 Fig 1. Proaphelinoides - lateral view |
 Fig 2. Proaphelinoides - head |
Nomenclature
Proaphelinoides Girault, 1917c: (4). Type species: Proaphelinoides elongatiformis Girault, by original designation.
Besitiola Nikol'skaya, 1963: 187. Type species: Besitiola mira Nikol'skaya, by original designation. Synonymy by Rosen, 1980 [Dec.]: 299; also Hayat, 1981 [Jan.]: 469.
Diagnosis
- Body depressed/ flattened with ovipositor long and exserted at apex; with very long setae on body and wing veins
- Antenna with 6 segments, formula 1122 or 1131
- Pronotum dorsad long, medially divided by a suture
- Fore wing broad, with or without a bunch of dark seta behind proximal half of marginal vein; linea calva distinct or not clearly defined
Species in India
1. Proaphelinoides anomalus Hayat
2. Proaphelinoides assamensis Hayat
3. Proaphelinoides australis Girault
4. Proaphelinoides chidambaramensis Manickavasagam & Menakadevi
Hosts and habitat
Parasitoids of diaspidid scales of the tribe Odonaspidini (Hemiptera: Diaspididae).
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.