Aphanogmus fijiensis (Ferrière) (=Calliceras fijiensis Ferrière, Ceraphron fijiensis (Ferrière))

Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea: Ceraphronidae

Body 1.2 mm. More or less fully black, antennae geniculate, with scape reddish or yellowish brown, remaining segments dark brown, apical segments, including club, darker; legs reddish / yellowish brown; abdomen shiny, blackish. Compound eyes with very short hairs. Antennae inserted very close to the mouth margin, 11-segmented, conspicuously hairy and without a clearly demarcated club in male, 10-segmented with a prominent club, apical segment of club nearly equal to previous two segments in female. Fore wing with curved stigmal vein. Abdominal tergite 2 longest, reaching beyond middle of abdomen.

Commonly collected as a hyperparasitoid of several pests.



Dessart (1971) provided a key to the species. Polaszek (1998) keyed the species and illustrated the male genitalia.

     Adult, dorsal view
 Adult, lateral view

Widely distributed in the Oriental and Afrotropical regions; West Indies.

Commonly collected as a hyperparasitoid, occasionally as a primary parasitoid, on a variety of hosts. Associated with several lepidopterous pests such as cereal stem borers, mainly as hyperparasitoids of bethylid, braconid and ichneumonid primary parasitoids (Polaszek, 1998).