Additions to the genus Chakra Rajmohana and Veenakumari, 2014 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) from India. Issue 41 (17th November 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Veenakumari, Kamalanathan; Sreedevi, Kolla; Mohanraj, Prashanth
• Is Part Of: Journal of natural history. Volume 56:Issue 41/44(2022)
• Page Start: 1657
• Page End: 1707
• Publication Date: 2022-11-17
• Subjects: new species -- brachyptery -- egg parasitoids -- taxonomy; Natural history -- Periodicals; 508
• DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2022.2123286
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-2933

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Chakra Rajmohana and Veenakumari is represented by two species – C. sarvatra Rajmohana and Veenakumari and C. pachmarhica (Sharma) – in India. Twelve new species are being added to the Indian fauna of Chakra – C. agathachristieae sp. nov., C. alexandra sp. nov., C. bournei sp. nov., C. galathea sp. nov., C. gotamiae sp. nov., C. juturna sp. nov., C. kambani sp. nov., C. parviocula sp. nov., C. pillaiyar sp. nov., C. sanghamittae sp. nov., C. valluvari sp. nov. and C. zvelebili sp. nov. – and Chakra pachmarhica (Sharma) is redescribed. This genus is polymorphic with two species exhibiting brachyptery. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6C8FC40D-CDA6-443F-86F1-DBD0A0838620