Description of a new species of Zeuxevania Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from India with a key to species

By

Kazmi, Sarfrazul
Rameshkumar, Anandhan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-3-10

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

e59487--

Subjects

Ensign wasp , Evanioidea , hubeni , India , Kerala , new species , parasitoids , Zeuxevania

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e59487

 

Abstract

Taxonomy and diversity of Evaniidae from India have not been studied in depth and hosts of many species are unknown. Out of 31 world genera, only five genera (Evania Fab., Prosevania Kieffer, Szepligetella Bradley, Vernevania Huben & Deans and Zeuxevania Kieffer) are reported from India. Based on the collection deposited in the Hymenoptera section of Zoological Survey of India (National Zoological Collection), here we are describing a new species of the genus Zeuxevania.
A new evaniid species Zeuxevania hubeni sp. nov. is described, based on a female specimen collected from Kadaludi Bird Sanctuary, Kerala, India. The new species is compared with Z. curvicarinata (Cameron), as well as Z. kasauliensis (Muzaffer) and a key to Indian species, based on females, is provided. The type specimen is deposited in the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India.