Contribution to the knowledge of the Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Ormyridae) with two new records from India

Abstract

The present research was aimed to study the distribution of Ormyridae fauna of Indian states between 2006 and 2016 except Ormyrus longicaudus was collected in 1965 from Karnataka. The results revealed that four species were found belonging to genus Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea : Ormyridae) viz., O. orientalis Walker, O. gopii Narendran, O. longicaudus Narendran and O. secus Narendran were collected, identified and added. Ormyrus longicaudus and O. secus were reported for the first time from Indian fauna while O. gopii and O. orientalis were new record from the Indian state West Bengal and Tripura respectively. Key to the Indian species of Ormyrus was provided.