Scientific name

Elasmus noyesi Verma & Hayat, 2002

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae

Diagnosis

Body black with greenish-blue shine, intense on fronto vertex, pronotum, mesosoma, propodeum, dorsal sides of hind coxae. Scape pale brown with dark brown infuscations dorsally, flagellum dark brown. Scutellum with a yellowish longitudinal narrow band on each side. Coxae almost black. Wings hyaline. Hind tibia with diamond shaped patterns. Metasoma reddish-brown basally, reddish-brown colouration more conspicuous laterally; apex black. Fore femora yellowish except brown infuscation at base on dorsal margin. Mid and hind femora dark brown, yellowish at apex and base.

elasmus noyesi  

Distribution

Andaman Islands, Karnataka and Kerala.

Reference

  • Gupta A. & Sunil Joshi. 2013. Additions to the fauna of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) and coccoids (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, with illustrations and diagnosis. Journal of threatened taxa. 5(11): 4542-4555.
  • Noyes, J.S. 2017. Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids (accessed on 27/2/2016).
  • Verma, M., M. Hayat & S.I. Kazmi (2002). The species of Elasmus from India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae). Oriental Insects 36(1): 245-306; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2002.10417334

Credits

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