Cover animal discoveries 2011... - Zoological Survey of India

Genus : Eulophus Geoffroy
Locality : (Holotype) Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
79. Eulophus chennaicus Narendran
Book : Fauna of India, Eulophinae (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae) :
1-342 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
Year : 2011
Described by : T.C. Narendran
Remarks : This species comes near Eulophus abdominalis Nees
but differs from it in having notauli indistinct; WIOS 3.4x
POL; gaster completely black without any pale yellow patch
on dorsal side andgaster width sub equal to its length. This
species differs from the Sri Lankan species Eulophus
tardescens Motschulsky in having metasoma not subovate;
head and mesosoma well reticulate and mesonotum not
with subcupreous colour.
80. Eulophus razaki Narendran
Locality : (Holotype& Paratypes) Gulbahar (Jammu & Kashmir).
Book : Fauna of India, Eulophinae (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae) : 1-342 (Published by the
Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
Year : 2011
Described by : T.C. Narendran.
Remarks :This species resembles E. chennaicus
Narendran in several characters but differs from it in
having forecoxa yellow; fore femur mostly yellow;
hind coxa completely black without metallic
refringence; hind femur immaculate with base and
apex yellow; POL 3.7x OOL; PMV 1.75x as long as
STV; body with distinct metallic green refringence and
scutellum slightly bulging upwards in side view.
81. Eulophus velosus Narendran
Locality : (Holotype) Nadampha (Arunachal Pradesh).
Book : Fauna of India, Eulophinae (Hymenoptera : Eulophidae) : 1-342 (Published by the
Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata).
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