Apanteles phycodis Viereck

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Taxonomic placement
Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae
Brief diagnosis
Female: Follows the detailed description in Wilkinson (1928). Legs mostly brown red testaceous except apical one third of hind tibia red black; coxae black. Tegulae black; stigma pale white with its margins brown. First tergite of metasoma nearly twice as long as broad; longitudinally striate. Second tergite slightly sculptured. Ovipositor sheaths longer than hind tarsi.
Geographical distribution
India & Vietnam.
References
  • Fernández-Triana, J.L., Shaw, M.R., Boudreault, C., Beaudin, M. & Broad, G.R. (2020). Annotated and illustrated world checklist of Microgastrinae parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys, 920: 1-1089.
    https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.920.39128
  • Gupta, A. & Fernández-Triana, J.L. (2014). Diversity, host association and cocoon variability of reared Indian Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). (Monograph), Zootaxa, 3800(1), 1–101.
    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3800.1.1
  • Gupta, A., Pereira, B. & Churi, P.V. (2011). Illustrated notes on some reared parasitic wasps (braconidae: microgastrinae) with new host and distribution records from India along with reassignment of Glyptapanteles aristolochiae (Wilkinson) as a new combination. Entomological News, 122(5): 451-468.
    http://dx.doi.org/10.3157/021.122.0507