Ablerus inquirenda Silvestri

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae

Female: Head silvery white, with most of occiput, a band above toruli connecting eyes, a band on malar space which on face bends down and reaches mouth margin, brown to dark brown; tips of mandibles dark brown; thorax, gaster and exserted part of ovipositor dark brown; TVIII brown, white at apex; antennal scape and basal half of pedicel brown; F1, F3 and clava except apex dark brown; rest of antenna pale yellow to white; fore wing infuscate behind venation, infuscation lighter behind submarginal vein; hind wing lightly infuscate behind venation; legs dark brown; all dark brown parts with slight metallic shine (Hayat, 1998).

   Adult - dorsal view

India: Tamil Nadu (Hayat, 1998).

Aleurocanthus woglumi on Citrus sp.; Lipaleyrodes euphorbiae on Phyllanthus acidus (Hayat, 1998).

Factsheet prepared by Dr. A. Rameshkumar, Research associate, NPIB, NBAII.