ISSN 0973-1555(Print) ISSN 2348-7372(Online) HALTERES, Volume 10, 86-95, 2019  MOHD MAJID JAMALI, SHAHID BIN ZEYA & RAYEES AFZAL MIR doi: 10.5281/zenodo.3596075 86 Taxonomic review of Indian species of the genus Ceranisus Walker (Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) *Mohd Majid Jamali 1 , Shahid Bin Zeya 2 & Rayees Afzal Mir 1 1 Department of Agriculture, Glocal University, Saharanpur 247 121, Uttar Pradesh, India. 2 Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Email: majidjamali1988@gmail.com) Abstract The Indian species of Ceranisus Walker (Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are reviewed. The review includes four species, of which C. udnamtak Triapitsyn is recorded for the first time from India. Male is described for the Ceranisus udnamtak Triapitsyn for the first time from the world. Keywords: Hymenoptera; Entedoninae; parasitoid; new record. Received: 24 January 2019; Revised: 31 December 2019; Online: 31 December 2019 Introduction The species of genus Ceranisus Walker are considered as an important parasitoids, attacking the larval stage of thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Schauff, 1991; Loomans, 2003; Triapitsyn, 2005). These are potential agents in the bio-control of thrips pests of economically important plants. Presently this genus contains 40 species from the world, of which only 3 species are known from India (Noyes, 2019). In this paper, we record 4 species, of which C. udnamtak Triapitsyn, is a new record from India. All species are fully diagnosed and thoroughly illustrated and an identification key to Indian species is also provided. Materials and Methods The present study is based on a small collection of entedonine parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) collected from the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh mainly by sweep net, otherwise noted under the section of material examined section. The body colour was noted from card mounted specimens before clearing and mounting the specimens on slides in canada balsam. Body length for the new species is given in millimetres. All other measurements are relative taken from the divisions of a linear scale of a micrometer placed in the eye piece of a compound microscope. These measurements were taken at 100× magnification of the microscope. The photographs of card mounted specimens were taken with digital camera (Nikon DS-Fi2) attached to a stereozoom (Nikon SMZ25) and the photographs of slide mounted parts were taken with a digital camera (Nikon DS-Fi1c) attached to a compound microscope (Nikon Eclipse Ci). The following abbreviations are used in the text: C1, C2 etc.: Clava segments 1, 2 etc. F1, F2, etc.: Funicle segments 1, 2 etc. (MT): Malaise Trap. This abbreviation is used in brackets under ‘Material examined section, to indicate the method of collection. T1, T2, etc.: Gastral tergites 1, 2 etc. The following acronyms are used for the depositories: CAS: California Academy Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA. QMB: Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ZDAMU: Insect collections, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Systematics accounts Genus Ceranisus Walker (Figures 1–27) Ceranisus Walker, 1842, [Explanation of plates A-P (illustrations of genera of Chalcidoidea by Haliday).] Entomologist 1(26): Plate N, Fig. 2.