TAXONOMIC NOTES ON THE INDIAN TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA), WITH REDESCRIPTIONS AND RECORDS OF SOME SPECIES

Notes are provided on the identities of the Indian Trichogrammatidae. Holotypes, paratypes and determined material were examined. Thirteen species are synonymized as follows (senior synonyms in parenthesis). Brachygrammatella indica Khan, Brachygrammatella longiclavata Khan (Brachygrammatella indica Viggiani & Hayat); Brachygrammatella singularis Yousuf & Shafee (Chaefogramma maculata Hayat); Chaetostricha terebrator Yousuf & Shafee; Oligositoides latipennis Yousuf & Shafee (Chaetostricha terebrata (Yousuf & Shafee), comb. nov. from Oligositoides); Mirufens albiscutellum Khan & Shafee, Mirufens magniclavata Khan & Shafee (Mirufens afrangiata Viggiani & Hayat); Mirufens longiclavata Khan & Shafee (Mirufens mangiferae Viggiani & Hayat); Paruscanoidea indica Mani (Pseudobrachysticha semiaurea Girault) Paruscanoidea longiclavata Yousuf & Shafee (Prosoligosita perplexa Hayat & Husain); Ufens angustipennis Yousuf & Shafee (Ufens jaipurensis Yousuf & Shafee); Ufens alami Yousuf & Shafee, Ufens singularis Yousuf & Shafee (Ufens latipennis Yousuf & Shafee). The new combinations proposed are the following: Chaetostricha fumipennis from Oligositoides; Chaetostricha terebrata from Oligositoides; Paracentrobia nephotetticum from Westwoodella; Uscana latipennis from Neolathromera. The following species are considered incertae sedis: Brachygrammatella jaipurensis Yousuf & Shafee, Haeckeliania magniclavata Yousuf & Shafee; Tumidiclava magnicorpa Yousuf & Shafee. Comments are also given on the species, and Oligosita nephotetticum Mani, Paracentrobia nephotetticum (Mani) and Parhispidophila singularis Yousuf & Shafee, are redescribed. Also some species are recorded.