Scientific name

Adektitopus longipennis (Shafee & Avasthi)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Tetracneminae

Diagnosis

Female: Fore wing with a distinct, transverse, slightly curved, infuscate band behind parastigma; fore wing about 2.5x as long as broad. Gaster completely dark brown, metallic (Hayat, 2006).

Images

Adult  Adult  Adult 

Distribution

India: Kerala, Uttar Pradesh (Hayat, 2006).

Biology / Hosts

Coccidohystrix insolita on Solanum melongena (Shafee & Avasthi, 1983).

References

  • Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). viii +496pp. Published by M. Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
  • Shafee, S. A. and Avasthi, R. K. 1983. First record of Clausenia Ishii (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India with descriptions of two new species. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 80: 176-179.

Credits

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