Scientific name
Aenasius indicus (Narayanan & Subba Rao)
Taxonomic position
Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae
Diagnosis
Female: Front vertex narrow, more than one-eighth of head width. Antenna with scape 2-2.25x as long as broad, funicle usually with basal two to five segments paler than distal segments.
Male: Similar to female except antenna with scape about 2.5x as long as broad, all funicle segments broader than long, club unsegmented.
Head - dorsal view
Female - antenna, forewing
Images
Female - dorsal view
Female - lateral view
Distribution
India: Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Punjab, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh. Pakistan (Hayat, 2006).
Hosts / Biology
Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead), Nipaecoccus spp., Coccus viridis (Green), Icerya formicarum and other mealybugs (Hayat, 2006).
Reference
- Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. vii+496p.
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