A new species of Nyleta Dodd (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from Southeast Asia
Journal Title: Journal of Insect Biodiversity - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 18
Abstract
The monotypic genus Nyleta was described by Dodd from Australia in 1926, with Nyleta striaticeps Dodd as the type species. A new species of Nyleta is now described and imaged from the remote island of Little Andaman in the Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands in the Indian Ocean. Variants of the same species were also collected from Tamil Nadu. The images of the holotype of N. striaticeps are also provided for the first time.
Authors and Affiliations
Veenakumari Kamalanathan, Prashanth Mohanraj
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