Nomenclature

Centrodora Foerster 1878: 66. Type species: Centrodora amoena Foerster, by original designation.
Paraphelinus Perkins, 1906: 264. Type species: Paraphelinus xiphidii Perkins, by monotypy. Synonymy by Mercet, 1918: 103.
Tumidiscapus Girault, 1911: 182. Type species: Tumidiscapus flavus Girault, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983:78.
Plastocharella Girault, 1913b: 195. Type species: Plastocharella fuscipennis Girault, by original designation. Synonymy by Hayat, 1983: 78.
Microeupelmus Otten, 1941: 259. Type species: Microeupelmus acridiphagus Otten, by original designation. Synonymy by Ferriere, 1965: 39.
Pechlaneria Soyka, 1948: 46. Type species: Pechlaneria alpine Soyka, by original designation. Synonymy by Ferriere, 1965: 39.
Debachiella Gorth & Rosen, 1973: 275. Type species: Debachiella pini Gorth & Rosen, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani, 1981a: 49.
Oolathron De Santis, in De Santis, De Silva & De Larramendy, 1981: 246. Type species: Oolathron mireyae De Santis, by original designation. Synonymy by Viggiani, 1985a: 92.

Diagnosis

Body slim and elongate; ovipositor long, usually 2.0x or more of mid tibia
Fore wing usually long and narrow, with venation not extending 0.5x of wing length; costal cell at least as long as marginal vein; submarginal vein with at least 3 setae

Species in India

1. Centrodora azizi Hayat
2. Centrodora bahara Hayat
3. Centrodora bifasciata Hayat
4. Centrodora flemingiae Hayat
5. Centrodora ghorpadei Hayat
6. Centrodora hamira Hayat
7. Centrodora hexatricha Erdös & Novicky
8. Centrodora idioceri Ferrière
9. Centrodora lakma Hayat
10. Centrodora lineascapa Hayat
11. Centrodora mala Hayat
12. Centrodora mandiana Hayat
13. Centrodora oophaga (Girault)
14. Centrodora ossira Hayat
15. Centrodora pathania Hayat
16. Centrodora tetratricha Hayat
17. Centrodora uttara Hayat

Hosts and habitat

A majority of species are oophagous, parasitizing eggs of Hemiptera, but at least two species are parasitoids of diaspidids. Some species parasitize dipterous larvae, while a few are polyphagous and/ or hyperparasitoids, reared from other hymenopteran parasitoids as well eggs.

Selected references

Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): A taxonomic revision. Memoirs of Entomology, International. Volume 13. Associated Publishers, Gainesville, Florida. 416 pp.