Parapanteles Ashmead

Gupta, Ankita, Pereira, Blaise & Churi, Paresh V., 2013, A new species of Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India reared from Abisara echeria Stoll (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with key to the Indian Parapanteles species, Zootaxa 3709 (4), pp. 363-370 : 364

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.4.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:44C606C6-34C1-4814-A425-54D3A665E155
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6161740
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scientific name	Parapanteles Ashmead
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Genus Parapanteles Ashmead

Parapanteles Ashmead, 1900: 131 . Type species: Apanteles aletiae Riley View in CoL , original designation.

Parapanteles can be readily identified by following combination of characters: basal antennal placodes 2-ranked, propodeum with areola mostly present, fore wing with areolet open, hind wing with vannal lobe evenly convex, metasomal terga 1-3 often coarsely sculptured and broad, first metasomal tergum with mid distal depression, and ovipositor short and thick in lateral view ( Valerio et al. 2009).