Nomenclature
Protaphelinus Mackauer, 1972: 1775. Type species: Aphelinus nikolskajae Yasnosh, by original designation
Diagnosis
- Antenna with 6 segments, formula 1131
- Frontovertex broader than dorsal eye length; temples well-developed
- Anterior pair of scutellar setae in line with posterior angles of axillae
- Fore wing with costal cell about as long as marginal vein; stigmal vein short, with a rounded stigma and 4 circular sensillae; submarginal vein with 5-6 setae; linea calva distinct
- Tarsal formula 5-5-5; tarsal claws unequal in length
- Gaster flat, ovate; hypopygium reaching apex of gaster and apically with long setae
Distribution
India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (Hayat, 1998).
Species in India
1. Protaphelinus nikolskajae (Yasnosh)
Hosts and habitat
Specific parasitoids of gall-making aphids of the genus Pemphigus Hartig (Aphidoidea: Pemphigidae) on poplar trees, Populus spp. (Hayat, 1998).
Selected references
- Hayat, M. (1998). Aphelinidae of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): A taxonomic revision. Memoirs on Entomology, International 13: 416pp.