taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BF87ECF156E134D312FD92FA91FDE2.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Calliscelio laticinctus Ashmead, 1893 by monotypy and original designation, keyed.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF153E13BD35BFDDFFEDFFAC2.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: FE 18 BBB 3 - 1 D 2 B- 43 CB-AE 32 - ADAEBD 131693 Figs 1, 2 A	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF153E13BD35BFDDFFEDFFAC2.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio abbakkae sp. nov. is similar to C. longicarinatus. It differs from the latter in having IOS greater than EH; short setae on submarginalis that do not surpass the anterior margin of the wing, and the horn on T 1 rugose posteriorly. In C. longicarinatus EH is greater than IOS, the setae on submarginalis are elongate, surpassing the anterior margin of the wing, and the horn on T 1 has arched carinae posteriorly.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF153E13BD35BFDDFFEDFFAC2.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named after Abbakka Chowta, the ‘ fearless’ sixteenth century queen of Tulu Nadu, in today’s state of Karnataka, India, who repeatedly repelled attacks by the Portuguese colonisers for over four decades. The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF153E13BD35BFDDFFEDFFAC2.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Arunachal Pradesh • ♀; Pasighat, CHF; 28 ° 04 ′ 28 ″ N, 95 ° 19 ′ 28 ″ E; elev. 173 m; 11 Nov. 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5386. Paratypes INDIA – Arunachal Pradesh • 2 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; 10 Nov. 2014; NIM / NBAIR P 5387, P 5388 • 4 ♀♀; same data as holotype; 7 May 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5389 to P 5392. – Rajasthan • 1 ♀; Bhilwara, Agarpura Chouraha, Suwana Krishi Vigyan Kendra; 25 ° 21 ′ 29 ″ N, 74 ° 43 ′ 42.5 ″ E; elev. 398 m; 3 Nov. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5393. – West Bengal • 1 ♀; Islampur, Teenpool; 26 ° 15 ′ 14.4 ″ N, 88 ° 11 ′ 49 ″ E; elev. 68 m; 6 Jun. 2008; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5394.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF153E13BD35BFDDFFEDFFAC2.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 1.98 – 2.32 mm (n = 9). COLOUR. Head: light brown with uneven black patches. Mesosoma: brown to dark brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: yellow-brown. T 2: anteriorly yellow-brown, posteriorly light brown to dark brown. T 3: brown to dark brown. T 4 – T 6: dark brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 5 brown, A 6 dark brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: smooth, except for coriaceous reticulate sculpture dorsally and towards orbit. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: incomplete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × of ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS distinctly greater than EH. Central keel: short. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: rugose. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: weakly striate; striate-granulate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as wide as long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: reticulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: almost rounded. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: reticulate. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly rugose, remainder smooth, transparent with sparse longitudinal carinae. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, extending onto horn of T 1, about 2.5 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: weakly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth to weakly rugose, with several oblique carinae towards anterior margin. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to mesopleural pit. Mesepimeral sulcus: not foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: entirely foveate. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: weakly rugose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth with sparse striae. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline with an uneven weak black band present medially; entire wing hyaline without black patch. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: short, erect, not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: anteriorly transversely striate, posteriorly rugose. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending beyond half the length of tergite, laterally longitudinally carinate, carinae extending entire length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: medially smooth, laterally with longitudinal carinae extending entire length of tergite. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 slightly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth; laterally with short longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of T 6: smooth. Shape of T 6: 1.5 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF15CE13FD08FFAFFFE5AFB47.taxon	description	Figs 2 B, 3 – 4	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF15CE13FD08FFAFFFE5AFB47.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio agalien sis is similar to C. obavvae sp. nov. but can be distinguished from it by the presence of densely foveate ventral mesopleuron and ventral metapleural area; and T 6 is subequal in length and width. In C. obavvae the ventral metapleural area is smooth with oblique carinae, the ventral mesopleuron is smooth and T 6 is longer than wide.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF15CE13FD08FFAFFFE5AFB47.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Paratype INDIA – Kerala • 1 ♀; Anappady; 7 May 1989; leg. Narendran and Co.; ZSI RB 252, 13444 / H 3. Other material examined INDIA – Karnataka • 2 ♀♀; Bengaluru, Jarakabande Kaval; 13 ° 05 ′ 41 ″ N, 77 ° 32 ′ 35 ″ E; elev. 921 m; 6 Jul. 2015; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5234, P 5238 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 7 Nov. 2013; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5236 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 11 Apr. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5237 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5 Sep. 2013; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5241 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 7 Jul. 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5242 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 27 Sep. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5244 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 1 Oct. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5248 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 16 Sep. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5249 • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Hesaraghatta; 13 ° 08 ′ 01 ″ N, 77 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ E; elev. 859 m; 7 Jul. 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5235 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 28 May 2010; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5246 • 2 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 23 Jun. 2015; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5240, P 5243 • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Gandhi Krishi Vigyan Kendra (GKVK); 13 ° 04 ′ 25 ″ N, 77 ° 34 ′ 49 ″ E; elev. 938 m; 11 Aug. 2011; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5239 • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Hebbal, National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR); 13 ° 01 ′ 38 ″ N, 77 ° 35 ′ 03 ″ E; elev. 927 m; 7 Oct. 2013; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5245 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 26 Nov. 2011; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5256 • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Attur; 13 ° 05 ′ 48 ″ N, 77 ° 33 ′ 59 ″ E; elev. 936 m; 7 May 2013; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5247 • 1 ♀; Chikkaballapur, Nandi Hills; 13 ° 37 ′ 02 ″ N, 77 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1448 m; 19 May 2011; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5250 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 4 Aug. 2011; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5251 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 5 Oct. 2010; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5252 • 1 ♀; Kalaburagi, University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS); 17 ° 21 ′ 32 ″ N, 76 ° 48 ′ 10 ″ E; elev. 484 m; 5 Jul. 2014; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5253 • 1 ♀; Ramanagara, Kanakapura, Sangama; 12 ° 17 ′ 19 ″ N, 77 ° 25 ′ 55 ″ E; elev. 484 m; 7 Jul. 2015; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5254 • 1 ♀; Mudigere, College of Horticulture; 13 ° 06 ′ 54 ″ N, 75 ° 37 ′ 57 ″ E; elev. 976 m; 16 May 2015; light trap; NIM / NBAIR P 5255. – Tamil Nadu • 2 ♀♀; Yercaud, Horticulture Research Station (HRS); 11 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ N, 78 ° 12 ′ 42 ″ E; elev. 1399 m; 4 – 8 Aug. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5257 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 6 Aug. 2016; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5259.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF15CE13FD08FFAFFFE5AFB47.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 1.95 – 2.96 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: yellow-brown; orange; yellow. Mesosoma: yellow-brown; orange; yellow. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: yellow-brown; orange; black-brown. T 2: anteriorly brown, remainder black-brown. T 3 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 5 orange-brown, A 6 dark brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown. Legs: orange-brown; yellow. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: rugose with sparse setigerous punctae. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: rugose. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH and IOS subequal. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: rugose. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: rugose; coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: distinctly shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: half the length of A 3. Shape of A 6: slightly wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: rugose. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: rounded. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: weakly rugose. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: not foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly with two rows of foveae, posteriorly semitransparent with weak transverse striae and longitudinal carinae; posteriorly entirely transparent with longitudinal carinae. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, approximately 2.5 × as wide as long, extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: unevenly sculptured. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: dorsally largely smooth, ventrally smooth-punctate. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: with weak small foveae. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesepimeral sulcus: dorsally foveate and ventrally indicated as a carina. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to mesopleural pit. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: densely foveate. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: weakly foveate. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: generally weakly infuscate in distal ¾, without distinct black bands. Basalis: nebulous. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: subequal. Setae on submarginalis: short not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: present as a small bulge. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: anteriorly rugose with a single V-shaped carina posteriorly; anteriorly rugose and posteriorly with two V-shaped carinae interspersed with uneven depressions. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending around half the length of tergite, in addition to sublateral longitudinal carinae extending the entire length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth, with dense, sublateral short longitudinal carinae. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: subequal. Sculpture of T 4: smooth, with sparse, short longitudinal carinae sublaterally. Sculpture of T 6: with dense setigerous punctae except for smooth area anteromedially. Shape of T 6: almost as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF15CE13FD08FFAFFFE5AFB47.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in ZSI, Kolkata.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF158E122D353FB7DFEDFFE34.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 1 C 8 ED 6 B 3 - 56 D 9 - 42 E 8 - 8352 - DADC 056778 EF Figs 2 C, 5	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF158E122D353FB7DFEDFFE34.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio brennanae sp. nov. is similar to C. indicus but differs from it in having IOS distinctly greater than EH, and the metascutellum is with granular sculpture and the horn on T 1 is anteriorly reticulate. In C. indicus, EH is distinctly greater than IOS, the metascutellum is with a transverse row of round foveae and the horn on T 1 is transversely striate anteriorly. Calliscelio brennanae is similar to C. safavii Popovici & Talamas, 2024, but differs from it in having IOS distinctly greater than EH and with the horn on T 1 being dorsally reticulate. In C. safavii IOS is subequal to EH and the horn on T 1 is transversely carinate dorsally.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF158E122D353FB7DFEDFFE34.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named ‘ brennanae ’ after Patricia Brennan, the evolutionary biologist who pioneered studies on genital coevolution in vertebrates, and is an indefatigable champion of studies in the basic sciences. The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF158E122D353FB7DFEDFFE34.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Karnataka • ♀; Mandya; 12 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ N, 76 ° 44 ′ 01 ″ E; elev. 749 m; 7 Dec. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5266. Paratypes INDIA – Karnataka • 12 ♀♀; same data as holotype; NIM / NBAIR P 5267 to P 5278. – Rajasthan • 4 ♀♀; Ajmer, Tabiji, ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices (NRCSS); 26 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ N, 74 ° 35 ′ 36 ″ E; elev. 445 m; 21 Sep. 2016; YPT in black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper: Fabaceae) plot; NIM / NBAIR P 5279, P 5280, P 5282, P 5459. – Tamil Nadu • 4 ♀♀; Yelagiri, Puddur; 12 ° 35 ′ 04 ″ N, 78 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ E, elev. 1111 m; 17 Jun. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5281, P 5283 to P 5285.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF158E122D353FB7DFEDFFE34.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.30 – 2.78 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black, except red-brown gena. Mesosoma: golden brown; brown; yellow. Horn on T 1: red-brown. T 1: golden brown; brown with a tinge of black; yellow. T 2: anteriorly orange-brown; yellow-brown; yellow. T 3: brown. T 4 – T 6: darker than T 3. Antenna: radicle, A 1 brown, other antennomeres brown-black. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: medially with discontinuous transverse carinae, coriaceous reticulate towards orbits. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS greater than EH. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: present. Sculpture of vertex: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of gena: coriaceous reticulate, reticulations effaced basally. Number of teeth on mandible: two, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: coriaceous reticulate with a row of small foveae on posterior margin of internotaular area. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: coriaceous reticulate. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: not foveate. Shape of metascutellum: rectangular, posterior margin straight, approximately 5 × as wide as long, not extending onto horn of T 1. Sculpture of metascutellum: granulate. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: weakly rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: unevenly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: weakly coriaceous reticulate. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: weakly rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Mesopleural carina: present, extending up to mesopleural pit. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: smooth with sparse foveae. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: with short oblique striae. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate and with a narrow smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline with a weak oblique dark patch medially. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: subequal. Setae on submarginalis: short not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1: dorsally reticulate and laterally carinate. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: rugose. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: entirely smooth; smooth with weak reticulations laterally. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: medially smooth, laterally weakly reticulate. Sculpture of T 6: smooth with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of T 6: almost 2 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF145E120D093FE69FE5AFD7F.taxon	description	Fig. 6	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF145E120D093FE69FE5AFD7F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio carinatus is similar to C. indicus. It differs from the latter species by the presence of a transverse carina beneath the median ocellus and uninterrupted transverse carinae on the ventral frons on either side of the central keel. In C. indicus the transverse carina beneath the median ocellus is absent, and the transverse carinae on the ventral frons are interrupted medially by a smooth band; while the central keel is absent.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF145E120D093FE69FE5AFD7F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Paratype INDIA – Kerala • 1 ♀; C. U. (Calicut University) Campus; May 1988; Narendran and party leg.; ZSI RB 60, 13442 / H 3.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF145E120D093FE69FE5AFD7F.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.63 mm. COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: black with red-brown pleuron. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: red-brown. T 2 – T 3: red-brown. T 4 – T 6: brown-black. Antenna: radicle, A 1 yellow-brown, A 2 – A 6 brown-black, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: granulate. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: with uninterrupted transverse carinae and coriaceous reticulate towards orbits. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: a discontinuous carina present. Setation of upper frons: short and dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS and EH subequal. Central keel: present. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: granulate. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: rugose. Sculpture of gena: granulate and smooth posteriorly. Number of teeth on mandible: two, subequal in size. Length of A 2: longer than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: granulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: rounded. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: laterally coriaceous reticulate, reticulations transverse (medial sculpture not visible, indistinct). Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: not foveate. Shape of metascutellum: rectangular, posterior margin straight, not extending onto horn of T 1. Sculpture of metascutellum: granulate. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Transverse carinae on dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Mesopleural carina: present. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: entirely foveate. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate and with a narrow smooth area posterodorsally. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: present as a small bulge. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: rugose. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: entirely smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly 1 / 3 striate, remainder smooth. Shape of T 6: almost 2 × as long as wide. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF145E120D093FE69FE5AFD7F.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in ZSI, Kolkata.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF147E126D301FD34FE9FFAAB.taxon	description	Fig. 7	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF147E126D301FD34FE9FFAAB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio coorgensis is similar to C. ulupi sp. nov. and C. rugosus but differs from both, by the absence of foveae on scutoscutellar sulcus and EH being subequal to IOS. In C. ulupi and C. rugosus EH is distinctly greater than IOS and scutoscutellar sulcus is distinctly foveate. Calliscelio coorgensis is also similar to C. philippinensis but differs from it by the presence of dense setae on rugose frons; while in the latter species the frons is smooth with sparse setae.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF147E126D301FD34FE9FFAAB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Kerala • ♂; Walayar Forest; 9 – 11 May 1976; M. S. Mani and party leg.; USNM USNMENT 01197120. Other material examined INDIA – Karnataka • 1 ♂; Bengaluru, Attur; 13 ° 05 ′ 48 ″ N, 77 ° 33 ′ 59 ″ E; elev. 936 m; 12 Jul. 2013; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5415 • 1 ♂; Bengaluru, Hesaraghatta; 13 ° 08 ′ 01 ″ N, 77 ° 29 ′ 27 ″ E; elev. 859 m; 28 May 2010; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5479. – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♂; Yelagiri, Puddur; 12 ° 35 ′ 04 ″ N, 78 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ E, elev. 1111 m; 18 Jun. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5416.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF147E126D301FD34FE9FFAAB.taxon	description	Description Male MEASUREMENTS. Body length of male: 3.20 mm. COLOUR. Head: red-brown. Mesosoma: red-brown. Metasoma: T 1 – T 4 orange-brown, remaining tergites black brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 2 orange-brown, remaining tergites black-brown. Legs: all legs red-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: weakly rugose. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: weakly rugose with several sparse oblique carinae on either side on scrobe. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: sparse and long. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS greater than EH. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: rugose. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: smooth to rugose. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of antennomeres A 3 – A 8: approximately 2.5 × as long as wide, A 9 – A 11: approximately 2.3 × as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Shape of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: rugose-punctate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: rounded. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: rugose-punctate. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: not foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: weakly rugose, with a curved carina on posterior margin. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded 3 × as wide as long, extending onto anterior dorsal propodeum. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth to weakly rugose. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, short, not extending up to mesopleural pit. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate, with smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: short, not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Sculpture of T 1: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth except for longitudinal carinae on anterior margin, anteromedial and anterolateral carinae extending entire length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth, with dense setigerous punctae laterally. Sculpture of T 4: setigerous punctate. Sculpture of T 6: smooth with dense setigerous punctae. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 slightly longer than T 3. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Female Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF147E126D301FD34FE9FFAAB.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in USNM.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF141E126D35BFAE9FE9FF843.taxon	description	Description See Saraswat & Sharma (1978) and Mani & Sharma (1982).	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF141E126D35BFAE9FE9FF843.taxon	discussion	Remarks Presence of a bidentate metascutellum indicates that this species does not belong to Calliscelio; hence this it excluded from the key. The holotype of C. coromandelensis is mounted on a glass slide. Images were not available for study. Type in USNM.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E124D307FE97FE81FC6D.taxon	description	Fig. 8	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E124D307FE97FE81FC6D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio dido is similar to C. kaliya sp. nov. but differs from it in having IOS subequal to EH, and with the interantennal process being elongate and smooth with a median longitudinal groove. In C. kaliya EH is distinctly greater than IOS, and the interantennal process is as long as wide with rugose sculpture.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E124D307FE97FE81FC6D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype VIETNAM – Gia Lai • ♀; An Khe, Buon Luoi; 13 Dec. 1978; X. H. Lê leg.; IEBR.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E124D307FE97FE81FC6D.taxon	description	Description See Lê (2000) for description.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E124D307FE97FE81FC6D.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in IEBR.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E12AD30BFC25FC3EFDC6.taxon	description	Figs 2 D, 9, 10 A, 11 A	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E12AD30BFC25FC3EFDC6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis This species is similar to C. sundari sp. nov. but can be distinguished from it by the presence of a dorsally rounded horn on T 1 which is narrower than the posterior width of T 1, while the hind coxa and A 3 – A 7 are yellow-brown. In C. sundari the horn on T 1 is anteriorly truncate and it is almost as wide as the posterior width of T 1; and the hind coxa and A 3 – A 7 are white.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E12AD30BFC25FC3EFDC6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined INDIA – Arunachal Pradesh • 1 ♀; Pasighat, College of Horticulture and Forestry (CHF); 28 ° 04 ′ 28 ″ N, 95 ° 19 ′ 28 ″ E; elev. 173 m; 3 May 2014; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5323 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 11 Nov. 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5324 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 3 May 2014; NIM / NBAIR P 5325. – Karnataka • 3 ♀♀; Bengaluru, Kengeri; 12 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N, 77 ° 31 ′ 39 ″ E; elev. 857 m; 19 Apr. 2017; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5311 to P 5313 • 1 ♀; Chikkaballapur, Nandi Hills; 13 ° 37 ′ 02 ″ N, 77 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1448 m; 25 Jun. 2011; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5314 • 1 ♀; same data as for preceding; 1 May 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5315 • 1 ♀; Mandya; 12 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ N, 76 ° 44 ′ 01 ″ E; elev. 749 m; 7 Dec. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5316 • 1 ♀; Udupi, Brahmavara; 13 ° 25 ′ 51 ″ N, 74 ° 44 ′ 43 ″ E; elev. 36 m; 28 May 2014; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5317 • 1 ♀; Bidar, Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK); 17 ° 59 ′ 08 ″ N, 77 ° 29 ′ 03 ″ E; elev. 580 m; 11 Aug. 2012; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5318 • 2 ♂♂; Chikkaballapur, Nandi Hills; 13 ° 37 ′ 02 ″ N, 77 ° 41 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1448 m; 28 Jun. 2011; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5326, P 5327 • 1 ♂; Bengaluru, Kengeri; 12 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N, 77 ° 31 ′ 39 ″ E; elev. 857 m; 19 Apr. 2017; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5328. – Kerala • 2 ♀♀; Calicut, Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR); 11 ° 17 ′ 55 ″ N, 75 ° 50 ′ 25 ″ E; elev. 64 m; 2 Feb. 2017; YPT in grass; NIM / NBAIR P 5319, P 5320. – Rajasthan • 1 ♀; Udaipur, Aaram Bagh; 24 ° 25 ′ 01 ″ N, 73 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ E; elev. 505 m; 23 Sep. 2016; YPT near water; NIM / NBAIR P 5322. – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Hosur, Uddanapalli; 12 ° 37 ′ 28 ″ N, 77 ° 55 ′ 29 ″ E; elev. 758 m; 18 Dec. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5321.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E12AD30BFC25FC3EFDC6.taxon	description	Description A detailed description of the female was furnished by Masner et al. (2009). The male was described later by Rajmohana et al. (2013).	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF143E12AD30BFC25FC3EFDC6.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu (Masner et al. 2009).	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14CE12ED372F92AFE52FE4F.taxon	description	Figs 2 E, 12	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14CE12ED372F92AFE52FE4F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio glabratus is similar to C. pinaki sp. nov. but differs from it in having an elongate T 1 and T 6, both of which are at least 2 × as long as wide and the occipital carina is medially sculptured. In C. pinaki T 1 and T 6 are at most 1.5 × as long as wide, while the occipital carina is not sculptured medially.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14CE12ED372F92AFE52FE4F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined INDIA – Kerala • 6 ♀♀; Trivandrum; 8 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ N, 76 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ E; elev. 36 m; 22 Nov. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5371, P 5372, P 5374 to P 5377 • 1 ♀; Trivandrum, Vellayani Kayal; 8 ° 26 ′ 03 ″ N, 76 ° 59 ′ 30 ″ E; elev. 10 m; 20 Nov. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5373 • 1 ♀; Trivandrum, Peringamala; 8 ° 43 ′ 42 ″ N, 77 ° 62 ′ 48 ″ E; elev. 89 m; 22 Nov. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5378. – Sikkim • 2 ♀♀; Tadong, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region; 25 ° 41 ′ 02 ″ N, 91 ° 54 ′ 48 ″ E; elev. 1330 m; 1 Nov. 2014; YPT in rice plot; NIM / NBAIR P 5379, P 5380. – West Bengal • 1 ♀; Raiganj, Tahirpur; 12 Jun. 2008; 25 ° 35 ′ 38 ″ N, 88 ° 09 ′ 30 ″ E; elev. 40 m; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5381.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14CE12ED372F92AFE52FE4F.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.40 – 3.05 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: brown-black, pleuron brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: red-brown. T 2: anteriorly yellow-brown, posteriorly brown-black. T 3 – T 6: brown-black. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 2 brown with uneven black patches, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: rugose. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: weakly indicated. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: short and sparse. Sculpture of vertex: anteriorly coriaceous reticulate, posteriorly smooth with sparse setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: coriaceous reticulate to smooth. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: anterior internotaular area weakly rugose, remainder smooth. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense, setae longer posteriorly. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: entirely smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: entirely smooth with sparse foveae dorsolaterally. Shape of metascutellum: rectangular, with posteromedial flap, extending onto horn of T 1, about 2.5 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: smooth. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: predominantly smooth, with a row of foveae anteriorly. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly with pits, remainder foveate. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated as foveae dorsally and remainder as a carina. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: entirely smooth with foveae dorsally and anteriorly. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth to uneven sculpture. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline with a weak black band present medially. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis more than 2 × as long as stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: present as a small bulge. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: anteriorly smooth followed by anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite, remainder smooth. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: smooth. Shape of A 6: more than 2 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14CE12ED372F92AFE52FE4F.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in ZSI, Calicut.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF149E12CD36EFE45FEDFFB57.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CF 11 F 209 - 4 A 5 F- 4 ACF- 958 A- 31 C 3 AC 12484 C Figs 2 F, 13	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF149E12CD36EFE45FEDFFB57.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio gulika sp. nov. is distinct in having a posteromedially excavate metascutellum.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF149E12CD36EFE45FEDFFB57.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named after ‘ Gulika’, one of seven divine serpents in Hindu mythology, the guardian of medicinal plants with knowledge of healing and antidotes. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF149E12CD36EFE45FEDFFB57.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Sikkim • ♀; Tadong, ICAR Research Complex for NEH region; 25 ° 41 ′ 02 ″ N, 91 ° 54 ′ 48 ″ E; elev. 1330 m; 3 Nov. 2014; MT; NIM / NBAIR P 5250. Paratypes INDIA – Arunachal Pradesh • 1 ♀; Mebo circle of East Siang, Ayeng; 28 ° 09 ′ 58 ″ N, 95 ° 24 ′ 21 ″ E; elev. 1330 m; 5 May 2014; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5357. – Karnataka • 1 ♀; Dakshina Kannada, Kidu, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI); 12 ° 42 ′ 24 ″ N, 75 ° 34 ′ 27 ″ E; elev. 143 m; 19 Feb. 2015; SN (river bank); NIM / NBAIR P 5358. – Sikkim • 4 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; NIM / NBAIR P 5251 to P 5254 • 2 ♀♀; same data as holotype; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5355, P 5356. – Uttarakhand • 1 ♀; Roorkee, Chhiddarwala; 29 ° 51 ′ 15 ″ N, 77 ° 53 ′ 16 ″ E; elev. 271 m; 2 Oct. 2009; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5359.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF149E12CD36EFE45FEDFFB57.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.36 – 2.85 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: mesoscutum, mesoscutellum and metascutellum brown-black, lateral pronotal area, mesopleuron and ventral metapleural area in shades of brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: red-brown. T 2: anteriorly light brown, remainder brown-black. T 3 – T 6: brown-black. Antenna: radicle and base of A 1 yellow-brown, remainder of A 1 and A 2 brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown. Legs: brown-yellow. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: entirely smooth. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: weakly indicated. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: interocellar area smooth, followed by a transverse coriaceous reticulate patch, posteriorly smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: foveate. Sculpture of gena: smooth with sparse transverse striae basally. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: almost half length of A 3. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: largely smooth, dense setigerous punctae, except for a small rugose patch present laterally on medial internotaular area. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense, with long setae posteriorly. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with round complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth with a transverse row of foveae medially; weakly rugose. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded and invaginate medially, 3.6 × as wide as long, not extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: almost smooth. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: predominantly smooth, with three oblique carinae anterodorsally. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: with shallow uneven depressions. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesopleural carina: present, extending up to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated as a furrow. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: anteriorly and dorsally unevenly foveate, remainder smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate, with a narrow smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with a weak black band medially. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: horn almost as wide as T 1. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: anteriorly transversely carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth, with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: smooth with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of T 6: around 2 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14BE112D35FFB4CFEDFF870.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: F 3262 F 83 - 4 D 3 A- 4 D 7 D-AB 74 - 50153 F 3146 C 3 Figs 2 G, 14	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14BE112D35FFB4CFEDFF870.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio heramba sp. nov. is distinct in having long, thick, black bristles on the mesoscutum and mesoscutellum and T 6 is at least 3 × as long as wide.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14BE112D35FFB4CFEDFF870.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named ‘ heramba ’, one of the many names of the five-headed form of the Hindu god Ganesha. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14BE112D35FFB4CFEDFF870.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • ♀; Great Nicobar I., Campbell Bay; 7 ° 00 ′ 27 ″ N, 93 ° 56 ′ 03 ″ E; elev. 13 m; 22 Mar. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5442. Paratypes INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • 5 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; NIM / NBAIR P 5443 to 5447.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF14BE112D35FFB4CFEDFF870.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.51 – 2.74 mm (n = 6). COLOUR. Head: brown. Mesosoma: mesoscutum and mesoscutellum brown, metascutellum, dorsal propodeum and pleuron light brown. Horn on T 1: brown-black. T 1 – T 2: brown. T 3: brown-yellow. T 4 – T 6: brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 6 light brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: light brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: granulate. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth with transverse carinae on either side of central keel. Striae on lower frons: present. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: small and dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: long. Setae on compound eyes: short. Sculpture of vertex: granulate. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: smooth. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: reticulategranulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: with dense short white setae interspersed with sparse thick black bristles Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: laterally rugose, medially smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse setae and thick black bristles. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: unevenly rugose with a transverse medial depression. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin straight, about 3 × as wide as long, extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: smooth to rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: transversely carinate, with rugose sculpture between carinae. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: smooth except for weak foveae anteriorly. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: predominantly smooth except for weak foveae anteroventrally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: as long as stigmalis and shorter than postmarginalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis distinctly about 2 × as long as stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: weakly developed. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1: dorsally with semicircular carinae, laterally with several arched carinae. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: entirely longitudinally carinate, carinae extending almost entire length of tergite, except sublaterally. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly longitudinally striate, remainder rugose. Shape of A 6: about 3.2 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF174E117D0A0FE97FBF2FB00.taxon	description	Figs 2 H, 15 – 17	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF174E117D0A0FE97FBF2FB00.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio indicus is similar to C. carinatus but differs from it by the absence of a transverse carina beneath the median ocellus, the central keel on frons is absent, and transverse carinae on ventral frons are interrupted medially by a smooth band. While in the latter species, a transverse carina is present beneath the median ocellus, the central keel on frons is present, and the transverse carinae on ventral frons are continuous.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF174E117D0A0FE97FBF2FB00.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype of Calliscelio urgo VIETNAM – Gia Lai • ♀; Dac Lak (Eakmat), paddy fields; 17 Sep. 1978; X. H. Lê leg.; IEBR. Paratype of Calliscelio indicus INDIA – Kerala • 1 ♀; Karimpuzha; 23 Apr. 1989; Narendran and party leg.; ZSI RB 229, 13443 / H 3. Other material examined INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • 7 ♀♀; Great Nicobar I., Campbell Bay; 7 ° 00 ′ 27 ″ N, 93 ° 56 ′ 03 ″ E; elev. 13 m; 22 Mar. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5300 to P 5306 • 2 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; NIM / NBAIR P 5309, P 5362 • 1 ♂; South Andaman I., Mount Harriet; 11 ° 43 ′ 12 ″ N, 92 ° 44 ′ 00 ″ E; elev. 354 m; 1 Feb. 2013; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5310. – Assam • 1 ♀; Dhemaji, Simen Chapori; 27 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ N, 94 ° 52 ′ 05 ″ E; elev. 120 m; 6 May 2014; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5308. – Karnataka • 7 ♀♀; Mandya; 12 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ N, 76 ° 44 ′ 01 ″ E; elev. 749 m; 7 Dec. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5287 to P 5291, P 5360, P 5480 • 5 ♀♀; Bengaluru; Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST); 13 ° 00 ′ 40 ″ N, 77 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ E; elev. 942 m; 24 Jan. 2013; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5292 to P 5295, P 5361 • 1 ♀; Kanakapura; 12 ° 32 ′ 46 ″ N, 77 ° 25 ′ 11 ″ E; elev. 640 m; 19 Feb. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5296 • 1 ♀; Tumkur, Hirehalli; 13 ° 27 ′ 18 ″ N, 77 ° 18 ′ 01 ″ E; elev. 846 m; 14 Dec. 2010; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5481 • 2 ♀♀; Srirangapattina; 12 ° 25 ′ 17 ″ N, 76 ° 41 ′ 36 ″ E; elev. 684 m; 26 Oct. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5482, P 5477. – Kerala • 1 ♀; Trivandrum; 8 ° 25 ′ 44 ″ N, 76 ° 59 ′ 11 ″ E; elev. 36 m; 22 Nov. 2015; YPT in banana (Musa sp.: Musaceae) plot; NIM / NBAIR P 5307. – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Periakulum, Kamatchipuram; 10 ° 07 ′ 41 ″ N, 77 ° 35 ′ 59 ″ E; elev. 297 m; 17 Aug. 2013; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5478 • 3 ♀♀; Chidambaram, Agriculture College; 11 ° 23 ′ 30 ″ N, 79 ° 42 ′ 48 ″ E; elev. 21 m; 1 Jul. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5297 to P 5399.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF174E117D0A0FE97FBF2FB00.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.33 – 2.84 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: black, except red-brown anterior margin of lateral pronotal area. Horn on T 1: black. T 1: entirely black except for a tinge of red posteriorly. T 2 – T 5: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 2 brown with uneven black patches, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: medially with a longitudinal smooth patch with transverse carinae on either side, and coriaceous reticulate towards orbits. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: weakly diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH slightly more than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: sparse. Sculpture of vertex: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: coriaceous reticulate. Sculpture of gena: predominantly smooth except for coriaceous reticulations towards orbit. Number of teeth on mandible: two, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: coriaceous reticulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: around 2.4 × as wide as long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: entirely smooth with sparse punctae; medially smooth with sparse punctae, laterally rugose. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly with a transverse row of pits and posteriorly with round foveae. Shape of metascutellum: rectangular, posterior margin straight, almost 4 × as wide as long, not extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: foveate. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: unevenly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: obliquely striate interspersed with oblique carinae anteriorly. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly foveate, remainder unevenly carinate. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesepimeral sulcus: distinctly foveate. Mesopleural carina: present, extending up to sternaulus. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: densely foveate. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: densely foveate except for smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: attenuate. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with a weak black band present medially. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis slightly longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: short, not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1: dorsally reticulate-striate and laterally carinate. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: medially with short longitudinal carinae arising from base of horn not extending beyond ⅔ of tergite, remainder with uneven depressions, posteromedially smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending around half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: entirely smooth; medially smooth, with weak reticulations posterolaterally. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth; smooth to weakly punctate. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly longitudinally striate, remainder smooth. Shape of T 6: almost 2 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male (Figs 10 B, 11 B) Body length = 1.91 – 2.05 mm (n = 2). Colour: head and mesosoma black. T 1 – T 3 red-brown, remaining tergites black. Radicle, A 1 – A 2 brown, remaining antennomeres black. Similar to female but for the filiform antennae and absence of horn on T 1. Shape of antennomeres A 2 – A 11: A 3 – A 5 elongate around 1.8 × as long as wide, A 6 – A 11 ovoid about 1.4 × as long as wide. Sculpture of T 1: anteriorly smooth, remainder longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: longitudinally carinate except for smooth area posteriorly. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Sculpture of T 4 – T 7: smooth with setigerous punctae. Length of T 2: approximately 1.5 × as long as T 1 and 1.2 × T 3.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF174E117D0A0FE97FBF2FB00.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type of Calliscelio indicus present in ZSI, Kolkata and C. urgo in IEBR.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF170E11AD370FABFFEDFFE35.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: B 642080 C- 59 C 1 - 436 F- 964 F-BB 5 D 4 D 7 C 6 A 3 F Figs 2 I, 18	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF170E11AD370FABFFEDFFE35.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio kaliya sp. nov. is very similar to C. orientalis. It differs from the latter in having a tridentate mandible while the latter has a bidentate mandible. Calliscelio kaliya is also similar to C. dido, but differs from it in having EH distinctly greater than IOS, interantennal process is rugose and as long as wide. In C. dido EH and IOS are subequal while the interantennal process is longer than wide, smooth, and with a medial longitudinal groove.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF170E11AD370FABFFEDFFE35.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named after the dreaded mythological serpent ‘ Kaliya’, believed to have lived in the river Yamuna in northern India, which was subdued and banished to the underworld by the Hindu god Krishna. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF170E11AD370FABFFEDFFE35.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Karnataka • ♀; Mudigere, College of Horticulture; 13 ° 06 ′ 54 ″ N, 75 ° 37 ′ 57 ″ E; elev. 976 m; 30 Sep. 2015; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5363. Paratypes INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • 1 ♀; Little Andaman, Harminder Bay; 10 ° 34 ′ 08 ″ N, 92 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ E; elev. 46 m; 29 Jan. 2013; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5366. – Arunachal Pradesh • 1 ♀; Pasighat, CHF; 28 ° 04 ′ 28 ″ N, 95 ° 19 ′ 28 ″ E; elev. 173 m; 3 May 2014; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5365. – Himachal Pradesh • 4 ♀♀; Dalhousie; 32 ° 32 ′ 19 ″ N, 75 ° 58 ′ 15 ″ E, elev. 2021 m; 17 Apr. 2009; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5367 to P 5370. – Karnataka • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Anekal, Pearl Valley; 12 ° 41 ′ 10 ″ N, 77 ° 39 ′ 46 ″ E; elev. 894 m; 13 May 2015; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5364.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF170E11AD370FABFFEDFFE35.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.16 – 2.48 mm (n = 8). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: mesoscutum light brown to dark brown, mesoscutellum dark brown; metascutellum, dorsal propodeum, and pleuron brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: orange-brown. T 2: anteriorly brown, posteriorly brown-black. T 3: dark brown-black. T 4 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 4 yellow-brown, A 5 – A 6 brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: smooth. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: short. Sculpture of vertex: anteriorly coriaceous reticulate, posteriorly smooth with setigerous punctae; entirely smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: foveate to setigerous punctate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: largely smooth except for rugose sculpture on lateral internotaular area medially. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly with a row of uneven pits, followed by a transverse carina, remainder smooth. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, about 2.5 × as wide as long, not extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: smooth with a transverse row of foveae posteriorly. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: weakly rugose. Epomial carina: present. Sculpture of netrion: anteroventrally weakly foveate, remainder rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: extending up to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate medially. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: smooth except for foveae anteriorly and dorsally. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate, with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth with weak striae. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with a weak black band present medially. Basalis: nebulous. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis distinctly longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly with a small semicircular smooth area, followed by a transverse row of foveae, remainder smooth. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17DE119D0F4FE6AFE07FB02.taxon	description	Figs 2 J, 19 – 20	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17DE119D0F4FE6AFE07FB02.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio longicarinatus is similar to C. abbakkae sp. nov. but differs from it in having EH greater than IOS, the setae on submarginalis extending beyond the anterior margin of the wing, and the horn on T 1 with arched carinae posteriorly. In C. abbakkae IOS is greater than EH, the setae on submarginalis are short, not exceeding the anterior margin of the wing, and the horn on T 1 is posteriorly rugose.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17DE119D0F4FE6AFE07FB02.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Kerala • ♀; Calicut University campus; 23 Dec. 1989; Narendran and party leg.; USNM USNMENT 00896494. Other material examined INDIA – Karnataka • 1 ♀; Bengaluru, Kengeri; 12 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N, 77 ° 31 ′ 39 ″ E; elev. 857 m; 19 Apr. 2017; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5407. – Tamil Nadu • 1 ♀; Dindugul, Thandikudi, RCRS; 10 ° 18 ′ 34 ″ N, 77 ° 38 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1305 m; 20 Jan. 2017; YPT in coffee (Coffea arabica L.: Rubiaceae) plot; NIM / NBAIR P 5406.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17DE119D0F4FE6AFE07FB02.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.31 – 2.42 mm (n = 2). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: mesoscutum red-brown, mesoscutellum and metascutellum brown-black, pleuron yellow-brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: yellow-brown. T 2: anteriorly yellow-brown, posteriorly brown-black. T 3 – T 6: brown-black. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 5 brown, A 6 dark brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: smooth, except for coriaceous reticulations towards orbit. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth, medially with incomplete foveae on either side of scrobe, and coriaceous reticulations towards malar sulcus. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: anteriorly coriaceous reticulate, posteriorly smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: foveate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as wide as long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: anterior internotaular area reticulate and remainder smooth. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly rugose, remainder heart shaped with a median longitudinal carina, from which several transverse carinae radiate on either side. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, extending onto horn of T 1, about 2 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: weakly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth to weakly rugose. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: dorsally and anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth with striae. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: no bands, entire wing weakly infuscate. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: weakly developed. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1: anteriorly transversely carinate, posteriorly with arched carinae. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: anteriorly with a smooth band followed by longitudinal carinae anteromedially, remainder smooth. Sculpture of T 3: smooth; smooth with weak striae laterally. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 slightly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth; smooth with weak striae laterally. Sculpture of T 6: with a medial longitudinal smooth area, laterally with setigerous punctae. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17DE119D0F4FE6AFE07FB02.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type material in USNM.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17EE11DD364FABFFEDFFE52.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: E 9 EDDE 04 - A 561 - 48 A 9 - 82 B 1 - 5 AA 5 E 181750 A Figs 21, 22 A	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17EE11DD364FABFFEDFFE52.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio obavvae sp. nov. is similar to C. agaliensis. It differs from the latter in having the ventral metapleural area smooth with oblique striae, ventral mesopleuron smooth, and T 6 longer than wide. In the latter species, the ventral metapleural area is foveate with a small smooth area posterodorsally, the ventral mesopleuron is densely foveate, and T 6 is as long as wide.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17EE11DD364FABFFEDFFE52.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species epithet takes after Onake Obavva, the legendary wife of a guard at the Chitradurga fort (Karnataka, India), who singlehandedly incapacitated the soldiers of Hyder Ali’s army by striking them on the head with an ‘ onake’ or pestle as they attempted gaining entry into the fort in single file through a narrow secret tunnel. The name is treated as a noun in the genitive case.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17EE11DD364FABFFEDFFE52.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Rajasthan • ♀; Udaipur, Aaram Bagh; 24 ° 25 ′ 01 ″ N, 73 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ E; elev. 505 m; 23 Sep. 2016; YPT near water; NIM / NBAIR P 5395. Paratypes INDIA – Himachal Pradesh • 1 ♀; Chamba; 32 ° 33 ′ 12 ″ N, 76 ° 07 ′ 32 ″ E; elev. 1006 m; 24 Jul. 2005; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5414. – Rajasthan • 7 ♀♀; Ajmer, Tabiji, ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices (NRCSS); 26 ° 21 ′ 56 ″ N, 74 ° 35 ′ 36 ″ E; elev. 445 m; YPT; 22 Sep. 2016; NIM / NBAIR P 5396 to P 5398, P 5400, P 5408 to P 5410 • 12 ♀♀; Ajmer, Tabiji, Agricultural Research sub-station (ARSS); 26 ° 27 ′ 00 ″ N, 74 ° 38 ′ 24 ″ E, elev. 403 m; 21 Sep. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5399, P 5463 to P 5473 • 3 ♀♀; Udaipur, Badgaon; 2438 ′ 11 ″ N, 7340 ′ 48 ″ E; elev. 178 m; 24 Sep. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5411 to P 5413.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17EE11DD364FABFFEDFFE52.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.43 – 2.87 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: yellow-brown. Mesosoma: yellow-brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1 – T 3: yellow-brown. T 4: anterolaterally yellow-brown, remainder black-brown. T 5 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 6 yellow-brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: largely smooth, except for rugose sculpture dorsally. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth, with oblique striae on either side of scrobe. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × of ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS greater than EH. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: absent. Sculpture of vertex: anteriorly reticulate, posteriorly smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: weakly rugose; smooth. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: longer than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: reticulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: weakly reticulate. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: not foveate. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly foveate, remainder transparent with wavy transverse striae interspersed with sparse longitudinal carinae. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, extending onto horn of T 1, about 2.5 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: weakly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: weakly rugose, interspersed with oblique striae posterad; smooth. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly with a weak row of foveae, remainder predominantly smooth. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: weak, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: dorsally and anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: entirely smooth, except for oblique striae medially. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: no bands, entire wing weakly infuscate. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis subequal in length to stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: short not exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: rugose and with a V-shaped carina posteriorly; reticulate with V-shaped carina posteriorly. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half length and lateral tergites extending entire length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: entirely smooth except longitudinal carinae laterally; with weak impressions reticulations medially. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 and T 3 subequal. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: anteromedially smooth, remainder smooth with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of A 6: slightly longer than wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17AE103D308FE4FFA91FC64.taxon	description	Figs 23 – 24	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17AE103D308FE4FFA91FC64.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio orientalis is close to C. dido and C. kaliya sp. nov. but differs from them in having bidentate mandibles while the latter two species have tridentate mandibles.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17AE103D308FE4FFA91FC64.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype of Calliscelio orientalis INDIA – Uttarakhand • ♀; Kumaon, Kausani; 29 – 30 Jul. 1974; M. S. Mani and party leg.; USNM USNMENT 01109840. Holotype of Calliscelio tiro VIETNAM – Gia Lai • ♀; An Khe, Buon Luoi; 3 Dec. 1978; X. H. Lê leg.; IEBR.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17AE103D308FE4FFA91FC64.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.3 – 2.85 mm (n = 2) (Saraswat & Sharma 1978). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: brown-red. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: yellow-brown. T 2: anteriorly yellow-brown, posteriorly brown-red. T 3: red-brown. T 4 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: A 1 – A 3 brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × of ocellar diameter. Setae on compound eyes: short and sparse. Sculpture of vertex: interocellar area smooth, followed by transverse granulate patch, posteriorly weakly rugose. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: two, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: half the length of A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: slightly longer than wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: almost as long as wide. Sculpture of mesoscutum: smooth except for a small rugose patch along inner margin of notaulus medially. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with complete foveae. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: foveate. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth to weakly rugose. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly with a weak depression and posteriorly foveate. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to mesopleural pit. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: entirely smooth except for foveae dorsally and anteriorly. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth to weakly rugose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: almost smooth. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with no bands. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis more than 1.7 × as long as stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: weakly developed. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: anteriorly with transverse and posteriorly with longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of T 3: entirely smooth except for sparse punctae posteriorly. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: anteriorly and posteriorly punctate with transverse smooth area medially. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly transversely reticulate, remainder smooth with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of A 6: longer than wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Body length = 2.4 – 2.5 mm. Similar to female but for the filiform antennae and absence of horn on T 1. Shape of antennomeres A 2 – A 12: elongate, A 3, A 4, A 11 2.6 × as long as wide, A 5 – A 10 3 × as long as wide. Sculpture of T 1: entirely longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: anteriorly longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 3 – T 7: smooth. Length of T 2: approximately 1.5 × as long as T 1 and 1.3 × as long as T 3.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF17AE103D308FE4FFA91FC64.taxon	discussion	Remarks The description is based on the holotype, images in Popovici et al. (2024) (see Figs 20 – 23) and description in Saraswat & Sharma (1978). Type of C. orientalis is in USNM and that of C. tiro in IEBR.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF167E106D36EFE97FEDFFC94.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: E 3454 FA 5 - A 822 - 46 B 2 - BC 5 A-D 1 E 445953 DBB Figs 22 B, 25	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF167E106D36EFE97FEDFFC94.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio pinaki sp. nov. is similar to C. glabratus but differs from it in having T 1 and T 6 at most 1.5 × as long as wide, and the occipital carina is not sculptured medially. In C. glabratus T 1 and T 6 are elongate, at least 2 × as long as wide, and occipital carina is medially sculptured.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF167E106D36EFE97FEDFFC94.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named ‘ pinaki’, after the divine bow of Siva, the Hindu god of destruction. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF167E106D36EFE97FEDFFC94.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Sikkim • ♀; Gangtok, Ranka; 27 ° 20 ′ 37 ″ N, 88 ° 35 ′ 14 ″ E; elev. 1307 m; 14 Oct. 2008; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5457. Paratype INDIA – Sikkim • 1 ♀; same data as for holotype; NIM / NBAIR P 5458.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF167E106D36EFE97FEDFFC94.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.49 – 2.63 mm (n = 2). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: brown-red, pleuron brown. Horn on T 1: brown-red. T 1: red-brown. T 2: anteriorly red-brown, posteriorly brown-red. T 3 – T 6: brown-red. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 2 brown with uneven patches of black, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: smooth. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: weakly indicated. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: short and sparse. Sculpture of vertex: granulate with sparse setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: tuberculate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: slightly wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: entirely rugose except for a medial smooth patch. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: anteromedially smooth, remainder rugose. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly rugose, posteriorly smooth. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, extending onto horn of T 1, about 2 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: unevenly sculptured. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: rugose-reticulate. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: smooth to rugose except for sparse foveae anteriorly. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: weakly indicated, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: indicated as a carina. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: entirely smooth except for foveae dorsally and anteriorly. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: rugose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth to weakly rugose. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: no bands, weakly infuscate in distal half. Basalis: nebulous. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis more than 2 × as long as stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: present as a small bulge. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: weakly rugose-punctate. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: weakly punctate. Sculpture of T 6: basal half longitudinally striate, remainder with setigerous punctae except for a smooth patch medially. Shape of A 6: around 1.5 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF161E104D34BFC09FE52F84F.taxon	description	Figs 22 C, 26	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF161E104D34BFC09FE52F84F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio rugosus is similar to C. hubo. It differs from the latter species by the presence of transverse carinae on metascutellum and T 6 being not more than 1.5 × as long as wide. In C. hubo metascutellum is smooth with longitudinal carinae and T 6 is around 2.5 × as long as wide.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF161E104D34BFC09FE52F84F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined INDIA – Karnataka • 2 ♀♀; Bengaluru, Kengeri; 12 ° 57 ′ 25 ″ N, 77 ° 31 ′ 39 ″ E; elev. 857 m; 19 Apr. 2017; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5329, P 5330. – Tamil Nadu • 7 ♀♀; Dindugul, Thandikudi, Regional Coffee Research Station (RCRS); 10 ° 18 ′ 34 ″ N, 77 ° 38 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1305 m; 27 Nov. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5331 to P 5337 • 7 ♀♀; Lower Pulney Hills, Thadiyankudisai, Horticulture Research Station (HRS); 10 ° 17 ′ 58 ″ N, 77 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ E; elev. 990 m; 25 Nov. 2016; YPT in forest; NIM / NBAIR P 5338 to P 5344 • 1 ♀; Yercaud, HRS; 11 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ N, 78 ° 12 ′ 42 ″ E; elev. 1399 m; 5 Aug. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5345 • 3 ♀♀; same data as for preceding; 6 Aug. 2014; YPT in weeds; NIM / NBAIR P 5383 to P 5385 • 3 ♂♂; same data as for preceding; NIM / NBAIR P 5347 to P 5349 • 1 ♀; Yelagiri, Thayalur; 12 ° 34 ′ 43 ″ N, 78 ° 39 ′ 46 ″ E; elev. 1111 m; 15 Jun. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5346.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF161E104D34BFC09FE52F84F.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.30 – 2.84 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: mesoscutum, lateral pronotal area, mesopleuron and ventral metapleural area orange-brown, dorsal metapleural area and dorsal propodeum dark brown. Mesoscutellum and metascutellum: red-brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1: light yellow. T 2: anteriorly light yellow, remainder black-brown. T 3 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 5 yellow-brown, A 6 dark brown, remaining antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: predominantly smooth except for coriaceous reticulations towards orbits. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth with a short longitudinal row of irregular foveae on either side of scrobe. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: short. Setae on compound eyes: sparse. Sculpture of vertex: anteriorly coriaceous reticulate, ventrally smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: smooth with uneven striae. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 4. Shape of A 6: longer than wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: smooth except for rugose patch medially on inner margin of internotaular area; reticulate-rugose. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: smooth. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with large round, complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly with uneven pits, remainder with two transverse carinae. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, approximately 2.5 × as wide as long, extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: weakly rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: almost smooth. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth. Epomial carina: present, straight; curved. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth with a row of foveae. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate, joining posterior margin of mesopleuron. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: anteriorly and dorsally foveate, remainder smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate, except for smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: generally weakly infuscate without distinct black bands; without infuscation. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis> 2 × as long as stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: weakly developed. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: transversely carinate. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending beyond half the length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of T 6: less than 1.5 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male (Figs 10 C, 11 C) Body length = 2.21 – 2.45 mm (n = 3). Colour: Head black. Mesoscutum brown-red, mesoscutellum and metascutellum black. T 1 brown-red, T 2 anteriorly yellow, posteriorly brown-black, T 3 brown-red, posteriorly black, remaining tergites black. Similar to female but for the filiform antennae and absence of horn on T 1. Shape of antennomeres A 2 – A 12: elongate, A 3 – A 4, A 11 around 2.2 × as long as wide, A 5 – A 10 approximately 2.8 × as long as wide. Sculpture of T 1: anteriorly smooth, remainder entirely longitudinally carinate. Sculpture of T 2: longitudinally carinate except for smooth area posteriorly. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Sculpture of T 4 – T 6: smooth. Length of T 2: approximately 1.6 × as long as T 1 and 1.3 × as long as T 3.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF161E104D34BFC09FE52F84F.taxon	discussion	Remarks Type in ZSI, Calicut.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF162E10BD36BFE97FEDFFCE6.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: BB 1 C 8300 - 8223 - 460 B-B 9 D 7 - 6 DC 1 A 9449502 Figs 22 D, 27	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF162E10BD36BFE97FEDFFCE6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio shesha sp. nov. is similar to C. agaliensis and C. obavvae sp. nov. but differs from them in having long setae on submarginalis extending beyond the anterior margin of the wing, EH is at least 1.5 × greater than IOS, the horn on T 1 is smooth and the scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli is with complete foveae. In the latter two species setae on submarginalis are short, not exceeding the anterior margin of wing, IOS and EH are subequal, horn on T 1 is rugose and scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli is without foveae.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF162E10BD36BFE97FEDFFCE6.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named ‘ shesha ’, after the mythical multi-headed serpent believed to be floating on the cosmic ocean of milk, and serving as the divine couch of the Hindu god Vishnu. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF162E10BD36BFE97FEDFFCE6.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • ♀; Great Nicobar I., Campbell Bay; 7 ° 00 ′ 27 ″ N, 93 ° 56 ′ 03 ″ E; elev. 13 m; 22 Mar. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5417.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF162E10BD36BFE97FEDFFCE6.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENT. Body length: 2.86 mm (n = 1). COLOUR. Head: black-brown. Mesosoma: black-brown. Horn on T 1: black-brown. T 1 – T 6: black-brown. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 5 yellow-brown, A 6 brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: weakly rugose. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: weakly rugose, with oblique carinae above radicle. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH 1.5 × as large as IOS. Central keel: short. Setae on compound eyes: short and sparse. Sculpture of vertex: rugose. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: rugose. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: longer than wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: rugose. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: entirely rugose except for a smooth area medially. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: anteriorly distinctly foveate, remainder with a transverse and a medial longitudinal carinae, posteriorly with uneven depressions. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, not extending onto horn on T 1, about 2.3 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: smooth to weakly rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: predominantly smooth, with weak reticulations on anterior margin. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth with sparse punctae. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: dorsally and anteriorly foveate, remainder smooth. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with a weak black band present medially. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis distinctly longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: present as a small bulge. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteromedially smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial and lateral longitudinal carinae extending almost the entire length of tergite. Sculpture of T 3: smooth with setigerous punctae laterally. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: medially weakly rugose, remainder smooth with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly with weak longitudinal striae, remainder weakly rugose. Shape of A 6: longer than wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16CE109D366FCDCFEDFF99B.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: AB 102668 - 4 A 30 - 4 C 8 A-AE 59 - 0 F 146 AC 3 ADBE Figs 22 E, 28	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16CE109D366FCDCFEDFF99B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio sundari sp. nov. is similar to C. elegans but can be distinguished from it by the presence of the anteriorly truncate horn which is almost as wide as posterior T 1; and the hind coxa and A 3 – A 7 are white. In C. elegans the horn on T 1 is anteriorly rounded and narrower than the posterior width of T 1, with the hind coxa and A 3 – A 7 being yellow-brown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16CE109D366FCDCFEDFF99B.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species epithet ‘ sundari ’, means ‘ beauty’ in Sanskrit. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16CE109D366FCDCFEDFF99B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Goa • ♀; Carambolim, Central Coastal Agriculture Research Institute (CCARI), Krishi Vigyana Kendra (KVK); 15 ° 29 ′ 53 ″ N, 73 ° 55 ′ 25 ″ E; elev. 15 m; 15 Jul. 2015; YPT among weeds; NIM / NBAIR P 5401. Paratypes INDIA – Goa • 4 ♀♀; same data as for holotype; NIM / NBAIR P 5402 to P 5405.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16CE109D366FCDCFEDFF99B.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.47 – 2.63 mm (n = 5). COLOUR. Head: dark brown with orange tint. Mesosoma: dark brown with orange tint. Horn on T 1: black. T 1: posteriorly black to red-brown. T 2: anteriorly white-yellow, posteriorly black-brown. T 3 – T 5: black-brown. T 6: anteriorly yellow-white, posteriorly black-brown. Antenna: radicle black-brown, A 1 brown, A 2 black-brown, A 3 – A 7 white-yellow, remaining antennomeres black. Fore leg: entirely in shades of brown. Mid leg: coxa brown, trochanter white, femur black-brown, anterior tibia white, remainder of tibia black-brown, basitarsi white, other tarsomeres brown. Hind leg: coxa anteriorly white and posteriorly black, trochanter white, femur black, tibia anteriorly white and posteriorly black, basitarsi white, other tarsomeres brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: granulate. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: granulate. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: short and dense. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: complete medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: IOS slightly greater than EH. Central keel: short. Setae on compound eyes: short and dense. Sculpture of vertex: granulate. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: foveate. Sculpture of gena: granulate. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: wider than long. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: granulate. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: weakly rounded. Setation on mesoscutum: dense. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: granulate. Setation on mesoscutellum: dense. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with incomplete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: rugose. Shape of metascutellum: weakly concave, not extending onto horn of T 1, about 5.8 × as wide as long. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: sparse. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: rugose, with several oblique carinae posteriorly. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: anteriorly foveate, remainder transversely carinate with foveae in between. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: dense. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: setigerous punctate with transverse smooth areas posteriorly. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: almost smooth. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: foveate with a small, smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth to rugose. Base of fore wing and hind wing: attenuate. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with three, distinct black bands. Basalis: present. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing in distal half. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large and distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: horn as wide as T 1. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: with uneven longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: with uneven depressions, laterally with uneven oblique carinae, posteromedially smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending beyond half the length of tergite, laterally with sparse longitudinal carinae. Sculpture of T 3: medially smooth, sublaterally with weak longitudinal striae. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 slightly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: entirely smooth except for sparse punctae medially and weak reticulations sublaterally. Sculpture of T 6: anteriorly reticulate, remainder with dense setigerous punctae. Shape of A 6: 2.5 × as long as wide. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male Unknown.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16EE10CD375F919FC83FC4D.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: AD 5 C 0 B 0 F- 0100 - 47 C 8 - BCAC-D 3341 AFEBF 83 Figs 22 F, 29	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16EE10CD375F919FC83FC4D.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Calliscelio ulupi sp. nov. is close to C. glabratus and C. pinaki sp. nov. It differs from the latter two species in having a non-lamellate metascutellum; and T 4 and T 5 are> 3.6 × as wide as long. In the latter two species the metascutellum is posteromedially lamellate and extend on to horn on T 1; and T 4 and T 5, are at most 2.4 × as wide as long.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16EE10CD375F919FC83FC4D.taxon	etymology	Etymology This species is named after ‘ Ulupi’, a Naga (divine serpent) princess, one of Arjuna’s (the third, of the five Pandava brothers in the Hindu epic Mahabharata) wives. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16EE10CD375F919FC83FC4D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Tamil Nadu • ♀; Coimbatore, Valparai, Uralikkal; 10 ° 19 ′ 47 ″ N, 76 ° 53 ′ 32 ″ E; elev. 1068 m; 17 Apr. 2016; YPT in weeds; NIM / NBAIR P 5418. Paratypes INDIA – Andaman and Nicobar Islands • 1 ♀; Little Andaman, Harminder Bay; 10 ° 34 ′ 08 ″ N, 92 ° 33 ′ 16 ″ E; elev. 46 m; 29 Jan. 2013; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5439 • 1 ♀; South Andaman, Bloomsdale; 11 ° 38 ′ 25 ″ N, 92 ° 39 ′ 40 ″ E; elev. 10 m; 26 Mar. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5440. – Karnataka • 1 ♂; Bengaluru; IWST; 13 ° 00 ′ 40 ″ N, 77 ° 34 ′ 12 ″ E, elev. 942 m; 24 Jan. 2013; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5441. – Tamil Nadu • 4 ♀♀; Yercaud, HRS; 11 ° 47 ′ 44 ″ N, 78 ° 12 ′ 42 ″ E; elev. 1399 m; 6 Aug. 2016; YPT in medicinal plants garden; NIM / NBAIR P 55419 to P 5422 • 1 ♀; Coimbatore, Valparai, United Planters’ Association of Southern India (UPASI); 11 ° 20 ′ 33 ″ N, 76 ° 48 ′ 07 ″ E, elev. 1073 m; 3 Jul. 2014; YPT in grass (Poaceae); NIM / NBAIR P 5423 • 7 ♀♀; Lower Pulney Hills, Thadiyankudisai, HRS; 10 ° 17 ′ 58 ″ N, 77 ° 42 ′ 42 ″ E; elev. 990 m; 25 – 27 Nov. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5424 to P 5429, P 5438 • 4 ♀♀; Dindugul, Thandikudi, Regional Coffee Research Station (RCRS); 10 ° 18 ′ 34 ″ N, 77 ° 38 ′ 34 ″ E; elev. 1305 m; 27 Nov. 2016; YPT; NIM / NBAIR P 5434 to P 5437. – Uttar Pradesh • 4 ♀♀; Aligarh, Akrabad; 27 ° 48 ′ 29 ″ N, 78 ° 16 ′ 11 ″ E; elev. 1210 m; 8 Mar. 2013; SN; NIM / NBAIR P 5430 to P 5433.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16EE10CD375F919FC83FC4D.taxon	description	Description Female MEASUREMENTS. Body length: 2.31 – 2.87 mm (n = 10). COLOUR. Head: black. Mesosoma: mesoscutum and mesoscutellum brown-red, metascutellum, dorsal propodeum and pleuron light brown. Horn on T 1: brown. T 1: brown-red. T 2: anteriorly light brown, remainder brown-red. T 3: brown-red. T 4 – T 6: brown-black. Antenna: radicle, A 1 – A 4 light brown, A 5 – A 6 dark brown, other antennomeres black-brown. Legs: yellow-brown. HEAD. Shape of head: subglobose. Sculpture of frons below median ocellus: smooth. Sculpture of ventrolateral frons: smooth. Striae on lower frons: absent. Frontal carina below median ocellus: absent. Setation of upper frons: long and sparse. Hyperoccipital carina: absent. Occipital carina: interrupted medially. Length of OOL: less than 0.5 × ocellar diameter. Inner orbits: diverging ventrally. IOS / EH: EH distinctly greater than IOS. Central keel: absent. Setae on compound eyes: short. Sculpture of vertex: rugose with setigerous punctae. Sculpture of postgena behind outer orbit: foveate. Sculpture of gena: smooth. Number of teeth on mandible: three, subequal in size. Length of A 2: shorter than A 3. Length of A 4: shorter than A 3. Length of A 5: shorter than A 3. Shape of A 6: as long as wide. MESOSOMA. Length and width of mesoscutum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutum: weakly rugose. Anterior margin of mesoscutum: pointed. Setation on mesoscutum: sparse. Length and width of mesoscutellum: wider than long. Sculpture of mesoscutellum: entirely weakly rugose except for a smooth patch medially. Setation on mesoscutellum: sparse. Scutoscutellar sulcus between notauli: with complete foveae. Sculpture of metascutellum: entirely smooth. Shape of metascutellum: posterior margin rounded, about 2.5 × as wide as long, not extending onto horn of T 1. Dorsal propodeum: excavate medially, with lateral propodeal carinae widely separated to accommodate horn on T 1. Lateral propodeal carina: absent. Sculpture of dorsal propodeum: rugose. Setation of dorsal propodeum: dense. Sculpture of dorsal pronotal area: smooth to rugose. Sculpture of lateral pronotal area: smooth. Epomial carina: absent. Sculpture of netrion: weakly rugose. Transverse carinae in dorsal mesopleuron: sparse. Mesopleural carina: present, extending to sternaulus. Mesepimeral sulcus: weakly foveate. Sculpture of ventral mesopleuron: smooth except for foveae anteriorly and dorsally. Sculpture of dorsal metapleural area: smooth to weakly rugose. Sculpture of ventral metapleural area: rugose-foveate, with a smooth area posterodorsally. Sculpture of hind coxa: smooth. Base of fore wing and hind wing: wide. Colour of fore wing: hyaline, with a weak black band present medially. Basalis: absent. Length of marginalis: distinctly shorter than postmarginalis and stigmalis. Relative lengths of postmarginalis and stigmalis: postmarginalis distinctly longer than stigmalis. Setae on submarginalis: long, erect, exceeding the anterior margin of wing. METASOMA. Horn on T 1 in female: large distinct. Relative widths of T 1 horn and T 1: T 1 wider than horn. Sculpture of horn on T 1 dorsally: smooth. Sculpture of T 1 excluding horn: longitudinally carinate, posteriorly smooth. Sculpture of T 2: smooth with anteromedial longitudinal carinae extending half the length of tergite; punctate laterally. Sculpture of T 3: predominantly smooth; smooth with punctate laterally. Relative lengths of T 2 / T 3: T 2 distinctly longer than T 3. Sculpture of T 4: smooth. Sculpture of T 6: smooth. Shape of A 6: as wide as long. Sculpture of S 3: smooth. Male (Figs 10 D, 11 D) Body length = 2.13 mm (n = 1). Colour: head black. Mesoscutum and mesoscutellum brown-red, metascutellum, propodeum, T 1 brown. T 2 – T 3 yellow-brown. T 4 – T 7 brown-red. Radicle, A 1, A 2 brown, remaining antennomeres brown-black. Similar to female but for the filiform antennae and absence of horn on T 1. Shape of antennomeres A 2 – A 11: elongate. Length of A 3, A 4, A 10, A 11: approximately 2.4 × as long as wide. Length of remaining flagellomeres (except A 12): around 2.7 × as long as wide. Sculpture of T 1: anteriorly smooth, remainder entirely longitudinal carinate. Sculpture of T 2: longitudinally carinate except for smooth area posteriorly. Sculpture of T 3: smooth. Sculpture of T 4 – T 7: smooth. Length of T 2: approximately 1.6 × as long as T 1 and 1.3 × as long as T 3.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16BE10CD315F9EDFB88F8C2.taxon	discussion	A new species group – the elegans species group – is proposed which is quite distinct from other species of Calliscelio possessing the following unique combination of character states: 1. Fore wing with three black bands. 2. Metascutellum extremely narrow. 3. Head and mesonotum with granular sculpture. Two species – C. elegans and C. sundari sp. nov. – are included in this species group.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16BE10CD02DFC42FE52F9B0.taxon	description	Fig. 30	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16BE10CD02DFC42FE52F9B0.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype INDIA – Kerala • ♀; C. U. (Calicut University) campus; 14 Jan. 1989; Narendran and party leg.; ZSI RB 639, 1316.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
03BF87ECF16BE10CD02DFC42FE52F9B0.taxon	discussion	Remarks This species is transferred from Calliscelio to Dicroscelio Kieffer, 1913. The presence of facial and malar striae, as well as the narrow angle between postmarginalis and stigmalis assigns this species to Dicroscelio. Type in ZSI, Calicut.	en	Veenakumari, Kamalanathan, Rameshkumar, Anandhan, Kolla, Sreedevi, Sushil, Satya Nand, Samuel, Duleep Kumar, Kumar, Puthuvayi Girish, Khan, Farmanur Rahman, Mohanraj, Prashanth (2026): Revision of Calliscelio Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Scelionidae) of the Indian region with descriptions of new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 1088: 1-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2026.1088.3319, URL: https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/3319/14577
