 Fig 1. Dorsal view |
 Fig 2. Dorsal view |
 Fig 3. Lateral view |
 Fig 4. Lateral view |
 Fig 5. Lateral view |
 Fig 6. Forewing |
 Fig 7. Mesosoma |
 Fig 8. Mesosoma |
 Fig 9. Hind leg |
Nomenclature
Myiocnema Ashmead, 1900: 349. Type species: Myiocnema comperei Ashmead, by monotypy.
Diagnosis
- Body black with a bristly appearance, thorax with several long bristles
- Antenna 8-segmented with 3 anelli, clava 2-segmented
- Parapsidal furrows distinct but very delicate, almost invisible
- Hind femora somewhat thickened, subcompressed, their tibiae armed with stiff bristles; hind tibiae with two short apical spurs
- Forewing with a broad fuscous discoidal patch below marginal vein, with parastigma projecting posteriorly into wing disc and with two long setae, basal discal area below parastigma bears a long, bristle-like seta posterior to the parastigmal spurs, postmarginal and stigmal veins well developed, both at least as long as marginal vein
- Tarsal formula 5-5-5
Distribution
Distributed in Australia, Nearctic and Oriental regions (Noyes, 2014). From India, known from Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Species in India
Hosts and habitat
Recorded as a hyperparasitoid of the solenopsis mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley, in India (Ram et al., 2011). For complete list of associated host insects and plants, see Universal Chalcidoidea Database.
Selected references
- Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Description of a new genus on the Aphelininae. Canadian Entomologist, 32(11): 349.
- Hayat, M. 1998. Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): A taxonomic revision. Memoirs of Entomology, International. Volume 13. Associated Publishers, Gainesville, Florida. 416 pp.
- Ram, P., Vijaya, Saini, R.K. and Khokhar, S. 2011. Relative abundance of Hymenopterous parasitoids of mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley in Haryana. Journal of Insect Science, 24(2): 195-198.