Journal of Environment and Sociobiology

Girish Kumar, P.

• New Species of Halticoptera spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from Himachal Pradesh, India with a Revised Key to Indian Subcontinent Species

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Authors

T. C. Narendran ¹, P. Girish Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 053, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 7, No 1 (2010), Pagination: 1-5

Abstract

A new species of Halticoptera Spinola, viz., Halticoptera shimlica Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Himachal Pradesh, India. Affinities of the species with its closest relatives are discussed. A revised key to the species of Halticoptera of the Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Keywords

Halticoptera, New Species, Pteromalidae.

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• Three New Species of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera : Chalcidoidea) from Sunderbans, West Bengal, India

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Authors

T. C. Narendran ¹, P. Girish Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 053, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 6, No 2 (2009), Pagination: 123-130

Abstract

Three new species of Pteromalidae, viz., Panstenon bengalense Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov., Psilocera neoclavicornis Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. and Pteromalus sunderbanicus Narendran and Girish Kumar sp. nov. are described. Characters separating closely resembling species are provided.

Keywords

Pteromalidae, Panstenon, Psilocera, Pteromalus, New Species, India.

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• A New Record of the New World Genus Horismenus Walker (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae : Entedoninae) from India with Description of a New Species

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Authors

T. C. Narendran ¹, P. Girish Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, 673 635, Kerala, IN
2 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 8, No 2 (2011), Pagination: 173-176

Abstract

The genus Horismenus Walker is reported here for the first time from Asia with the description of a new species from India.

Keywords

New Record, New Species, Horismenus, India.

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• A New Species of Stilbula Spinola (Hymenoptera : Eucharitidae) from Karnataka, India

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Authors

P. Girish Kumar ¹, T. C. Narendran ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, 'M'- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal-700 053, IN
2 Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673 635, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 5, No 2 (2008), Pagination: 113-117

Abstract

A new species of Stilbula Spinola, viz., S. bangalorica Girish Kumar and Narendran sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Karnataka, India. Affinities of the species with its closest relatives are discussed. A checklist of the species of Stilbula Spinola of Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Keywords

Stilbula, New Species, Eucharitidae.

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• A New Species of Orasema cameron (Hymenoptera:Eucharitidae) of Indian Subcontinent

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Authors

P. Girish Kumar ¹, T. C. Narendran ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, 'M'- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 4, No 2 (2007), Pagination: 149-153

Abstract

A new species of Orasema Cameron, viz., O. ninipama Girish Kumar and Narendran sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Kerala, India. Affinities of the species with its closest relatives are discussed. A checklist of species of Orasema Cameron of Indian subcontinent is also provided.

Keywords

Orasema, New Species, Eucharitidae.

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• Further Distributional Record of Chalybion Bengalense (Dahlbom) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Indian States

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Authors

P. C. Mazumdar ¹, S. I. Kazmi ¹, P. Girish Kumar ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, West Bengal, IN
2 Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode-673006, Kerala, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 15, No 2 (2018), Pagination: 217-220

Abstract

Study of sizeable collection of sphecids recorded Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom, 1845) for the first time from the Indian States of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chattishgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab.

Keywords

Chalybion Bengalense, Distribution, India.

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• First Report of the Genus Parapsilogastrus ghesquière (hymenoptera : Chalcidoidea : Eucharitidae) from India with the Description of a New Species from Southern Western Ghats

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Authors

P. Girish Kumar ¹, C. Binoy ²

Affiliations
1 Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Eranhipalam, Kozhikode, Kerala-673006, IN
2 Insect Ecology and Ethology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, IN

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Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 16, No 2 (2019), Pagination: 133-137

Abstract

Parapsilogastrus sahyadriensis Girish Kumar & Binoy sp. nov. is described from Kerala part of Southern Western Ghats, India. The species is illustrated and separated from other species of Parapsilogastrus. It is the first report of the genus Parapsilogastrus from India. A checklist of species is provided.

Keywords

Parapsilogastrus, New Species, Checklist, Kerala.

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References

• Heraty, J. M. 2002. A revision of the genera Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the world. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst., 68: 1-367.
• Narendran, T. C. 1999. A new species of Parapsilogastrus Ghesquiere (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Thailand. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc., 96(3): 451-453.
• Noyes, J. S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids (Last updated: March, 2019).

• On Delta Dimidiatipenne (De Saussure, 1852) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) from India

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Authors

P. Girish Kumar ¹

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700 053, IN

Source

Journal of Environment and Sociobiology, Vol 9, No 1 (2012), Pagination: 43-49

Abstract

The potter wasp species Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure, 1852) is redescribed here
with detailed synonymical references and new distributional records.

Keywords

Delta dimidiatipenne, Redescription, New Records.

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