Botryoideclava bharatiya Subba Rao

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae

Body including legs pale yellow, occiput below brownish yellow; abdomen brownish except last tergum paler, tips of mandibles brown; antenna pale brownish yellow; wings with a diffuse infuscation; ovipositor yellow, long and distinctly exserted. Antenna six-segmented (formula 1122), club with numerous sensillae. Pronotum medially divided; mid lobe of mesoscutum and scutellum with a fine median longitudinal line. Wings with distinct marginal fringe. Fore wing with costal cell shorter than marginal vein, costal cell without setae, disc sparsely setose, submarginal vein with two setae; stigmal vein short with four sensillae (From Hayat, 1998).

 Head, dorsal view
 Antenna
 Fore wing venation

    Adult, dorsal view

India: Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh.

Parasitic on sugarcane scales including Melanaspis glomerata and Aclerda takahashi (Hayat, 1998).