SHORT COMMUNICATION Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 4(1): 109-112 (2019) https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2019.0401017 This content is available online at AESA Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science Journal homepage: www.aesacademy.org e-ISSN: 2456-6632 ARTICLE HISTORY ABSTRACT Received: 19 February 019 Revised received: 25 February 2019 Accepted: 03 March 2019 The aim of the study was to re-describe the egg parasitoid Brachygrammatella indica Viggiani and Hayat with some additional morphometric characters, especially of the genitalic component with SEM photography, they are mostly attacked on eggs of hemipterous insect pests and they keep their population under check and balance. During present research, materials were collected from the forestry and adjoining agro-forestry areas of Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh by sweeping with net and parasitized eggs collection. In this paper Brachygrammatella indica Viggiani & Hayat is re-described with some new distributional records and key to Indian species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault also updated. ©2019 Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy Keywords Brachygrammatella Indian species Re-description records Trichogrammatidae Citation of this article: Yousuf, M., Ikram, M. and Rajwar, N. (2019). Key to Indian species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with re-description of B. indica and some new distributional records. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 4(1): 109-112, https://dx.doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2019.0401017 Key to Indian species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with re-description of B. indica and some new distributional records Mohd. Yousuf, Mohsin Ikram * and Neha Rajwar Forest Entomology Discipline, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute, P.O. New Forest, Dehradun - 248006 (Uttarakhand), INDIA * Corresponding author’s E-mail: mohsin3757@gmail.com INTRODUCTION Species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault are important egg parasitoids of hemipterous insect pest and they keep the popu- lation of insect pests under check and balance (Lotfalizadeh et al., 2016; Moravvej et al., 2016). It is represented by 9 species worldwide: B. coniclavata (Lin, 1993); B. hilli (Viggiani, 1968); B. indica (Viggiani and Hayat, 1974); B. jaipurensis (Yousuf and Shafee, 1988); B. nebulosi (Girault, 1915); B. perplexa (Girault, 1915); B. salutaris (Doutt, 1969); B. speciosissima (Girault, 1912) and B. ventralis (Doutt, 1969) of which two species, B. indica Viggiani & Hayat and B. jaipurensis Yousuf and Shafee are recorded from India. Hayat (2008) synonymized B. aligarhensis Khan, B. longiclavata Khan and B. indica Khan with B. indica Viggiani & Hayat. In this paper Brachygrammatella indica Viggiani & Hayat (both ♂&♀) re-described with some additional characters. Key to Indian species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault is also updated with some new distributional records (Yousuf et al., 2015). This short communication focused for lighting the keys to Indian species of genus Brachygrammatella Girault (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) with re-description of B. indica and evaluation of some new distributional records. MATERIALS AND METHODS Study design and sample processing The materials were collected from the forestry and adjoining agro-forestry areas of Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. Two methods were used during collection, sweeping and parasitized eggs collection. Sorted out specimens from collected samples and emerged parasitoids from eggs were preserved in 70% alcohol. Following the normal process of dehydration, specimens were dissected in clove oil under stere- oscopic microscope for studying the important taxonomic characters; dissected body parts were kept in a drop of euparol on slides and covered with coverslips. Apparatus and instruments Only body lengths of specimens were measured in millimeters, all other measurements were taken from the divisions of a linear scale micrometer placed in the eye piece of a Nikon