P M Sureshan
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From the introduction: Parasitic Hymenoptera play vital role in the terrestrial ecosystems in the control of insect pests attacking our crops. The family pteromalidae is one of the largest and taxonomically difficult families of super family Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera Parasitica), Members of which are mainly primary or secondary parasitoids attacking a wide range of insect orders in their various stages of development and also on some Archnida, Hence of economic ...
The present work is an attempt of inventorying the Mantid fauna of Orissa state based on the faunal exploration studies conducted by the Zoological Survey of India, Estuarine Biological Station, Gopalpur-on-sea during the years 2005 to 2007. Though collections for the present study were mainly made from Southern Orissa particularly from coastal districts, the Mantid Fauna known from the whole Orissa state is dealt with based on the information available in the ...
The present work is the compilation of my investigations on the systematics of subfamily Pteromalinae of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Indian subcontinent for the last one decade. By presenting this work my intention is to bring together a complete picture of the actual Pteromalid fauna belonging to the subfamily Pteromalinae of the region. It contains the revisions of 57 known genera and 128 species known from the region. In addition to this 4 new ...
The present paper is the result of a study on a collection of Pteromalidae deposited in the Bohart Museum of Entomology, University of California, Davis, USA. The collections are mainly of Sri Lanka, India and some South East Asian Countries. The present account is an addition to the taxonomic knowledge on Pteromalidae of Indian Subcontinent and South East Asia. This paper deals with 38 genera of Pteromalidae (30 genera with 43 identified species (including ...