A new genus and species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) parasitic on Ghoon borers of Bamboo in Karnataka (India)

Abstract

Cyrtophagoides ghooubori Narcndran gen. & sp. nov. is described as a parasitoid of the Ghoon borer, Dinoderus sp., of Bamboo in Karnataka, India and compared to related genera. Heydonia indica Narcndran (Pteromalidae) is newly reported from the tunnels of Dinoderus sp. and Dendrocalamus strictus (Rosch,) (Pteromalidae) is newly reported from India