Scientific name

Anagyrus lopezi (De Santis)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Tetracneminae

Diagnosis

Female: Body size approximately around 1.82−1.87 mm. General body appearance black with bluish and green metallic reflections. Antennal with six funicular segments and clava three segmented. Scape and pedicel black with sub-apical pale yellow patch and sub-basal narrow yellow band. First funicular segment black in colour. Second and third funicular segments and apical two segments of clava pale yellow in colour. Basal segment of clava dusky in colouration. Fore leg including coxa pale yellow in colour; mid and hind legs in general pale yellow except coxae concolourous with mesosoma and brown colouration in the basal half of hind femur; apices of all tarsi dark brown. Fore wing length: width 1.60: 0.55. Ratio of forewing veins: submarginal, marginal, post–marginal and stigmal vein- 64.8: 11.7: 11: 11.

Male: Can be easily differentiated from the female in having pilose antenna.

Images

   Female
 Male - dorsal view

Comments

Imported from IITA Benin in India by ICAR- NBAIR through collaborated efforts with DPPQS. First field release on 7th March, 2022 in Yethapur, Tamil Nadu, India by Assistant Director General (PP & BS), ICAR Dr S. C. Dubey, Director ICAR- NBAIR Dr M. Nagesh, and TNAU team.

Reference

  • De Santis, L. 1964. Encirtidos de la Republica Argentina (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Anales de la Comisión de Investigación Cientifica Provincia de Buenos Aires Gobernación 4:74.
  • Hofstee, S.K.; Pijls, J.W.A.M.; Alphen, J.J.N. van 1993. The atttractiveness of cassava infested with different Phenacoccus (cassava mealybug) species to two Epidinocarsis species. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent 58(2B):543-549
  • Noyes, J.S. 2019. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids ​

Factsheet credit:

Dr Ankita Gupta, Dr A. N. Shylesha, Dr M. Mohan, Dr M. Sampathkumar, Dr Sunil Joshi and Director NBAIR- Dr M. Nagesh.