Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 88
  • Issue: 2

Record of Trissolcus colemani (Crawford) (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), Egg Parasitoids of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) from Kashmir Himalaya

  • Author:
  • Deen Mohd Bhat1,*, Amir Maqbool2, Sajad Ahmad Khan3
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 387 to 389

1Department of Zoology, Government College for Women, M. A. Road, Cluster University, Srinagar, 190001, Jammu and Kashmir, India

2Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Anantnag, 192101, Jammu and Kashmir, India

3Insect Diversity and Ecology Laboratory Department of Zoology, School of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, Rajouri, 185234, Jammu and Kashmir, India

*Emails: bhatdm2014@gmail.com (corresponding author):

Online published on 13 March, 2026.

Abstract

The wasps of genus Trissolcus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) are known to be egg-parasitoids of pentatomid bugs. Trissolcus colemani (Crawford, 1912) is distributed in many parts of the world with only one published record from India (Karnataka), but it had so far not been recorded from Jammu and Kashmir. Here, Trissolcus colemani is documented for the first time from Kashmir Himalaya, India.

Keywords

Trissolcus colemani, Scelionidae, Hymenoptera, Egg parasitoid, Pentatomid bug, Distribution, Kashmir, Himalaya, Record