Coccophagus longipedicellus Shafee

Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae

Body orange yellow with metasoma having a dark brown cross band in about middle of dorsum, wings hyaline. First funicle segment short, about 1.5x as broad as long.

 

India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Karnataka.

Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) on Hibiscus sp. is new host record from Andamans. Earlier recorded from Coccus sp. on Mangifera indica L.

Images and factsheet prepared by Dr. Ankita Gupta, Scientist, NBAIR. Web content added by Lavanya, 01-03-2018.