A NEW GENUS OF TETRASTICHINAE (HYMENOPTERA : CHALCIDOIDEA : EULOPHIDAE) FROM SARAWAK, BORNEO
T. C. NARENDRAN *
SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT, KERALA-673 635, INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A new genus Borneostichus gen, nov. collected from Borneo is described with the type species Borneostichus nostisetosus sp. nov. The new genus differs from all other known genera in the following combination of characters : lower frons produced forward, madibles relatively smaller with teeth not discernible, temples thin, mesoscutum abundantly setose, Scutellum with 6 pairs of long setae; notauli distinct and complete; propodeum with inserted 'Y' shaped paraspiracular carinae. SMV with 2 dorsal setae; ovipositor sheath not exceeding apex of gaster.
Keywords: Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, new genus, new species, Borneo