Volume 165 of Zoologica is a comprehensive study of the fairyfly genus Camptoptera Foerster in
India and Sri Lanka. The species of Camptoptera are among the smallest known insects. Their
taxonomy is mostly based on the mesosomal sculpture which makes cleared slide mounts necessary
for their correct identification. The authors of this volume present a rather simple and better
slide mounting technique especially for the smaller chalcids to make the mounted specimens
clearer and more visible. Based on a large collection of specimens from all over India and
types of previously described taxa a total of 26 different morphospecies were found to be
present in both the countries out of which 11 species are described as new. These are C. alii
Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. anneckei Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. bengalurensis Anwar & Zeya sp.
nov. C. fawnae Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. huberi Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. naseemi Anwar &
Zeya sp. nov. C. natalieae Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. ogloblini Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C.
scythe Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. C. squama Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. and C. usmanii Anwar & Zeya
sp. nov. Four species C. fransciscae (Debauche) C. doptera Triapitsyn C. okadomei Taguchi
and C. papaveris Foerster are recorded for the first time from India. However identification
of two species i.e. C. franciscae and C. okadomei is tentative. Two species Camptoptera muiri
(Perkins) and C. sakaii Taguchi recorded from India were found to be misidentified and are now
described as C. fawnae Anwar & Zeya sp. nov. and C. ogloblini Anwar & Zeya sp. nov.
respectively. The other recorded species C. dravida Subba Rao from several Indian states were
found to be incorrect and are now replaced by C. enocki (Howard). Male specimen are
re-described for the previously described females of C. assamensis Rehmat & Anis C. dravida
Subba Rao C. franciscae and C. matcheta Subba Rao. The male paratype of C. dravida is
considered to belong to C. enocki (Howard) and the male paratype of C. matcheta is described
to be an unidentified species of Eofoersteria Mathot. A key to females of 25 species from India
and Sri Lanka is provided.
