Scientific name

Chalcura deprivata (Walker)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae: Eucharitinae

Diagnosis

Male: Posterior part of scapulae smooth. Head, mesosoma, coxae and petiole shining green. Antennal scape, mandibles, tegulae and legs except coxae yellow; the rest of antennae dirty yellow. Metasoma yellowish brown. Fore wing with a pale brown cloud around stigmal vein, extending from beneath the stigma till the mid disc of the wing. Antennal formula 1191. First to ninth flagellar segment of antenna with branch. Mesopleuron smooth anteriorly. Propodeum declining. Petiole two third as long as the conical metasoma; longitudinally striated.

mesosoma Male - mesosoma

Image

Adult male Adult lateral view - male

Distribution

Kerala (Heraty, 2002).

Reference

  • Heraty, J. M. 2002. A revision of the genera of the Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the World. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 68:1-341.

Credits

Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAII.