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Some new records of parasites of rice stem-borers in India

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The authors have recorded several parasites of paddy stem-borers in India, some of which were not known previously from this country while many others were known earlier only from other hosts. Some species of parasites recorded here are new to science.

The new records mentioned include,Goniozus indicus andPerisierola sp. (Hym.: Bethylidae);Elasmus sp. andE. albopictus (Hym.: Elasmidæ);Tetrastichus ayyari (Hym.: Eulophidae); ?Dicopulus sp. (Hym.: Mymaridae); Gen. nr.Habrocytus (Hym.: Pteromalidae);Trichogramma japonicum, T. sp. (notminutum),Trichogramma sp. (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae);Chelonus sp. 1,Chelonus sp. 2,Meteorus ? unicolor, Orgilus sp.,Rhaconotus schoenobivorus, R. signipennis (Hym.: Braconidae);Amauromorpha accepta accepta, A. ? metathoracica, Apsilops sp.,Isotima sp., Gen.et sp. indet. (Phaeogenini), Gen.et sp. indet. (Pimplini),Temelucha pestifer, T. sp. nr.pestifer, Temelucha sp. 1 andTemelucha sp. 2 (Hym.: Ichneumonidæ);Telenomus dignus, T. rowani, T. sp. nr.rowani andT. (Aholcus) sp. (Hym.: Scelionidae) onTryporyza incertulas; Trichospilus diatraeae (Hym.: Eulophidae),Apanteles pallipes andTropobracon schoenobii (Hym.: Eulophidae),Apanteles pallipes andTropobracon schoenobii (Hym.: Braconidae);Anilastus sp., Gen.et sp. indet. (Campoplegini),Coccygomimus laothoë andDevorgilla sp. (Hym.: Ichneumonidae) onSesamia inferens; Apanteles baoris, R. signipennis andT. schoenobii (Hym.: Braconidae);A. a. schoenobii, Centeterus alternecoloratus var.?, Gen.et sp. indet. (Pimplinae),Pristomerus sp. andTemelucha sp. nr.basimacula (Hym.: Ichneumonidae) onChilotraea auricilia; Apanteles flavipes andT. schoenobii (Hym.: Braconidae) onChilotraea polychrysa andApanteles sp. (group F) andR. schoenobivorus (Hym.: Braconidae) onChilo suppressalis.

New records of nematode parasites were:Agamermis sp. onT. incertulas, 5 new species ofHexamermis onT. incertulas and unidentified nematode species onC. auricilia, C. partellus, C. suppressalis andS. inferens.

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    V. P. Rao F.A.Sc., A. N. Basu, V. R. Phalak, M. J. Chacko & H. Dinesh Rao

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This research has been financed in part by a grant made by the United States Department of Agriculture under P.L. 480.

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Rao, V.P., Basu, A.N., Phalak, V.R. et al. Some new records of parasites of rice stem-borers in India. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 68, 91–110 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03051704

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