First report of Mantibaria mantis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae: Scelioninae) from India and additional descriptors for the species

• Main Authors: Kamalanathan Veenakumari, Prashanth Mohanraj
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-06-01
• Series: Journal of Threatened Taxa
• Subjects: egg parasitoid; ectoparasite; praying mantid; mantibaria mantis; scelioninae.
• Online Access: https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2936
• ISSN: 0974-7893; 0974-7907

Mantibaria mantis, an egg parasitoid and an ectoparasite of praying mantids (Mantodea) is reported for the first time from India. This species is redescribed and imaged.