Dedicated to My Grandparents & Dr. Mohammad Hayat CONTENTS Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................... i 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 2. Review of Literature .............................................................................................. 4 3. Material and Methods ............................................................................................ 8 4. Abbreviations and Acronyms .............................................................................. 11 5. Terms and Measurements .................................................................................... 13 6. Explanation of terms ............................................................................................ 14 7. Classification of the family Mymaridae .............................................................. 17 8. Key to the Genera ................................................................................................ 19 Chapter 1 Revision of Indian species Alaptus-group of genera ....................................................................................... 21 I. Genus Alaptus Westwood ..................................................................................... 22 1. A. magnanimous Annandale....................................................... 25 2. A. jowainus Rehmat & Anis ...................................................... 25 3. A. indicus Anwar & Zeya .......................................................... 28 4. A. spicatus sp. nov. .................................................................... 29 5. A. wandoorus sp. nov. ............................................................... 31 6. A. deccanensis Anwar & Zeya .................................................. 33 7. A. deodus sp. nov. ..................................................................... 34 8. A. mashhoodi sp. nov. ............................................................... 36 9. A. ramamurthyi Anwar & Zeya ................................................ 38 10. A. delhiensis Mani ..................................................................... 39 11. A. ramakrishnai Mani ............................................................... 40 12. A. pyronus Anwar & Zeya ........................................................ 40 Figures ...................................................................................................................... 43 II. Genus Dicopomorpha Ogloblin .......................................................................... 54 13. D. albithorax Rameshkumar & Manickavasagam ................... 56 14. D. heratyi sp. nov. ..................................................................... 58 15. D. indica (Subba Rao) .............................................................. 60 16. D. mirzai sp. nov. ...................................................................... 62 17. D. minuta Rameshkumar & Manickavasagam .......................... 64 18. D. longiscapa Rameshkumar & Manickavasagam ................... 65 19. D. logus sp. nov. ........................................................................ 66 20. D. funiculata Rameshkumar & Manickavasagam ..................... 68 21. D. dente sp. nov. ........................................................................ 69 Figures ...................................................................................................................... 72 III. Genus Dicopus Enock ....................................................................................... 84 22. D. obesus sp. nov. ..................................................................... 85 23. D. longipes (Subba Rao) ........................................................... 87 24. D. noyesi Manickavasagam ....................................................... 89 25. D. kamrani sp. nov. ................................................................... 91 26. D. polaszaki sp. nov. ................................................................. 93 Figures ...................................................................................................................... 95 IV. Genus Kikiki Huber & Beardsley .................................................................... 102 27. K. huna Huber & Beardsley .................................................... 102 Figures .................................................................................................................... 105 V. Genus Litus Haliday .......................................................................................... 106 28. L. assamensis Rehmat & Anis ................................................ 107 29. L. sutil Haliday ........................................................................ 109 30. L. huberi Rehmat & Anis ........................................................ 110 31. L. triapitsyni Rehmat and Hayat ............................................. 112 32. L. usach S. Triapitsyn & Berezovskiy .................................... 113 33. L. cynepsius Haliday ............................................................... 114 Figures .................................................................................................................... 117 Anagroidea-group of genera .............................................................................. 124 VI. Genus Anagroidea Girault ................................................................................ 125 34. A. himalayana (Mani & Saraswat) ............................................ 125 Figures .................................................................................................................... 129 VII. Genus Eubroncus Yoshimoto, Kozlov & Trjapitzin ...................................... 132 35. E. scutatus Manickavasagam & Palanivel .............................. 133 36. E. indicus Hayat & Khan ........................................................ 135 37. E. vertexus Jin & Li ................................................................. 136 Figures .................................................................................................................... 138 Anagrus-group of genera ................................................................................... 141 VIII. Genus Omyomymar Schauff ......................................................................... 142 38. O. glabrum Lin & Chiappini ................................................... 144 39. O. yousufi Anwar & Zeya ....................................................... 145 40. O. supremus sp. nov. ............................................................... 146 41. O. sudhiri sp. nov. ................................................................... 148 42. O. insulanum Zeya & Anwar .................................................. 150 43. O. huberi Manickavasagam & Gowriprakash ......................... 152 44. O. noyesi Manickavasagam & Gowriprakash ......................... 153 Figures .................................................................................................................... 154 Camptoptera –group of genera ............................................................................ 160 IX. Genus Camptoptera Foerster ........................................................................... 161 45. C. scythe sp. nov....................................................................... 167 46. C. matcheta Subba Rao ........................................................... 169 47. C. ambrae Viggiani ................................................................. 172 48. C. sabre sp. nov. ...................................................................... 173 49. C. lance sp. nov. ...................................................................... 175 50. C. aveolobato sp. nov. ............................................................. 177 51. C. kannada Subba Rao ............................................................ 178 52. C. ogloblini sp. nov. ................................................................ 180 53. C. anneckei sp. nov. ................................................................ 183 54. C. muiri (Perkins) .................................................................... 186 55. C. naseemi sp. nov. ................................................................. 188 56. C. fransciscae (Debauche) ...................................................... 190 57. C. arya sp. nov. ....................................................................... 193 58. C. dravida Subba Rao ............................................................ 196 59. C. bengalurensis sp. nov. ........................................................ 199 60. C. okadomei Taguchi .............................................................. 201 61. C. assamensis Rehmat & Anis ................................................ 203 62. C. magna Soyka ...................................................................... 205 63. C. squama sp. nov. .................................................................. 209 64. C. longifuniculata Viggiani ..................................................... 211 65. C. salianus sp. nov. ................................................................. 212 66. C. brevifuniculata Subba Rao ................................................. 214 67. C. alii sp. nov. ........................................................................