Nomenclature
Eretmocerus Haldeman, 1850: 111. Type species: Eretmocerus corni Haldeman, by monotypy.
Diagnosis
- Body colour predominantly yellow
- Female antenna 5-segmented with 1121 formula, funicle segments short to anelliform, clava large, cylindrical or gradually widened distally or spindle-shaped, with sparse sensilla
- Male antenna 3-segmented, formula 1101, clava long and curved with numerous sensillae
- Fore wing with marginal vein at most twice as long as stigma, parastigma well developed, stigmal vein long, with four sensilla of which one distinctly separated from the other three
- Tarsal formula 4-4-4
- Parasitoids of whiteflies
Distribution
Nearly cosmopolitan and known from all the major zoogeographical regions of the world.
Species in India
1. Eretmocerus adustiscutum Krishnan & Vasantharaj David
2. Eretmocerus bisetae Hayat
3. Eretmocerus breviclavus Subba Rao
4. Eretmocerus corni Haldeman
5. Eretmocerus delhiensis Mani
6. Eretmocerus dialeurolongae Krishnan & Vasantharaj David
7. Eretmocerus flavus Krishnan & Vasantharaj David
8. Eretmocerus gunturiensis Hayat
9. Eretmocerus haldemani Howard
10. Eretmocerus hayati Zolnerowich & Rose
11. Eretmocerus hydrabadensis Husain & Agarwal
12. Eretmocerus indicus Hayat
13. Eretmocerus longiscapus Hayat
14. Eretmocerus mundus Mercet
15. Eretmocerus paulistus Hempel
16. Eretmocerus rajasthanicus Hayat
17. Eretmocerus sculpturatus Hayat
18. Eretmocerus serius Silvestri
19. Eretmocerus trialeurodis Hayat
Hosts and habitat
Parasitoids of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae).
Selected reference
- Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): A taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, International, Vol. 13, Associated Publishers, Florida, USA. 416 p.