Scientific name

Anagyrus thailandicus (Myartseva)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Tetracneminae

Diagnosis

Female: Body dark brown to black with metallic tints. Antenna with scape yellowish-testaceous, pedicel and flagellum black, club whitish; antennal formula 1163. Frontovertex with conspicuous setigerous punctures. Scutellum with silvery setae arranged in a definite pattern (laterally and apically margined with silvery setae and with one median and two submedian lines of silvery setae). Fore wing infuscate from distal half of submarginal vein to nearly the apex, the apex more or less paler.

 Head and thorax, dorsal view

Images

   Adult female, dorsal and lateral view

Distribution

India: Assam; Kerala; Karnataka; Tamil Nadu. Also distributed in China, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, New Britain and Australia (Hayat, 2006).

Hosts / Biology

Not known from India (Hayat, 2006).

Reference

  • Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. viii+496 p.