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1. N. ANANTHAKRISHNAN

Species of Genus Encarsia Förster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) – Parasitoids of Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Associated with Psidium guajava L. in Mexico, with Key and Description of New Species

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S.N. MYARTSEVA             7-19

ABSTRACT – Data on the Encarsia species reared from whiteflies on Psidium guajava L.in Mexico are presented: four new species are described – guajavae sp. nov., mexicana sp. nov., tapachula sp. nov., and terebrella sp. nov.; E. guadeloupae Viggiani is new record for Mexico, its male is described and female redescribed based on mexican material; hosts and distribution of four known species are given. A key to all 9 species is provided.

New Genera and Species of Idiocerine Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar

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C.A. VIRAKTAMATH           21-30

ABSTRACT – Five genera of Idiocerinae, Burmascopus gen. nov. (type species: Idiocerus fasciolatus Distant) from Myanmar, Ceylonoscopus gen. nov. (type species: Ceylonoscopus quadripunctatus sp. nov.), Lankacerus gen. nov. (type species: Lankacerus rotundus sp. nov.), Neoscopus sp. nov. (type species: Neoscopus ceylonensis sp. nov) all three from Sri Lanka and Nilgiriscopus gen. nov. (type species: Niligiriscopus transversus sp. nov.) from south India are described and the type species are described and illustrated. A key to the known idiocerine genera of the Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Descriptions of four new species of Ooencyrtus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), with records of seven known species from India

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MOHAMMAD HAYAT AND F.R. KHAN           31-36

ABSTRACT – Four new species of the encyrtid genus Ooencyrtus are described from India. Also recorded is material pertaining to seven species of Ooencyrtus, of which O. telenomicida (Vassiliev) is a new record from India.

Description of a new species of Wesmaelia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India 

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MOHAMMAD SHAMIM, ZUBAIR AHMAD AND AHMAD SAMIUDDIN           37-40

ABSTRACT – A new species viz., Wesmaelia solanensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated from India. The new species is distinguished from W. topali Papp in having antennal segments 23, F1 almost 5x as long as wide and Malar space 2x as long as basal width of mandible.

The Indian Species of Zaphanera Corbett (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) with Description of a New Species

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1. MANIDURAI MANOHARAN DAVID AND B. VASANTHARAJ DAVID           41-44

ABSTRACT – Three Indian species of Zaphanera Corbett (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) have been reviewed and one new species, Zaphanera splendens, sp. nov. has been described. Key to the puparial cases of Indian species of Zaphanera has been provided.

An Annotated Checklist of Indian Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) with Ecological and Morphological Characteristics

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DUNSTON P. AMBROSE, S. SIVARAMA KRISHNAN AND V. JEBASINGH           45-57

ABSTRACT – Thirty-nine species of peiratine assassin bugs under nine genera with their taxonomical status, Indian and worldwide distribution and their diagnostic ecological and morphological characters are given. The genus Ectomocoris Mayr is the most abundant group with 21 species followed by the genus Peirates Serville with five species. The diagnostic ecological and morphological characteristics features discussed in this review include microhabitats and habitats, the curvature of rostrum, presence or absence of tibial pads and nature of wings. The morphological characters are correlated to the ecological characteristics and behavioural and biological functions.

Succession of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae: Coleoptera) in the dung pats of gaur, Bos gaurus H. Smith (Artiodactyla: Bovidae), from the moist deciduous forests of Southern Western Ghats

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THOMAS K. SABU, K.V. VINOD AND P.J. VINEESH           59-69

ABSTRACT – Succession of dung beetles in dung pats of gaur is recorded from a moist forest in South Western Ghats. Dung beetles were collected at intervals of 1, 3, 4, 7, 14, 21, 30 and 37 days. Based on residence time in pats, beetles were categorized as fresh dung seekers, generalists and pre-crust formation groups. Dominance of dweller Drepanocerus setosus, in the initial two weeks of succession is distinct. Dung age affected the abundance of six species in dung pats. High abundance of most species prior to surface crust formation and steep decline thereafter indicate that surface crust formation is a crucial phase during the colonisation of dung pats.

Additional Records on the Distribution, Morphology and Morphometry of Gegeneophis nadkarnii Bhatta and Prashanth (Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae)

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GOPALAKRISHNA BHATTA, K.P. DINESH, P. PRASHANTH AND NIRMAL, U. KULKARNI           71-74