Scientific name

Manicnemus indicus (Mani & Saraswat)

Taxonomic position

Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae: Tetracneminae

Diagnosis

Female: Length 0.8-1.27 mm. Body dark brown to brownish black, shiny, sparsely setose, setae brown; mesopleura faint violet; gaster with first tergum in anterior half to 2/3 bluish-green, posterior margin mainly bronzy; antennae dark brown; apex of scape yellowish, rest of scape with greenish shine; fore wing broad, slightly more than 2x as long as wide, with a distinct infuscated band in middle extending from below marginal and stigmal veins to posterior margin of wing; apex with a wide area provided with brownish setae; legs dark brown, shiny, especially on coxae (Hayat, 1981).

Images

   Adult - dorsal, lateral view

Distribution

India: Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh (Hayat, 2006).

Hosts / Biology

Greenaspis divergens (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) on grass (Shafee et al., 1975).

References

  • Hayat, M. 1981. Taxonomic notes on Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). III. Colemania, 1: 13-34.
  • Hayat, M. 2006. Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). viii +496pp. Published by M. Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
  • Shafee, S. A., Alam, S. M. and Agarwal, M. M. 1975. Taxonomic survey of encyrtid parasites (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in India. Aligarh Muslim University Publications (Zoological Series) on Indian Insect Types, 10: iii+ 1-125.

Credits

Factsheet prepared by Dr. A. Rameshkumar, Research associate, NPIB, NBAIR.