Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae

Apanteles aristolochiae Wilkinson, 1928

Female: Black; scape, tegulae, mouth parts and lateral margins of first three basal tergites of metasoma yellow-red testaceous; pterostigma brown; legs yellow testaceous except hind tarsi and apices of hind tibiae; hind coxa punctuate and basally dark red in color. Ovipositor sheaths equal to length of hind tibial spur. Head, mesoscutum and scutellum finely and evenly punctuate. The lateral sulci of the second tergite of metasoma slightly curved and not closely placed basally.

India & Sri Lanka.

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