New findings of the genera Townesilitus Haeselbarth & Loan, ۱۹۸۳ and Peristenus Foerster, ۱۸۶۲ (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) in India

In the present study, genus, Townesilitus Haeselbarth & Loan, ۱۹۸۳, represented with a single species, T. bicolor (Wesmael, ۱۸۳۵), and two species of the genus Peristenus Foerster, ۱۸۶۲, P. angifemoralis van Achterberg & Guerrero, ۲۰۰۳, and P. picipes (Curtis, ۱۸۳۳) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) were reported for the first time from India.  Specimens of T. bicolor, were collected from the Ganderbal district, P. angifemoralis, from the Anantnag district, and P. picipes, from the Pulwama and Ganderbal districts of the Kashmir valley, India. The geographical distribution and taxonomic features of all three taxa are presented. Additionally, a revised identification key for the Indian Peristenus species is also provided.

کلیدواژه ها:

distribution ، flea beetles ، identification key ، Kashmir ، Miridae ، parasitoid