Nomenclature
Euryischomyia Girault, 1914. Type species: Euryischomyia washingtoni Girault, 1914 by monotypy and original designation.
Diagnosis
- Body with dorsum, legs and wings distinctly spinose / with bristle-like setae
- Antenna 8-segmented, 1133 with 2 anelli
- Hind coxae enlarged, elongate-ovate, bilaterally compressed ventrally, fore-, mid- and hind femora elongate, broad, laterally compressed
- Hind tibia with one spur
- Fore wing hyaline to medially infuscate, parastigmal spur little to well developed with 1-2 or rarely 3 bristle-like setae similar to those on submarginal vein, 0-2 bristle-like seta posterobasal to parastigma
Distribution
Australia. India (Karnataka; Tamil Nadu).
Species in India
1. Euryischomyia washingtoni Girault
2. Euryischomyia flavithorax Girault & Dodd
Hosts and habitat
Euryischomyia washingtoni is known to be a parasitoid of Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). Euryischomyia flavithorax has been recorded from soft scales (Coccidae), mealybugs, aphids, psyllids, braconids, aphelinids and encyrtids (Carver, 1995), the last three probably being secondary hosts (Hayat, 1998).
Selected references
- Carver, M. 1995. Euryischomyia Girault (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae: Eriaporinae: Euryischini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 4: 64–76.
- Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): A taxonomic revision. Memoirs of Entomology, International. Volume 13. Associated Publishers, Gainesville, Florida. 416 pp.