New species of Lemophagus Townes, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) from India reared as a larval parasitoid of Crioceris nigroornata Clarke, 1866 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
The campoplegine genus Lemophagus is reported for the first time from India, along with the description of a new species, L. larvivorus sp. nov. The specimens were reared as larval parasitoids of the chrysomelid beetle Crioceris nigroornata . The new species is compared with all extant species, and its validity is further supported by molecular data. A concatenated maximum likelihood tree of COI+28S gene fragments is presented including species with available molecular data.
Authors
- Avunjikkattu Parambil Ranjith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7061-9659)
- S.C. Kedar
Institutions
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- Kalinga University (IN)
- Asha Foundation (IN)
- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Hymenoptera Research
- Published
- 2025-08-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.98.154760
- Primary Topic
- Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Chulalongkorn University
- Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants