B.R. Subba Rao

Bokinakere Ramakrishnaiya Subba Rao (25 August 1925 – 29 November 2020), entomologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

Subba Rao, B.R. 1955. A new species of Chelonus on Heliothis armigera (Fabricius). Indian Journal of Entomology 16: 63-64.

Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Patel, G.A. 1957. A new Pteromalid genus from India. Indian Journal of Entomology 19: 200-203.
Subba Rao, B.R. 1957. The biology and bionomics of Lestodryinus pyrillae Kieff. (Dryinidae: Hymenoptera) a nymphal parasite of Pyrilla perpusilla Walk., and a note on its role in the control of Pyrilla. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 54(4): 741-749. BHL
Subba Rao, B.R. 1957. Some new species of Indian Eulophidae. Indian Journal of Entomology 19(1): 50-53.

Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Sangwan, H.S. 1958. Host and parasite specificity in certain insects. Indian Journal of Entomology 20: 306-307.

Muesebeck, C.F.W. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1959. A new braconid parasite of Hymenia recurvalis (Fabricius). Indian Journal of Entomology 20: 27-28. Reference page.
Subba Rao, B.R. & Sharma, A.K. 1959. Trioxys (Trioxys) indicus, new species, a parasite of Aphis gossypii Glover. Indian Journal of Entomology 20: 199-202.
Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Katiyar, R.N. 1959. Population studies on Hadrophanurus species (Scelionidae: Hymenoptera), egg parasite of Bagrada cruciferarum Kirk, on maize (Zea mays) at Karnal. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 25(6): 315-320.
Sharma, A.K. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1959. Description of two new parasites of an aphid from North India (Aphidiidae: Ichneumonoidea and Pteromalidae: Chalcidoidea). Indian Journal of Entomology 20: 181-188.

Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Sharma, A.K. 1960. A catalogue of the known species of the world belonging to the subfamily Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 10: 545-562. Full text PDF
Compere, H., Subba Rao, B.R. & Kaur, R.B. 1960. Two species of Encyrtidae parasitic in the pink mealybug of sugarcane in India — [Hymenoptera]. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 26(1): 45-50. Reference page.
Narayanan, E.S. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1960. Super-, multi- and hyperparasitism and their effect on the biological control of insect pests. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 26(Supple.): 257-280.
Narayanan, E.S. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1960. New species of encyrtid and braconid parasites. Indian Journal of Entomology 22: 75-79.

Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Thakere, K.R. 1961. The biology and some aspects of morphology of the immature stages of Chelonus narayani Subba Rao (Braconidae: Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 27(2): 68-82.
Narayanan, E.S. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1961. Studies on Indian Mymaridae III (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Beiträge zur Entomologie 11: 655-671. Full text PDF
Subba Rao, B.R. & Chacko, M.J. 1961. Multiparasitism by Aholcus euproctiscidis mani and Trichogramma evanescens minitum Riley in the eggs of Euproctis lunata Walker. Current Science 30: 69-70.
Subba Rao, B.R. & Bhatia, S.K. 1961. Liodontomerus indicus new species (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) a parasite of Systole albipennis Walker. Indian Journal of Entomology 23: 125-127.

Subba Rao, B.R. & Sharma, A.K. 1962. Studies on the biology of Trioxys indicus Subba Rao and Sharma 1958, a parasite of Aphis gossypii Glover. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 28(2): 164-181.
Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Rao, R.M. 1962. Some new species of chalcids from India. Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 26(4): 168-170.
Narayanan, E.S., Subba Rao, B.R. & Thontadaraya, T.S. 1962. Effect of temperature and humidity on the rate of development of the immature stages of Apanteles angaleti Muesebeck (Braconidae: Hymenoptera). Proceedings of the National Institute of Sciences of India. Part B, Biological Sciences 28(2): 150-163.

Subba Rao, B.R., Parshad, B., Ram, A., Singh, R.P. & Srivastava, M.L. 1964. On some new records of parasites of Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Current Science 33 (21): 658-659.
Subba Rao, B.R. & Sharma, A.K. 1964. A further contribution to the knowledge of the taxonomy and biology of Aphididae (Ichneumonoidea: Hymenoptera) with particular reference to Indian forms. Indian Journal of Entomology 26: 458-460.

Sharma, A.K., Farooqi, S.I. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1965. The biology of Tetrastichus rhipiphoro thripscidis Narayanan, Rao et Rao (Eulophidae: Hymenoptera), a parasite of Mallothrips indicus Ramakrishna. Mushi 38: 117-122.
Subba Rao, B.R. 1965. Records of known and new species of Mymarid parasites of Empoasca devastans Distant from India. Indian Journal of Entomology 28: 187-196.

Atma, R. & Subba Rao, B.R. 1967. The description of Goniozus stomopterycis n.sp., (Bethylidae: Hymenoptera), a primary larval parasite of Stomopteryx nerteria (Meyrick) in South India and a revised key to oriental species of Goniozus Foerster. Bulletin of Entomology 1-6.

Subba Rao, B.R. 1969. Two new species of Poropoea Förster from the orient with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Oriental Insects 3(4): 319-325. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1969.10433923
Subba Rao, B.R. & Rai, P.S. 1969. Studies on the Indian species of the genus Coccophagus Westwood, 1883. Journal of Natural History 3(3): 381-392.

Subba Rao, B.R. 1973. Description of two new species of Carabunia Waterston (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Oriental Insects 7(4): 485-489. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1973.10434419

Subba Rao, B.R. 1974. Four new species of Paracentrobia Howard, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Mushi 48 (1): 1-5.
Subba Rao, B.R. 1974. Request for the suppression of Signiphora giraulti Crawford, 1913 (Insecta, Hymenoptera) as type-species of Kerrichiella Rosanov, 1965. Z.N.(S.) 2063. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 31(4): 221-222. ISSN 0007-5167

Subba Rao, B.R. 1976. Narayana, gen. nov. from Burma and some synonyms (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Oriental Insects 10(1): 87-91. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1976.10432324
Subba Rao, B.R. 1976. Narayanella, a new name for Narayana Subba Rao (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). Oriental Insects 10(3). p. 352. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1976.10432333
Subba Rao, B.R. 1976. Description of a new species of Anthemus Howard (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitic on Diaspidiotus prunorum Laing (Coccoidea: Diaspididae) with some new combinations and synonyms. Journal of Natural History 10: 685-689.

Subba Rao, B.R. 1981. Description of Ooencyrtus patriciae n. sp. from Nigeria (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). Reichenbachia 19(6): 39-41.