Entomology Section, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh - 202 002, India.
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Apanteles malacosomae sp. nov., is described and illustrated, and is distinguished from A. galleriae Wilkinson. The new species was reared as a gregarious endoparasitoid of larvae of the tent caterpillar infesting Pistaccia intigerrima in Himachal Pradesh (India).