Vol. 20 No. 7 (2005): July
Articles

A new species of Scenocharops Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) parasitic on Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from Peninsular India

Published 2005-07-21

Abstract

A new species of Scenocharops Uchida, S. sinui sp. nov. is described from Karnataka, India. The new species is parasitic on Rice leaf folder, Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee).  Scenocharops sinui sp. Nov. is similar to S. namkumensis Gupta and Maheshwary but differs in the sculptures on frons, vertex, and mesoscutum, in having a median longtitudinal carina on frongs and larger malar space.  The species Campoplex artonae Narendran is transferred to the genus Dusona an da new combination, Dusona artonae (Narendran) comb. nov. is proposed.