ISSN 0375-1511 Rec. zool. Suro. India: 112(Part-l): 93-98,2012 RECORDS OF SOME SPECIES OF COPIDOSOMA RATZEBURG (HYMENOPTERA: ENCYRTIDAE) FROM INDIA, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES SARFRAZUL ISLAM KAZMI AND MOHAMMAD HAYAT * Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore-700053, Kolkata (India) E-mail:
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[email protected] INTRODUCTION This study resulted in the identification of 6 Species of the genus Copidosoma Ratzeburg, so known species of Copidosoma, and recognition of far as their biology is known, are polyembryonic one new species. Data pertaining to the known parasitoids of lepidopterous larvae. From a single species are recorded, and the new species is parasitoid egg laid in the body of the host larva, a described. large number, sometimes exceeding a thousand, Hayat (2006b) is followed for terminology. The adult parasitoids are produced. Recently, following abbreviations are used for the Manickavasagam & Kanagarajan (2003) record the depositories: emergence of 1893 adults of C. floridanum (Ashmead) from a single larva of Helicoverpa NPC - National Pusa Collections, Division of armigera (Hlibner). A brief review of polyembryony Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, in Copidosoma was given by Guerrieri & Noyes New Delhi, India. (2005; see additional references noted in this paper). NZSI - National Zoological Collections, Kazmi & Hayat (1998) published the first Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, India. revision of the Indian species of Copidosoma. These ZDAMU - Insect Collections, Department of authors recognized 26 species (including two Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, introduced species) from India. Later, one more India.