Cotesia dictyoplocae (Watanabe, 1940)
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Taxonomic placement
Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae
Synonyms/Original combination
Apanteles dictyoplocae Watanabe, 1940
Brief diagnosis
Female: Body size 2.87 to 3.00 mm (in profile). Body color black. Antennae dark brown; legs red testaceous; all coxae black; hind leg with upper trochanter, femora at extreme apices, apical third of tibia, and tarsi fuscous; basal ventrites of metasoma yellowish-red. Head with minute punctations, face with weak median longitudinal carina, posterior ocelli closer to each other than to eye. Antenna little longer than body. Mesosoma closely punctate, scutellum sparsely and shallowly punctate. Propodeum reticulate-rugose; strong median longitudinal carina present, from which oblique carinae run upwards on each side. Pterostigma length shorter than metacarp. First abscissa of radius slightly longer than pterostigma width and twice as long as intercubitus; recurrent veins slightly longer than intercubitus. Hind coxa minutely punctate; hind tibial spurs subequal, half the length of the metatarsus. First metasomal tergite widened at apex, twice as long as wide at apex, excavated at base, smooth and shiny at the excavated portion, remaining reticulate-rugose; T2 shorter than T3, reticulate-rugose, sulci wanting; third tergite with rugosity at basal region; second and following tergites with median longitudinal ridge.
Geographical distribution
India, China, Japan & Korea.