taxonID	type	description	language	source
EA561870B02F2A63D7A1A40CFB76F91E.taxon	type_taxon	(Type species, Z. sinemarginis Noyes & Hayat, 1984, p. 350 – 352.)	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02F2A63D7A1A40CFB76F91E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis Body generally yellow brown to dark brown, head with shallow to deep, conspicuous piliferous punctures; occipital margin sharp to round; mandible either bi or tridentate; funicle segments transverse to clearly longer than broad; clava three segmented, at least as long as funicle, strongly apically obliquely truncate, the truncate part clearly longer than remaining ventral surface of clava; forewing marginal vein either absent or punctiform, the postmarginal and stigmal veins emitted from apex of submarginal with postmarginal vein not touching wing margin, apices of stigma and postmarginal veins connected by a distinct, hairless streak; hypopygium more or less reaching gaster apex.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02F2A63D7A1A40CFB76F91E.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Hong Kong, Philippines, Brunei, New Britain (Noyes and Hayat 1984); Senegal (Noyes and Prinsloo 1998); India (New record).	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02D2A67D7A4A6BFFD2AFEEF.taxon	biology_ecology	Host. Unknown. Male. Unknown.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02D2A67D7A4A6BFFD2AFEEF.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype, ♀ (on slide) [Reg. No. EDAU / Enc 027 / 2021]: INDIA: Meghalaya, Umiam, forest ecosystem (N 25 ° / 39 ʹ E 91 ° / 53 ʹ), 17. iii. 19, sweep net. Coll. H. Sankararaman. Deposited in EDAU.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02D2A67D7A4A6BFFD2AFEEF.taxon	distribution	Distribution. India: Meghalaya.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02D2A67D7A4A6BFFD2AFEEF.taxon	etymology	Etymology The species epithet is derived from the name of eminent taxonomist, Dr. John S. Noyes of Natural History Museum, London, UK, who spent his life on taxonomy of Chalcidoidea especially Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera).	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02D2A67D7A4A6BFFD2AFEEF.taxon	discussion	Comments This new species is similar to Z. sinemarginis in having tridentate mandible but can be differentiated based on the following characters: F 1 to F 6 transverse; scape less than 2 × longer than broad; pedicel 1.2 × longer than broad; frontovertex with shallow piliferous punctures; Only F 4 - F 6 with mps. (In Z. sinemarginis: F 1 longer than broad, F 2 to F 6 quadrate; scape more than 2.2 × longer than broad; pedicel 2.25 × longer than broad; frontovertex with deep piliferous punctures; F 1 to F 6 with mps.)	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02B2A67D7D5A7E2FC66FD60.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 3 ♀, India (Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur), 19. iii. 18, YPT, Coll. M. Ayyamperumal and H. Sankararaman. Deposited in EDAU.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02B2A67D7D5A7E2FC66FD60.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Karnataka (Hayat 1986); Puducherry (Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar 2012); Tamil Nadu (Noyes and Hayat 1984); Uttar Pradesh (Hayat et al. 2008) and Uttarakhand (Hayat and Khan 2015); Madhya Pradesh (New record)	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02B2A67D7AAA512FDB7FBFD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 47 ♀, India (Madhya Pradesh, Jabalpur), 19. iii. 18, YPT, Coll. M. Ayyamperumal and H. Sankararaman. Deposited in EDAU.	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
EA561870B02B2A67D7AAA512FDB7FBFD.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh (Hayat 1986); Arunachal Pradesh (Hayat and Kazmi 2011); Bihar, Goa, Daman & Diu, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal (Hayat 2003); Madhya Pradesh (New record).	en	Ayyamperumal, Mani, Manickavasagam, Sagadai (2021): Zozoros Noyes and Hayat (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): first report of genus and description of a new species from India, with a key to species. Journal of Natural History 55 (17 - 18): 1169-1175, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1936682
