp. 451-473 in Zootaxa 5318 (4) on page 466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/818144