Scientific name

Gentakola trifasciata (Saraswat)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Encyrtinae

Diagnosis

Female: Head prognathous; all funicle segments transverse; clava 2-segmented; fore wing slightly bent upwards at about middle with three longitudinal fuscous streaks, about 3x as long as broad; hind wing slightly infuscate; gaster slightly shorter than thorax.

 Mesosoma - dorsal view

Images

   Adult - dorsal, lateral view

Distribution

India: Assam, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Hayat, 2006), West Bengal (Hayat & Khan, 2008; Noyes, 2013).

References

  • Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). viii +496pp. Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
  • Hayat, M. and Khan, F.R. 2008. New records of Encyrtidae mainly from Orissa and West Bengal states of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bionotes, 10 (4): 125-128.
  • Noyes, J.S. 2012 Universal Chalcidoidea Database. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/chalcidoids/index.html (accessed 03rd May, 2013).
  • Noyes, J.S. and Hayat, M. 1984. A review of the genera of Indo-Pacific Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 48: 131-395.